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      Software Engineer Interview

      Feb 15, 2020
      Anonymous employee
      New York, NY
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Capital One (New York, NY) in Jan 2020

      Interview

      Initial phone screening done by a recruiter, who also asks very basic technical questions at the end. From there, a hacker rank test is scheduled with 2 problems. You are given 36 hours to do so. The hacker rank questions were 1 fairly easy problem, and 1 moderately difficult problem. Both have time constraints for large file sizes so unless you write high performing code, you will not pass all test cases. I did not pass all 12/12 for each one, however, they still informed me that I passed. From there, I was scheduled to an on site interview. On site interview consists of 4 1-on-1 interviews, lasting each an hour, for a total of 4 hours. There are two technical. The first one was all algorithms. STUDY YOUR 'CRACKING THE CODING INTERVIEW' BOOK! The examples come out of this book! I was given two questions to write out on a whiteboard. The second interview was behavioral. You are given 3 broad questions that you are expected to give roughly a 10 minute answer for in STAR format. 'Tell me about a time x happened' and how did you resolve it'. They are looking for team players, people who are open, and most importantly, someone they can identify with. I was asked a lot of follow up questions about the real life stories I was giving. You should practice telling these stories and be ready to really sell how you overcame the issue, and how it made you and/or your team better. Ten minutes gives you plenty of time to provide a lot of context and detail, the interviewer wants to relate to you! The third interview was another technical interview. This one was more explain the architecture you worked with in depth. There were a lot of questions that the interviewer just wanted to hear you talk through technically. I believed this was just to get a judgement/feeling of how comfortable/confident you were being able to explain technologies and demonstrate understanding. I was also asked to whiteboard out basic architectural strategy for implementing certain classes. The fourth interview was a case study. This one is important! The case study has no WRONG ANSWERS! Don't overthink it, just ask QUESTIONS! I asked questions endlessly until we had figured out everything that there was to it. It's not meant to be difficult, and it's not meant to overthink, there is no trick either. It's simple engineering. Find out the problems, assess why things were done a certain way, offer solutions etc. I was also given a paper with terribly written code on it, and was asked to clean it up as much as I could. The interviewers were all incredibly friendly, professional, intelligent, relatable, and most importantly, they helped you along and made you feel comfortable. None of the interviewers were ever condescending which is something I have found time and time again. If you get stuck, they are there to give you hints and help you a long. Even in my code I made a few small mistakes, but when they pointed them out, I was able to clean them up immediately. This really helped my pre-interview anxiety. At no point did I feel uncomfortable, and they also did not ask text book questions, or expected perfect syntax. The interview process from start to finish was well done, and the best that I have been a part of. They truly want to assess the power of your brain, creativity, understanding, and your personality. This may weed out some higher level technical coders that may be poor communicators, but that is there prerogative. I received an offer the following day. Overall, the interview wasn't difficult, but I think the interviewers have a great sense of who is BS'ing them and who truly knows what they are doing. READ YOUR BOOK! Practice case studies. Practice reciting behavioral questions in the mirror.

      Interview questions [2]

      Question 1

      Given two array of characters, add them together like an addition problem and return them in a char array. ['3', '5', '9'] ['1', 2', '8', '4'] = 1284 + 359 = 1643 = ['1', '6', '4', '3']
      4 Answers

      Question 2

      Tell me about a time you didn't get a long with a coworker, and what did you do to resolve it
      Answer question
      18

      Other Software Engineer Interview Reviews for Capital One

      Software Engineer Interview

      Jun 23, 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Capital One

      Interview

      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.
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      Software Engineer Interview

      Jun 20, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Capital One

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      Recruiter screening to begin with. Then, technical discussion about java, spring boot, design pattern, small coding tasks and followed by design assessment for distributed systems. Finally, managerial round for the team fit

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      Question 1

      Kafka, microservices, AI, AWS and Java
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      Software Engineer Interview

      Jun 12, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Capital One

      Interview

      Scheduled a call with recruiter. Recruiter didnt show up for the screening call and cancelled it 5 mins after the scheduled time. Dropped a follow up email and got no response. After a week, I got an email from the recruiter stating I am selected for the next round i.e Assessment. Sent me an email with the assessment description but no link. When I sent a follow up email asking for the link, I got ghosted again. It was a bad experience. Felt like she is toying with me. Why ghost an applicant repetitively? Unprofessional recruiter who doesn't respect an applicant's time or efforts!