Data Engineering Interview Experience - United States
September 1, 2019
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer
Process
I applied through on-campus recruiting and heard back within a week, scheduling an on-campus interview for two weeks later. The interview had three parts: behavioral, technical, and case.
It wasn't too difficult, and the interviewers were nice and easy to talk to. However, I didn't receive an offer. When I tried asking for feedback, they refused to provide any.
While I would have considered it a good experience, I was not impressed with their decision to keep feedback private. I would have liked to know how I could have improved.
Questions
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Capital One Data Engineering role in United States.
Success Rate
50%
Pass Rate
Capital One's interview process for their Data Engineering roles in the United States is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive50%
Neutral50%
Negative0%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Capital One's Data Engineering interview process in United States.
Capital One Work Experiences
5.0
Great working environment
Data Engineering • Former Employee
Richmond, Virginia, United States
September 5, 2017
Pros: Great working environment, good pay, and great hands-on experience.
Cons: The housing they provided in Richmond was not very good.
4.0
Great Benefits, High Turnover
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Remote
December 13, 2022
Pros: Work-life balance is phenomenal. Good compensation and general benefits package. PTO policy is incredibly generous (along with other days off/learning days). Great senior leadership.
Cons: High turnover.
Consistently, work could be more interesting.
Culture is team dependent.
2.0
Weird performance review. Copy a lot of bad habits from Amazon
Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee
Dallas, Texas, United States
November 17, 2025
Pros: My perspectives as a software engineer working for Capital One:
* Use very good and modern software stacks. Whatever the latest AWS has, Capital One has it. Capital One is one of the top customers of AWS, so AWS always tries to sell the latest and greatest whatever they have to Capital One. You can rest assured that you are on top of cloud technology when working for this company.
* They have one of the best security practices of any companies I have ever seen. They were hacked in the past and are severely scared of ever being hacked again.
Cons: Their performance review is a variation of "stack ranking", Jack Welch style (look it up).
Performance is done every 6 months, and they usually let go around 10-15% of a team/group per year through this method.
Attrition is astronomical, even within the company (there are a lot of job changes within the engineering organizations).
I have seen directors (both engineering and products) being let go through this process. Even managers will jump when they sense they or their groups are in peril. I myself had 5 different managers in less than 2 years.
Ask yourself if you want to work for a job where your own manager is not looking out for you and will jump at any opportunities.
There are no quarterly or half-year planning or OKRs whatsoever, just a weird PowerPoint presentation of what you did in the half-year, and they stack rank you against your peers.
If you are the quiet type, you will be on the chopping block sooner or later.
Oh, did I say they copy Amazon a lot?
They are a big customer of Amazon. They are hiring managers/directors from Amazon, and these Amazon people bring the same culture to Capital One, and I'm not sure if I like this.
- 5.0Great working environmentData Engineering • Former EmployeeRichmond, Virginia, United StatesSeptember 5, 2017Pros: Great working environment, good pay, and great hands-on experience.Cons: The housing they provided in Richmond was not very good.
- 4.0Great Benefits, High TurnoverSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeRemoteDecember 13, 2022Pros: Work-life balance is phenomenal. Good compensation and general benefits package. PTO policy is incredibly generous (along with other days off/learning days). Great senior leadership.Cons: High turnover. Consistently, work could be more interesting. Culture is team dependent.
- 2.0Weird performance review. Copy a lot of bad habits from AmazonSenior Software Engineer • Former EmployeeDallas, Texas, United StatesNovember 17, 2025Pros: My perspectives as a software engineer working for Capital One: * Use very good and modern software stacks. Whatever the latest AWS has, Capital One has it. Capital One is one of the top customers of AWS, so AWS always tries to sell the latest and greatest whatever they have to Capital One. You can rest assured that you are on top of cloud technology when working for this company. * They have one of the best security practices of any companies I have ever seen. They were hacked in the past and are severely scared of ever being hacked again.Cons: Their performance review is a variation of "stack ranking", Jack Welch style (look it up). Performance is done every 6 months, and they usually let go around 10-15% of a team/group per year through this method. Attrition is astronomical, even within the company (there are a lot of job changes within the engineering organizations). I have seen directors (both engineering and products) being let go through this process. Even managers will jump when they sense they or their groups are in peril. I myself had 5 different managers in less than 2 years. Ask yourself if you want to work for a job where your own manager is not looking out for you and will jump at any opportunities. There are no quarterly or half-year planning or OKRs whatsoever, just a weird PowerPoint presentation of what you did in the half-year, and they stack rank you against your peers. If you are the quiet type, you will be on the chopping block sooner or later. Oh, did I say they copy Amazon a lot? They are a big customer of Amazon. They are hiring managers/directors from Amazon, and these Amazon people bring the same culture to Capital One, and I'm not sure if I like this.
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