I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Capital One (Dallas, TX) in Oct 2017
Interview
I was contacted by a recruiter and spoke to her about my interests in software engineering. She decided I was a good fit, and scheduled another phone interview with another recruiter. About a month later, I was scheduled for a face to face interview in Dallas (I live in Houston) and was flown out for it. The technical interview was quite rigorous, but the behavioural interview was straightforward. It was an extremely pleasant experience overall, and unfortunately I was not offered an experience. The process was very good overall and I would personally like to apply again.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technical Interview: How to separate a string of anagrams.
Interviewed for an engineer position, the interview was a joke. Asked basic OOP question with a few follow ups - no system design portion. Interviewer was very laid back and chill, didn't take it to seriously.
Was not too difficult. three total interviews all on the same day back to back. technical one, behavioral one and a case which was more of just a debugging question
Expecting a challenging experience, I found the interview at Capital One to be intense, particularly during the system design section. The question on designing a rate limiter with a token bucket algorithm took me by surprise; mid-way through the problem, I realized it was very similar to a drill I’d practiced on prachub.com just days earlier. The technical rounds included several DSA questions, and the interviewers were thorough but supportive. Ultimately, I received an offer and happily accepted, feeling well-prepared despite the pressure.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a rate limiter using a token bucket algorithm and discuss how it would handle bursty traffic and distributed deployments.