Capital One

SWE Intern Interview Experience

January 12, 2023

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Very straightforward. The first round was OA. The second was a Powerday, which consisted of three parts:

Technical over Zoom
Behavioral
Case study

Questions

The technical question was about hashmaps.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 23 interview experiences for the Capital One SWE Intern role in United States.

Success Rate

48%

Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive83%

Neutral13%

Negative4%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Capital One's SWE Intern interview process in United States.

Capital One Work Experiences

Good Pay, Limited Growth

SWE Intern • Current Employee

Pros: Good pay and great program

Cons: Less growth is available, and not as much can be done.

Good Pay, Limited Growth

SWE Intern • Current Employee

Pros: Good pay and great program

Cons: Less growth is available, and not as much can be done.

Amazing Pay, No Cons

SWE Intern • Current Employee

McLean, Virginia, United States

Pros: As an intern in my second year, the pay is amazing.

Cons: No cons for me currently.

Amazing Pay, No Cons

SWE Intern • Current Employee

McLean, Virginia, United States

Pros: As an intern in my second year, the pay is amazing.

Cons: No cons for me currently.

Nice internship experience

SWE Intern • Former Employee

Pros: - Good work-life balance. - Easy project and high return on investment rate.

Cons: Work does not get shipped to production by the end of the internship.

Nice internship experience

SWE Intern • Former Employee

Pros: - Good work-life balance. - Easy project and high return on investment rate.

Cons: Work does not get shipped to production by the end of the internship.

Good Pay, Limited Growth

SWE Intern • Current Employee

Pros: Good pay and great program

Cons: Less growth is available, and not as much can be done.

5.0
Good Pay, Limited Growth
SWE Intern • Current Employee
March 12, 2025
Pros: Good pay and great program
Cons: Less growth is available, and not as much can be done.

Amazing Pay, No Cons

SWE Intern • Current Employee

McLean, Virginia, United States

Pros: As an intern in my second year, the pay is amazing.

Cons: No cons for me currently.

5.0
Amazing Pay, No Cons
SWE Intern • Current Employee
McLean, Virginia, United States
July 3, 2025
Pros: As an intern in my second year, the pay is amazing.
Cons: No cons for me currently.

Nice internship experience

SWE Intern • Former Employee

Pros: - Good work-life balance. - Easy project and high return on investment rate.

Cons: Work does not get shipped to production by the end of the internship.

5.0
Nice internship experience
SWE Intern • Former Employee
April 23, 2025
Pros: - Good work-life balance. - Easy project and high return on investment rate.
Cons: Work does not get shipped to production by the end of the internship.

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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