La procedura ha richiesto 3 settimane. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Capital One (Chicago, IL) nel mese di ott 2025
Colloquio
Standard codesignal, then powerday. Codesignal was low (398/600), but if you send enough emails to recruiters, you'll get the Powerday.
Powerday was 4 hours (1 hour break). Consisted of technical, behavioral, and case
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
Name a time you learned something new on your own
How do you work in a team
Talk about a time you challenged the status quo
Case was something about chatbots, just know general info about SWE and data
Technical was hashmap, array, and data heavy. Had to get the top k elements and use a heap for that.
Data structures coding , less algorithm.
Mostly cares about communication , less implementation.
Case study - involved bug squashing (easy to fix) and was asked couple of design choice questions.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
Detect fraudulent charges given rule-based algorithm
Design what datastructures to use to detect fraud
Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Capital One nel mese di feb 2026
Colloquio
Behavioral + Technical Case + Technical Interview. Technical Case unique to Capital One, code review + possibly writing your own code. Technical Interview involved input + parsing and OOP. Behavioral 3 STAR questions, doesn't take up the whole hour.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
Tell me about a time you challenged the Status Quo
Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Capital One nel mese di feb 2026
Colloquio
Technical - Cashback question, use a heap
Case - chatbot, best ways to give context to a chatbot and some simple code
Behavioral - Tell me a time you went against the status quo? 2 more standard behavioral questions
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
Technical - Cashback question, use a heap
Case - chatbot, best ways to give context to a chatbot and some simple code
Behavioral - Tell me a time you went against the status quo? 2 more standard behavioral questions