Not as great as it seems
Not as great as it seems
Work-life balance is good. Flexible 9-5 hours.
Compensation is okay.
Friendly people.
Work is very dull, not interesting, and filled with horrible corporate process and red tape. As a result, you won't be able to learn much as an engineer.
Engineers in London are not given the same support as their Nottingham counterparts.
Performance management is completely unfair. You are not rewarded on your technical ability and delivery but on how well you sell yourself to senior managers.
HR is very unhelpful, non-responsive, and their only interest is to protect the company.
Hiring is also very biased. Again, people who are all talk but no substance get hired, while actual talented engineers are not taken into consideration. This results in many hires having imposter syndrome.
Understand that if Capital One wants to behave like a tech company, it should start acting like one. Instead of focusing so much on office politics, start investing time on actually hiring and keeping talented engineers.
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After submitting my resume, I was asked to interview within my campus. It was a standard behavioral interview. A couple days later, I was asked to come down and interview at their headquarters. The interview was an all-day affair with a behavioral
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I stopped by the Capital One booth at my school's career fair. Shortly after, I was contacted by a recruiter to set up a first-round on-campus interview. The interview was purely behavioral, consisting of questions to the tune of, "How did you overco
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First, they conduct an interview with Human Resources where they explain what they offer and what they are looking for. They also administer an English level test.
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Richmond, Virginia, United StatesSeptember 14, 2016After submitting my resume, I was asked to interview within my campus. It was a standard behavioral interview. A couple days later, I was asked to come down and interview at their headquarters. The interview was an all-day affair with a behavioral
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Richmond, Virginia, United StatesNovember 7, 2014I stopped by the Capital One booth at my school's career fair. Shortly after, I was contacted by a recruiter to set up a first-round on-campus interview. The interview was purely behavioral, consisting of questions to the tune of, "How did you overco
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Ciudad de Mexico, MexicoSeptember 1, 2025First, they conduct an interview with Human Resources where they explain what they offer and what they are looking for. They also administer an English level test.
