Capital One

Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience

December 8, 2022

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The interview is 3 hours long.

The first round is business design. The second round is behavioral. The final round is technical.

For the technical round, focus on LeetCode questions related to C1. This should help.

They seem to love linked list type of questions.

Questions

Tell me about a time you demonstrated a typical leadership principle.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 189 interview experiences for the Capital One Software Engineer (Internship) role in United States.

Success Rate

47%

Pass Rate

Capital One's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in the United States is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive77%

Neutral20%

Negative4%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Capital One's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in United States.

Capital One Work Experiences

Great Benefits, High Turnover

Software Engineer • Current Employee

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.

Great Benefits, High Turnover

Software Engineer • Current Employee

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.

Work/Life Balance is Strong, Tech Stack is Solid

Data Engineer • Current Employee

Tysons Corner, Virginia, United States

February 22, 2018

Pros: Great balance, cool technology if you're on the right team.

Cons: Can put the cart before the horse, leading to over-hiring or projects that the company isn't ready for.

Work/Life Balance is Strong, Tech Stack is Solid

Data Engineer • Current Employee

Tysons Corner, Virginia, United States

February 22, 2018

Pros: Great balance, cool technology if you're on the right team.

Cons: Can put the cart before the horse, leading to over-hiring or projects that the company isn't ready for.

Good place to start a career

Software Engineer Intern • Former Employee

McLean, Virginia, United States

November 15, 2015

Pros: - I had some incredible mentors. Not sure if this is the case throughout the company, but it is my experience. - The tech internship program is very well thought out.

Cons: A huge company. Could be a pro to some, but I felt lost there sometimes. Could get stuck doing the same thing for a while. Again, could be a pro to some.

Good place to start a career

Software Engineer Intern • Former Employee

McLean, Virginia, United States

November 15, 2015

Pros: - I had some incredible mentors. Not sure if this is the case throughout the company, but it is my experience. - The tech internship program is very well thought out.

Cons: A huge company. Could be a pro to some, but I felt lost there sometimes. Could get stuck doing the same thing for a while. Again, could be a pro to some.

Great Benefits, High Turnover

Software Engineer • Current Employee

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.

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.

Work/Life Balance is Strong, Tech Stack is Solid

Data Engineer • Current Employee

Tysons Corner, Virginia, United States

February 22, 2018

Pros: Great balance, cool technology if you're on the right team.

Cons: Can put the cart before the horse, leading to over-hiring or projects that the company isn't ready for.

4.0
Work/Life Balance is Strong, Tech Stack is Solid
Data Engineer • Current Employee
Tysons Corner, Virginia, United States
February 22, 2018
Pros: Great balance, cool technology if you're on the right team.
Cons: Can put the cart before the horse, leading to over-hiring or projects that the company isn't ready for.

Good place to start a career

Software Engineer Intern • Former Employee

McLean, Virginia, United States

November 15, 2015

Pros: - I had some incredible mentors. Not sure if this is the case throughout the company, but it is my experience. - The tech internship program is very well thought out.

Cons: A huge company. Could be a pro to some, but I felt lost there sometimes. Could get stuck doing the same thing for a while. Again, could be a pro to some.

4.0
Good place to start a career
Software Engineer Intern • Former Employee
McLean, Virginia, United States
November 15, 2015
Pros: - I had some incredible mentors. Not sure if this is the case throughout the company, but it is my experience. - The tech internship program is very well thought out.
Cons: A huge company. Could be a pro to some, but I felt lost there sometimes. Could get stuck doing the same thing for a while. Again, could be a pro to some.

Capital One Interview Questions

Simple Bank System

Simulate a simple bank system that supports basic operations like deposit, withdraw, and check balance for different accounts. You will implement methods to handle these transactions and ensure validity based on account balances and existence.

Text Justification

Given a sequence of words and a line width, format the text to fit within the specified width. You must justify the text, distributing extra spaces evenly between words.

Candy Crush

Simulate the Candy Crush game. Repeated sequences of the same candy type (3 or more) should be removed until no more such sequences exist.

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