I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Capital One in Oct 2022
Interview
Recruiter reached out to me via LinkedIn. Quick conversation with him over the phone and then 4 code signal question ( leetcode easy and medium) Then there comes a power day which has 4 sections: design, coding, behavioral and case Design: my interview was supposed to start at 9:00 am, the interviewer did not even show up until 9:08, then he joins over the phone, no apologies, I could not hear anything (I had tested my system over zoom and mine was working fine), he asked me to restart my system twice via chat though the issue was in his system. Then he just starts the problem statement over the phone without any introduction and apologies/introduction . Problem: design banking system with authentication and authorization and It will have 4 different account types: checking, saving, mortgage and auto loan. Have a 1. transfer feature where you can transfer from checking to saving and vice versa 2. Transfer to external like Zelle 3. Transaction history Initially he said design a component diagram in code signal (which was a bit difficult for me to find symbols) then while I was doing, he changed it to do the DB schema, while I was doing DB schema, I was running out of time so I asked him if I could jump back to components and now he changes to tech stack for each components. I was explaining but I already ran out of time and second interviewer (coding section) joined the call Coding: It was an easy problem. Find those two numbers in an array whose sum is closest to 0. I had never checked Glassdoor before the interview but looks like this was their favorite question. I gave the solution within 15 min using 2 pointer approach. Interviewer now changed it to find whose closest sum is 5. That was an easy tweak, just updated the existing logic in another 1-2 min. I had 25 m in left so discussed about their culture, expectations etc Behavioral: Easy straightforward 3 questions like tell me about a situation type Case: It was an easy release cycle related case and fix the existing code which was giving wrong output. Overall it went fine for me except design which I could have done better if I had sufficient time. Later got the email from recruiter saying I had great communication and coachable skills but lacked coding (really?) and design skills
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
find 2 elements of an array whose sum is closest to 0 find 2 elements of an array whose sum is closest to 5
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Capital One in Sep 2022
Interview
They advertise a lot of job positions and keep hiring which is a negative sign. Looks like the company employees turnover is very high. My process started with a phone call with HR, then they assigned a Power Day for me. A couple of days before that, I had around 30mins casual interview with someone to get more familiar with the company culture. The Power Day has been explained enough in previous comments so I try to be brief. It's very exhausting and not very challenging at the same time, you just have to memorize their typical questions. On the other side, most interviewers are super bored since they probably keep interviewing a lot of people with repeated questions. Then HR let me know that I've passed the Power Day and they need to fit me with a hiring manager, BUT he told me they can give me a lower position now [PA instead of Lead Engineer]. It's a known game among HR people to hook you up with good promises then after spending a lot of time and energy they'll tell you that they can give you only this lower level. Anyway, I still interviewed a couple of managers and found it not very interesting workspace for my career/life. Overall, as people mentioned earlier, they're good if you want to practice interviewing but don't expect any serious outcome. Good luck!
Was contacted by recruiter. Straight forward 70m Online assessment, didn't do too much prep, ymmv. In person (power day) 4 interviews: 1 coding 1 design 1 case interview (don't sweat it) 1 behavioral 30m call with a hiring manager on general fit and team.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me a bout a time you changed a process you didn't agree with? Find all prime numbers between 1 and X.