The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Capital One in Nov 2024
Interview
The interview was all virtual and 4 hours long. It was split into 4 different sections:
- Code review going over a piece of code and describing what it does
- Coding test where I was given some instructions on what a function needs to accomplish, there were 4 or so steps that need to be completed so I had to complete all the previous steps to complete the section
- 1 hour break in the middle
- Personality questions
Each section was conducted by a different person and if I finished the section with time left remaining in the 1 hour block, I was free to ask the people questions.
It was not very fun being shuffled around to 3 different people and having to answer a lot of the same questions at the beginning. Also 2 of the 3 people had nothing to do with the program I was interviewing for so they weren't able to answer any specific questions. The 3rd person I interviewed with had gone through the same program so they were a really good source of information.
I was told they would get back to me within a certain time frame, but that time frame passed and I still hadn't heard back. I had to send an email to the recruiter that I was in contact with to get an update on my application. I did not get an offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time when you disrupted the status quo.
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Capital One in Nov 2023
Interview
Codesignal assessment sent at the beginning. Was called upon for the power day interviews which consisted of Technical, behavioral, and case Interview. Technical portion asked for a 4 steps OOP question, behavioral asked 3 questions and follow-ups on each, case interview was new to me but was pretty straight forward.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technical: Design a data structure to store information where transaction_value and transaction_dates are given as [1, 'Credit', $50] and [1, "12132013"]. Behavioral: 1) Tell me about a time you challenged a status quo. 2) Tell me about a time you collaborated with a teammate. 3) Tell me about a time where you had to learn something new (focused on the results). Case Interview: Capital One purchased a company to provide a Virtual Card service for this customers. For each card holder, any number of Virtual Cards can be issued. What are the benefits and challenges of providing such service? Bunch of If and elses code to fix so that the conditions for transaction are met.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Capital One in Jun 2022
Interview
Typical software engineer process. There were a few online assessments, followed by a brief call to discuss resume and background. Final round interview was 3 calls, one live code, one behavioral, and one of their technical case interviews.