Lead SDE - Capital One | Interview Experience | McLean, VA

Role: Lead Software Engineer, Capital One

  1. Recruiter Reachout: Applied through portal and got reached out by the Recruiter to complete by assesment

  2. Online Assessment: Codesignal - 4 Qs (2 Array Easy, 1 String Manipulation Medium, 1 DP Hard similar to LIS)

  3. Recruiter Screening followed by Hiring Manager screening regarding past experience, tech stack and some behavioural questions.

  4. Power Day (Final Virtual Loop)

I literally had the same powerday questions, WORD FOR WORD.
They really keep repeating the same questions, just research enough through Glassdoor and here. You can find all the questions they will ask.
I messed up my coding round by choosing Java (tooo much syntax, took a long time to parse the input, I hate it now), and the interviewer only cared about showing the desired output and not your thinking process.


Tips for Future Candidates

  • Try to split your powerday rounds so you have time to prepare.
  • The technical case study round just requires basic business/product understanding, the rest is just critical thinking.
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