I applied through university. I interviewed at Capital One in Feb 2026
Interview
applied for the role and received a call from recuiter confirming details about background(this role is a phd level role), after that got a mail from recuiter about the interview date, in the mail itself they had mapped me to initial project.
in the interview they had asked 12 questions regarding the project and they mostly revolve around inference parameters of llm's like how do they effect the performance and how do they affect the trajectories
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
asked 12 questions on inference working of llms' how different inference parameters effect the llms performance, no live coding mostly technical deep dive
Phone screening, then a 70 minute Code Signal proctored technical assessment with 4 leetcode style questions (2 easy 1 medium 1 hard), then lastly a longer more thorough power day
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
2 very easy leetcode questions, followed by a medium level string formatting problem. Had no time for the fourth question in the 70 minute window.