I applied in-person. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Capital One (Toronto, ON)
Interview
Capital One has a good process to screen and interview candidates. I thought the process was fair and challenging. If you are good at what you do the interview is not too hard to crack.
The process involved having a couple of screening rounds with recruiters at Capital One. This was followed with a challenging but interesting Hackerrank test. I was able to solve the tests but had trouble clearing 2 test cases on 1 specific problem. They got back pretty quickly with great results and set up a very well planned and structured next set of interviews. First was the behavioural round which had the typical behaviour question. The technical round after that had you present your technical skills (which I personally think is the best way to have you showcase your strengths). Through out the presentation there are relevant questions asked. Then they discuss the Hackerrank test and also pose some interesting challenges based on how you structured your code. The interviewers definitely had very good knowledge and the questions they asked were practical and made you think. I have attended interviews with other companies and get a little pit off when the interviewer starts asking bookish questions. This interview was nothing like it.
After these rounds the recruiter was in touch constantly and kept providing feedback on how things were progressing and what was pending.
Overall I was super impressed. Every step was well planned and handled very professionally.
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.
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
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.
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.