I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Capital One (Chapel Hill, NC) in Feb 2017
Interview
I was notified of an interview about a week before that would take place on campus of my university. The entire interview process was about 3 hours, with 3 types of interviews: behavioral, job fit, and case interview. The behavioral and case interview were straightforward, and my interviewers were laid back; the case interview was short and not too difficult at all, only requiring some simple math. The job fit/technical interview was a bit rushed, I was asked a few additional behavioral questions and we didn't have enough time to fully solve each problem I was given.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when you had to learn something on your own to accomplish a goal
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.