The process is lengthy and I can appreciate that they're not just Leetcode tech interviews but are designed to better determine skills from the candidate. However, I was applying for a people manager position and was recruited for a backend team, despite my resume clearly identifying my experience on frontend teams in the past. Regardless, I was advised to proceed since I had management experience. I made it through the power day and my feedback was that while my management skills were strong, I lacked experience in the backend systems they were looking at. Understood, I just wish that had been communicated all around in a better way or to have that interview count towards a frontend team as well.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a banking application (system design interview).
I applied online. I interviewed at Capital One (New York, NY) in Aug 2019
Interview
This is my first, and I hope the last review of an interview process. It was absolutely wthe worst experience, so I felt compelled to post the review.
I applied on Capital One wesbite for the Software Engineering Manager position in New York. The recruiter called me to discuss the process. She sent me a hackerank test -- the test was to write a web service in Go lang so it passes the included unit tests, and to add at least one new test case.
The test was rather easy. I submitted the test, and never heard back. Sent two emails...nothing.
I assume I failed the test, but to have spent around 4 hours on the test and not get ANY response was frustrating to say the least. Clearly, the recruiter I was working was very unprofessional.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write a web service in Go. The web service should pass all the 10 test cases provided in the test. Also, add at least one new test case.
I applied online. I interviewed at Capital One in Feb 2025
Interview
It was smooth and happend to be on three different dates. There was a two behavior ,1 system design, 1 live coding and 1 case interview, which I found to be not prepared for.
The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Capital One (California, MD) in Aug 2024
Interview
My first call was with the recruiter from CapitalOne. He talked for 50 minutes non-stop about CapitalOne and he was boasting of his own expertise in recruitment and how he can just glance a resume and tell about that person. I think some level of humbleness is must for a recruiter and also must allow the other party to speak.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard behavioral questions mostly cloned from Amazon. See CapitalOne's principles.