I had applied to a lead software engineer position in Delaware. Got an initial call with the recruiter. The recruiter proceeded to ask me a bunch of questions that were clearly answered on my resume if she had read it. Once we got through that, she asked me if I was in commuting distance of New York. I explained that the role I applied to was in Delaware and even showed her. She told me that she would look into whether I could do this role in Wilmington and get back to me in 15 mins. This is the longest 15 mins I've ever experienced because we're going on a week now... For a company that big, I would think they'd really have it together with recruiting.
Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Capital One (Ciudad de Mexico)
Colloquio
Estoy apenas recibiendo la propuesta de agenda para la entrevista, todo de una manera muy respetuosa y con mucha comunicación entre ambas partes, atendiendo cualquier incidencia que pueda darse, ajustes y entendimientos entre los participantes en la entrevista.
Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Capital One (Chicago, IL)
Colloquio
First round: 4 questions on an automated coding platform. First two were relatively easy and last 2 were difficult. Would suggest not prematurely optimizing.
Second round: 4 interviews on one day ("power day").
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
Create a library management system that supports various operations and keeps track of state
Ho presentato la mia candidatura tramite un selezionatore. La procedura ha richiesto 2 settimane. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Capital One (McLean, VA) nel mese di mar 2026
Colloquio
Extremely disappointed. TLDR: 2/4 interviewers didn't know their questions and didn't even know Python (it was a Python coding round). They asked to rewrite the code in pseudo code and rewrite it using their logic. Thus, waste of time on 2/3 questions without being able to jump to the next one.
Another interviewer didn't know what a blob storage (s3) is and the the half of our system design round turned into SysDes 101 session where I explained the basics and he tried to show his interest (he didn't even look at the screen).
And at the end the recruited tried to sell me the Senior offer (huge cut). No thanks