I applied online. I interviewed at Capital One (McLean, VA) in Oct 2016
Interview
Applied online, and contacted by campus recruiter. Was set up with a day of interviews (one of each: behavioral, technical, and case). Behavior questions were very standard teamwork questions. Technical interview included how to implement a messaging system, reverse a linked list, etc. Technical interview was done on paper, and you could choose which language to write in (syntax did not have to be perfect, they mainly cared about your thought process and algorithm). Case interview was mostly dealing with numbers and finding out if a product was producing revenue. Received a call back within a week.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time you encountered a problem with a team project, and how did you handle it?
4 rounds of interview including coding , design , case study, behavioral after clearing the code signal assesment. Coding was medium hard of 2 questions each. case study and system design was difficult.
This took a bit longer than expected, stretching over several weeks. The technical rounds were intense, featuring an LRU cache implementation and a problem on detecting duplicate transactions within a 60-second window. I was nervous at first, but it clicked for me when I realized I had practiced a similar approach on PracHub just days before. Unfortunately, I didn’t receive an offer in the end, but the experience was a solid learning opportunity. The behavioral questions felt straightforward, so I wish I had made a stronger impression in the technical segments.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Implement an LRU cache with get and put operating in O(1)
Un proceso largo, pero sin mucha complicación en el proceso. Empresa atenta en todo momento a dudas y disponibilidad de tiempo para las entrevistas. Exámenes con temas sencillos y complejos. Variedad en los ejercicios