I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Capital One (New York, NY) in Sep 2022
Interview
Basically the exact same as what is said in other posts but I'll reiterate because thats what I would have wanted.
Applied online took 3 weeks from start to offer. After applying I spoke with a recruiter and answered a couple questions about my resume. I then was sent a 2 hour long online assessment with 4 coding questions. Leetcode style, I would rate them easy, medium, medium, hard. I only completed the first 2 questions and had barely started on the third by the time the timer was done and I still moved on to the final round so don't stress too much.
Final round is "power day" 4.5 hrs long 4 hour long interviews with a 30 minute break. 2 technical, 1 case, and 1 behavioral.
System design technical - Design a credit card paymemt system. Basically a use case with API, DB, and UI. Give as much detail as possible and listen to the recommendations the interviewers provide.
Coding technical - Couple of coding related questions. ie. What is encapulation? Given an array of integers output the two integers that sum is closest to zero. Geeks for geeks has a similar problem you can practice.
Case - 3 sections : Conceptual, given different sprint timelines what kind of testing would you suggest, simple or rigerous. Math, given the cost of the simple and rigorous testing with this budget would they stay in budget? Coding, given this batch script what issues do you see in the results and how would you resolve those issues?
Behavioral - 3 tell me a time when... you had to shift priorities, disagreed with your manager, and had to learn something new.
Overall not too difficult of an interview if you prepare. Enjoyed everyone I talked to and recieved an offer 3 business days after the interview.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Capital One (Toronto, ON) in Sep 2022
Interview
First recruiter call, then a codeSignal challenge with 4 questions ranging from easy to medium. I only attempted 2 questions and was invited to “PowerDay”.
The virtual on-site consists of 4 interviews
- case interviews which is a code question in Java which you have to talk through with the interviewer to solve.
- systems design for a credit card payment system
- behavioural interview, 3 “tell me a time…” questions
- technical challenge about counting prime numbers from 0 to n.
The recruiter was disconnected from the process through out, was late to every phone call meeting, did not apologize but said we have to recruit 300 candidates, interviews run long.
As other interviewees have mentioned, communication is a huge barrier during the power day interviews. I struggled to understand the accent of the interviewers and asked them to repeat the questions several times. Please take a notepad and write what you hear, then repeat to ensure you understand.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me a time when you had to challenge a decision?
I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Capital One in Aug 2022
Interview
I applied for a frontend position online. Contacted by a recruiter within 2 days for a phone screen.
70 minute online assessment (CodeSignal) with 4 questions (2 easy, 1 medium, 1 hard). Some simple array navigation, a 2d array / nested loop, and an undirected weighted graph question I couldn't figure out. Seems like you just need to get 50%.
"Power Day" was 4 back to back interviews via Zoom.
First tech interview was an easy CodeSignal prompt on forms in my JS framework of choice, talked about some JavaScript syntax and performance.
Second tech interview was a frontend design prompt to build a SPA. Questions around component structure, routing, data flow, Redux, API calls, and more in depth knowledge of frontend frameworks.
Behavioral interview, pretty straightforward STAR questsions. The interviewer didn't seem to like my answers. Not sure if he thought I made up the scenarios I provided, but he gave me push back on most things I said. Seems like they just want to get more out of you to write down for feedback.
Case interview walked through a business case for calculating costs. First, think of requirements and considerations. Second, talk through some example calculations and a formula. Finally, I had to identify and fix the algorithm in a faulty code sample (no formal testing, just talking through it).
Most interviewers were friendly and had good things to say about the company.
Was rejected for the original position I applied for, but was contacted a week after my interviews to meet with hiring manager for a different team.
Interview questions [8]
Question 1
CodeSignal medium - Variation of diagonal matrix traverse (LeetCode 498)
Case about a math optimization problem. Example calculations, algorithm, fix bug in sample code. Mostly problem solving / talking through your thought process.