I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Capital One (McLean, VA) in Sept 2022
Interview
-Applied online -Heard back in a week to schedule a power-day for a month and a half later -power day had three sections: 1. Behavioral of three questions (like "what's a time you challenged the status quo", "name a time you had to learn something new to complete a project", "name a time you had to team up with other people to complete a project" 2- Technical case: basic math about software testing in a company and fitting into a budget 3- coding technical - given some data, parse it into data structures and then write a function to do certain operations on it...then refine it
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I basically wrote above what was asked...Tech case and behavioral are really simple and easy if you know basic math and have some level of personality. They don't want boring stories about your classes for behavioral. My interviewer pointed out how he loved my answers being about things unrelated to school or work and how they sounded like fun experiences. Have a conversation with your interviewers after you get through the case/coding/questions. Don't just throw pre-planned boring questions at them. Important!!! For the coding part, don't get discouraged if you don't know it immediately. I pigeonholed myself into something to complex and ate up 30 minutes out of the 50 minutes allotted for coding and had nothing to show for it...Then I started over, did something simpler and finished the whole 4-part long assignment with three minutes to spare. They appreciate the ability to make a mistake and correct yourself.
I applied online. I interviewed at Capital One (Toronto, ON) in May 2026
Interview
An HR Screen with Talent Associate, then a 1-hour technical interview with the team lead, and finally a 1-hour behavioral interview with the hiring manager. Use the STAR method in your behavioral and make sure to not be afraid and throw ideas out during the technical interview.
Very consistent and streamlined. The highlight was a 'Power Day' a single afternoon of consecutive interviews with engineers. The overall hiring timeline was very long asked about technical skills, system design, and cultural fit.
Initial screening was a codesignal OA. Next round was the final round. It consisted of a systems design question and a behavioural interview. Overall, the interview process was nice and simple.