A recruiter reached out to me for a management position that apparently had been difficult to fill.

I had two or three phone screens before an in-person interview. The phone screens were quite positive, but the in-person component was a complete waste of time.

I took PTO from my job and traveled into San Francisco for the day. The situational interview was over video conference, where the audio was so bad that I could not hear most of the words. After the recruiter fumbled with the system for about twenty minutes, I finally had to say that it was good enough, as I didn't want to have my time run out (after the interviewer was about ten minutes late for the assigned time slot).

One of the "technical interview" components actually started with the fellow saying that he didn't usually like to ask technical questions. Sure enough, he didn't ask any technical questions, aside from getting me to describe my current role, and there were no markers available, even though there was a nice whiteboard in the room.

The facility (San Francisco) is very nice but almost completely empty, and it had a very strange feel to it. The internal recruiter (quite junior, in my opinion) left me alone several times, and I attempted to talk to a few people that I saw. They definitely did not come off as outgoing or pleasant people.

The craziest part was that the primary recruiter called to tell me that I didn't get the job, but he didn't have any detailed feedback for me. Apparently, the video conference interviewer said that I was borderline (I wonder which answer wasn't acceptable after not being able to hear most of his questions), and the technical interviewer said that I wasn't technical enough (after not asking any technical questions???).

I fully understand that sometimes you do well on an interview, and other times you do not. I'm usually very laid-back about interview experiences, as seldom are they perfect. In this case, I really feel that Capital One completely wasted my time, and I encourage others to go in with eyes wide open if they are invited to a Capital One interview. There is a high likelihood that some of the positions do not actually exist, but routinely interviewing candidates is a requirement in order to promote internally or to satisfy well-known visa/work requirements.

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