I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Capital One in Feb 2015
Interview
Was put in touch with a recruiter by a colleague, then after recruiter phone screen took an online programming test. The phone screen went really well, I explained about my current role (academic researcher in a STEM field), recruiter explained more about what they do at Capital One labs. Was given a link to the test, which can be taken only one time, and is a programming test. The problems are not difficult, but in my research I basically know the programming I need to get the job done...it's definitely not my strength. I didn't pass this test, based on the test cases during the test I think I got about 50%. If this test is passed, next comes a data challenge using an actual dataset. I wish I could have gone straight to that, I think I would have done much better on it than the programming test.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Work through problems on the hackerrank site, it's good preparation
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Capital One (Dallas, TX) in Jan 2026
Interview
I had an interview with the hiring manager, and she started to ask about my CV and went through the details of each project, and also asked additional questions about each project, what would happen if we do this or that
The recruiter call me and after a 30 min meeting with HR they set me up for interview with the manager, but no one showed up and they never responded my email
Two technical rounds with case studies and coding + SQL. Coding was just LC easy level and SQL was a bit more challenging but being comfortable with all the key words should be good enough.