Capital One Principal Software Engineer interview questions

Multi step, 3 phone interviews and one face to face interview. Very nice people, smart and professional. I felt bad for turning down their offer, it really looked like a nice company. I hindsight, I should have accepted the offer... (sigh)

Capital One has a good process to screen and interview candidates. I thought the process was fair and challenging. If you are good at what you do the interview is not too hard to crack. The process involved having a couple of screening rounds with recruiters at Capital One. This was followed with a challenging but interesting Hackerrank test. I was able to solve the tests but had trouble clearing 2 test cases on 1 specific problem. They got back pretty quickly with great results and set up a very well planned and structured next set of interviews. First was the behavioural round which had the typical behaviour question. The technical round after that had you present your technical skills (which I personally think is the best way to have you showcase your strengths). Through out the presentation there are relevant questions asked. Then they discuss the Hackerrank test and also pose some interesting challenges based on how you structured your code. The interviewers definitely had very good knowledge and the questions they asked were practical and made you think. I have attended interviews with other companies and get a little pit off when the interviewer starts asking bookish questions. This interview was nothing like it. After these rounds the recruiter was in touch constantly and kept providing feedback on how things were progressing and what was pending. Overall I was super impressed. Every step was well planned and handled very professionally.