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      Principal Software Engineer Interview

      Nov 24, 2025
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Capital One

      Interview

      It was a standard interview process. Your technical interview which included multiple different rounds all in one day. It included a coding question, systems design question, business use case question, behavioral interview.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      How would you design a banking system.
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      Other Principal Software Engineer Interview Reviews for Capital One

      Principal Software Engineer Interview

      Nov 5, 2025
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Toronto, ON
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Capital One (Toronto, ON)

      Interview

      30 min quick call Technical round of leetcode type questions Unfortunately ended there as i didn't pass the that round. Presumably it was going to be system design after this online leetcode question and then onsite.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Standard Leetcode questions, asked a 1 easy, 2 medium/hard questions
      Answer question

      Principal Software Engineer Interview

      Dec 17, 2024
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Toronto, ON
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Capital One (Toronto, ON) in Dec 2024

      Interview

      Applied on their career site and was reached out to by the recruiter over email and phone. First round was a 70-minute proctored CodeSignal assessment. The last round consisted of two parts, spread across two days – the first part was a 1-hour behavioral round with a tech lead, and the second part was a 1.5-hour pair programming session with two staff-level engineers and a shadow interviewer.

      Interview questions [3]

      Question 1

      CodeSignal Assessment consisted of two easy, one medium and one hard coding questions. Expectation was to be able to solve at least two completely, with a partial third for extra points.
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      Question 2

      Behavioral round was generic. Four questions over 1 hour to be answered in the STAR format.
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      Question 3

      The 1.5-hour pair programming question was not like your typical LeetCode question. It simulated a type of problem that you would solve at a bank/credit card company. The focus was algorithmic implementation; not so much OOP concepts.
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