Capital One

Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience

February 24, 2020

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Three separate interviews were conducted on-site, covering behavioral, case study, and technical aspects.

All three interviews were with different interviewers and lasted 45 minutes each. All of my interviewers were male engineers.

There were also 15 other people interviewing concurrently.

Questions

Give a time when you had to explain something technical to a non-technical person.

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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.

Once was good

Software Engineer • Former Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: Had a good culture, WLB, and office/hybrid perks.

Cons: After COVID and some VPs coming over from Amazon, the Pros changed quite a bit. But regardless, Capital One has always been meeting-heavy, and not in a good way. Slow career progression, with promotions consistently being given to the most popular people.

Software Engineer • Former Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: Had a good culture, WLB, and office/hybrid perks.

Cons: After COVID and some VPs coming over from Amazon, the Pros changed quite a bit. But regardless, Capital One has always been meeting-heavy, and not in a good way. Slow career progression, with promotions consistently being given to the most popular people.

Great New Grad (TDP) Opportunity

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

February 28, 2018

Pros: Location, Perks, People, Program, Benefits

Cons: Sometimes concerning when upper management is pure MBA without a tech background.

Great New Grad (TDP) Opportunity

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

February 28, 2018

Pros: Location, Perks, People, Program, Benefits

Cons: Sometimes concerning when upper management is pure MBA without a tech background.

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.

Once was good

Software Engineer • Former Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: Had a good culture, WLB, and office/hybrid perks.

Cons: After COVID and some VPs coming over from Amazon, the Pros changed quite a bit. But regardless, Capital One has always been meeting-heavy, and not in a good way. Slow career progression, with promotions consistently being given to the most popular people.

2.0
Once was good
Software Engineer • Former Employee
New York, New York, United States
March 24, 2025
Pros: Had a good culture, WLB, and office/hybrid perks.
Cons: After COVID and some VPs coming over from Amazon, the Pros changed quite a bit. But regardless, Capital One has always been meeting-heavy, and not in a good way. Slow career progression, with promotions consistently being given to the most popular people.

Great New Grad (TDP) Opportunity

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

February 28, 2018

Pros: Location, Perks, People, Program, Benefits

Cons: Sometimes concerning when upper management is pure MBA without a tech background.

5.0
Great New Grad (TDP) Opportunity
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
February 28, 2018
Pros: Location, Perks, People, Program, Benefits
Cons: Sometimes concerning when upper management is pure MBA without a tech background.

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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