I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Capital One
Interview
Phone interview. Technical in nature. Absolute nightmare. Multiple individuals on a conference call. All had very heavy accents and talked over each other. (This is not usually an issues, since I'm use to daily discussions with individuals from around the globe.) I had to ask for a repeat of each question 2-3 times. Despite having my resume and the job posting requirements in front of them, they choose to ask extremely detailed technical questions about projects and tools I used 10+ years ago. There were a dozen different areas they could have asked me about, but they choose the 3 that were clearly my weakest based upon my resume. I was asked nothing about what I had done most recently or were my strengths. The interview came across as very unfair and it is obvious to me I was setup to fail. Any company that sets up potential employees or employees to fail, is not one I'd ever consider spending my time with.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
In a COBOL program, what is the difference between using SSRANGE and NOSSRANGE?
Scheduled a call with recruiter. Recruiter didnt show up for the screening call and cancelled it 5 mins after the scheduled time. Dropped a follow up email and got no response. After a week, I got an email from the recruiter stating I am selected for the next round i.e Assessment. Sent me an email with the assessment description but no link. When I sent a follow up email asking for the link, I got ghosted again. It was a bad experience. Felt like she is toying with me. Why ghost an applicant repetitively? Unprofessional recruiter who doesn't respect an applicant's time or efforts!
4 rounds of interview including coding , design , case study, behavioral after clearing the code signal assesment. Coding was medium hard of 2 questions each. case study and system design was difficult.
This took a bit longer than expected, stretching over several weeks. The technical rounds were intense, featuring an LRU cache implementation and a problem on detecting duplicate transactions within a 60-second window. I was nervous at first, but it clicked for me when I realized I had practiced a similar approach on PracHub just days before. Unfortunately, I didn’t receive an offer in the end, but the experience was a solid learning opportunity. The behavioral questions felt straightforward, so I wish I had made a stronger impression in the technical segments.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Implement an LRU cache with get and put operating in O(1)