I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Capital One (McLean, VA) in Oct 2022
Interview
Pros: - Interviews are done within one day - friendly and engaging interviewers for the most part - very helpful recruiters - simple application Cons: - the no interview feedback policy really sucks and does not benefit applicants - one interviewer was not friendly or engaging - case interview was a challenge
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1) How do you follow and keep up with tech innovations? 2) tell me about a time when you had to collaborate with a team in another area to work toward a common goal 3) tell me about a project that I followed through from start or finish 4) describe a time when I taught myself something new to accomplish a specific 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.