I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Capital One in Dec 2021
Interview
Recruiter reached out to me. We had one intro interview in which I was given the actual application to fill out (Full-Stack Developer). After completing that, I received a take-home technical assessment (CodeSignal / 70min / 4Qs) to do within 2 weeks.
After passing, we scheduled our "Power Day" of interviews. Got a run-down with the recruiter which was nice, but would take it with a grain of salt because some of what was said misled me in my preparation.
Power Day consisted of 2 "Job Fit" Technical interviews, 1 Behavioral, 1 Case. There was a "calibrating interviewer" for the two technical interviews - one was screen-off with no participation, and the other was pretty engaged. The other two just had one interviewer.
1st Job Fit Technical: Systems design
2nd Job Fit Technical: 1 Easy/Med LeetCode problem
Behavioral: 3 Questions, pretty standard
Case: Surprisingly straight-forward, but also not what I expected.
Interviews were fair/easy with proper preparation, but had a negative experience with some of the interviewers who gave some sarcastic remarks.
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
Systems design for a smart electric meter system for an apartment building with one dashboard for tenants to show hourly/weekly/monthly/yearly readings to their specific units, and another dashboard for the owner with similar readings but only by floors or building electricity usage.
Started with big components, and was allowed to delve into specifics in any other area per interviewee comfort and expertise
What do you know about Cloud / why Cloud is beneficial / pros & cons of moving to Cloud.
Given table data, recommend specs for the user.
Interpret code (related to data previously given), then debug
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Capital One in Aug 2020
Interview
It was a phone interview with the senior manager and senior tech engineer. Mainly Java and Spring Boot questions with some general Computer Science concepts as well as other technologies thrown in there for good measure =.
I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Capital One (Redding, CA) in Jan 2021
Interview
I know in the world of Zoom interviews, it is hard to get a feel for people. But the interviewer had such a no-energy, bad vibe out of the gate I just knew his mind was made up before we even started. His questions were even irrelevant. I know there could be 1000s of reasons why, but they are selling their company to me as much as I'm selling me to them. I'm 50+ years old, this was by far my first rodeo in this situation but it was the longest, most awkward 30 minutes. I was completely qualified for the job so (in my mind) so it came to would it be a good fit. Never heard anything back. It takes one minute to say thanks for taking the time, but we decided to other candidates. Not sure if they realize that I would never re-apply and discourage anyone else for applying. To be clear, its not because I didn't get further in the hiring phase. Its because the interviewer and process was so bad.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions were very generic:
Tell me about your current job.
Why do you want to work here
Salary expectations