I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Capital One
Interview
I was contacted by a recruiter and asked to complete a 70-minute CodeSignal test, which consisted of LeetCode-style(not on leetcode) problems.
Power Day Virtual Interviews:
Design a Banking App: This went fairly well. I thought I performed well, although using Zoom’s whiteboard feature was frustrating, to say the least.
Behavioral Interview: Pretty straightforward—standard questions like when you’ve learned something new, shifted priorities, or disagreed with a manager. Following the STAR method made this fairly simple.
Case Study: They described some apps and listed a few business use cases. I was also asked to identify bugs in the code. It was odd because they let you choose the programming language, but only part of the code was in my chosen language; the rest was in TypeScript/JavaScript.
Coding Round: I was asked to design a banking system (OO-based) with features like deposit, transfer, and retrieving the top N transactions. The implementation was left up to me, with minimal feedback from the interviewer. Toward the end (with about 10 minutes left), the interviewer remarked, rather condescending, "This would only work for a few records. What if I gave you millions of records?" He seemed to expect a multithreaded solution in a 50-minute coding session—which seemed unrealistic. I explained that, in a normal scenario, you'd not send in batch transactions like the scenario he presented and would have to consider server resources before implementing multithreading, this would be hard to do on a platform like CodeSignal. From his tone, it felt like the interview was just a formality.
A day or two later, I received a rejection email from the recruiter. No feedback was provided, but I was told I could re-interview in six months—if I was willing to take a full day off for it. They also mentioned that interviews could happen on any day, with only 24 hours' notice beforehand. There was a clear lack of respect for candidates' time, so needless to say, I’ll PASS.
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something new, shifted priorities, or disagreed with a manager.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Capital One (McLean, VA) in Jul 2024
Interview
Very through and detailed interview for each role, depends ,mostly on the team. I had 3 rounds of interview, questions based on real time experiences rather theory based topics. Interview process is very quick with quick updates.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Capital One in Sep 2024
Interview
Contacted by a recruiter.
This was followed a 70 minute, proctored, online coding challange via Code Signal.
This was followed by a 4 hour gauntlet of online, virtual interviews with various employees. Including a coding challenge, two case studies and a behavioral interview.
Oddly enough, the members of Capitol One leadership I met during the interview seemed completely unfamiliar with their company's own hiring process.
Following the 4 hour interview I was rejected a few days later. Recruiter adamantly refused to give ANY feedback. Citing company policy and some vague, non-specific regulations. Not even so much as a "you did poorly on X section" or "you failed to demonstrate Y skill".
This was followed up with an additional slap in the face of a suggestion that in six months I could re-apply and spend another day of PTO and 4 + more hours to go through the dog-and-pony show. Again, adamantly refusing to give any sort of hint or indication as to what I could do to achieve a more favorable result.
Disgusting lack of respect and professional courtesy towards job candidates.