I applied through other source. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Capital One (New York, NY) in Mar 2019
Interview
I was contacted by one of their managers. The process took about 3 weeks. It was fast compared to other companies. But two of the four interviewers are the worst I have ever seen. One QA manager spent half of the time typing a survey and kept asking one question I explained for 3 times. Another engineer almost "laid down" on the chair with one arm dangling behind the chair showing condescending attitude the whole time. Those are extremely unprofessional behaviors that I can not believe happen to employees of such a big company. At no point, I beg them for a job and it was them who contacted me. The level of disrespect is unbelievable. I am positive I answered most the questions correctly so I will never apply for Capital One again.
Surprisingly manageable — the interview felt more like a conversation than an interrogation. It began with a sequence of coding questions, including one on merging overlapping intervals. The real challenge came during system design, where I had to outline a URL shortener service that could scale impressively. Interestingly, I had just looked at a similar architecture on PracHub, which helped me articulate my thoughts clearly. The technical questions wrapped up with validating a binary search tree, and I ended with a positive vibe. I received an offer, but ultimately chose to decline it.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Merge overlapping intervals from a list of time ranges
Interviewed for an engineer position, the interview was a joke. Asked basic OOP question with a few follow ups - no system design portion. Interviewer was very laid back and chill, didn't take it to seriously.
Was not too difficult. three total interviews all on the same day back to back. technical one, behavioral one and a case which was more of just a debugging question