I applied through college or university. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Capital One (McLean, VA) in Oct 2015
Interview
Got direct onsite, had three interviews in their headquarters in Mclean. Consisted of Behavioral,Technical, and Case.
Behavioral is more a personality fit, if you are studying for this interview it probably won't help.
Technical is easy if you are from a rigorous CS program, if not studying a book is enough.
Case is a test see how you think logically, the problem isn't hard, my advice is to go as slow as possible, you have plenty of time DO NOT RUSH!!
Most importantly be yourself! If you aren't yourself you won't get the job!
I had a great experience interviewing with Capital One, the travel accommodations + the people you meet + the office is something that I fell in love with.
Good luck!
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.