I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Capital One (Redding, CA) in Jan 2021
Interview
I know in the world of Zoom interviews, it is hard to get a feel for people. But the interviewer had such a no-energy, bad vibe out of the gate I just knew his mind was made up before we even started. His questions were even irrelevant. I know there could be 1000s of reasons why, but they are selling their company to me as much as I'm selling me to them. I'm 50+ years old, this was by far my first rodeo in this situation but it was the longest, most awkward 30 minutes. I was completely qualified for the job so (in my mind) so it came to would it be a good fit. Never heard anything back. It takes one minute to say thanks for taking the time, but we decided to other candidates. Not sure if they realize that I would never re-apply and discourage anyone else for applying. To be clear, its not because I didn't get further in the hiring phase. Its because the interviewer and process was so bad.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions were very generic:
Tell me about your current job.
Why do you want to work here
Salary expectations
Scheduled a call with recruiter. Recruiter didnt show up for the screening call and cancelled it 5 mins after the scheduled time. Dropped a follow up email and got no response. After a week, I got an email from the recruiter stating I am selected for the next round i.e Assessment. Sent me an email with the assessment description but no link. When I sent a follow up email asking for the link, I got ghosted again. It was a bad experience. Felt like she is toying with me. Why ghost an applicant repetitively? Unprofessional recruiter who doesn't respect an applicant's time or efforts!
4 rounds of interview including coding , design , case study, behavioral after clearing the code signal assesment. Coding was medium hard of 2 questions each. case study and system design was difficult.
This took a bit longer than expected, stretching over several weeks. The technical rounds were intense, featuring an LRU cache implementation and a problem on detecting duplicate transactions within a 60-second window. I was nervous at first, but it clicked for me when I realized I had practiced a similar approach on PracHub just days before. Unfortunately, I didn’t receive an offer in the end, but the experience was a solid learning opportunity. The behavioral questions felt straightforward, so I wish I had made a stronger impression in the technical segments.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Implement an LRU cache with get and put operating in O(1)