I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Capital One (Virginia Beach, VA) in Nov 2020
Interview
Great recruiter. Always on the lookout to help. Interview consisted of behavioral, case, and technical interview phases. Consider practicing the STAR method for behavioral interview. Practice linked list and trees.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Why Capital One?
- Tell me about a time when you had to overcome opposition to implement a solution.
- Share an example of when you had to motivate others to achieve your goals
- Tell me about a time you explained a technical concept to someone non-technical.
- What’s the project you’re most proud of?
- Describe a time you learned something new to achieve a goal.
- Tell me about a time when a project didn’t go the way you expected it to go.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Capital One (Reston, VA) in Oct 2021
Interview
Power-Day, which comprises of Case Study, Behavioral, and a Technical.
Case Study: Look at some code and tell them what it's doing, this was the only enjoyable part of the interview.
Behavioral: Bunch of "Name a time when..." This was probably the most uncomfortable interview ever and the interviewer was not friendly when struggling to find an example for certain questions. I did great on my technical and case study but this interview really just frustrated me. The case study felt more of behavior than this interview.
Technical: 2x LC Mediums
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Case Study:
Look at some code and tell them what it's doing
Behavioral:
Name a time when you ran into a mistake.
Name a time when you were challenged
Name a time when you became a leader without being specifically told to be.
Technical:
LC Medium x2
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Capital One in Oct 2021
Interview
Recruiter reached out to me to have a chat about whether I'd be interested in applying for a role at Capital One. After that is where the bulk of the interview process was:
1. online coding assessment with 4 problems and a 70 minute time limit - completing all is not required, you just need to get some minimum passing score and quality consistent code. Once you pass, you'll move onto scheduling the "Power Day."
2. Power Day Part 1: Algorithm Technical - count the number of primes (same as leetcode)
3. Power Day Part 2: System Design - design a smart meter system for an apartment complex
4. Power Day Part 3: Behavioral - 3 questions... tell me about a time when priorities changed and how you handled it, you successfully overcame a blocker and completed the task on time, and you had to work with someone difficult on your team and how to made it workable.
5. Power Day Part 4 - Technical Case - talked about pros and cons of capital one investing in a virtual chat system powered by machine learning (ML), what kind of data would be useful to feed that ML model, walked through some code that creates a lost of most recent event from a table, and how you would handle updating the code to support reading a different amount of events based on the object
I was rejected a few days after the power day via an email that just read "Thank you for your interest... [but] we’ve decided to move forward with other candidates at this time." No real feedback from a recruiter about how the process went. It would be nice to show empathy and reject someone with a personal email from the recruiter and give feedback on how it all went from the other perspective.
Interview questions [6]
Question 1
count the number of primes up to and including N
(204 on leetcode)
design a smart meter system that measures the electricity usage and reports the measurement every minute to a central service. tents and building managers should be able to view this data on a website while being able to view it by hour, day, week, month, and any interval in the past.
What are some pros and cons of capital one investing in a virtual chat bot and what kind of data would be useful to feed the machine learning model for it?