Capital One·Software Engineer

Capital One Software Engineer interview experience

Posted Apr 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My senior SWE backend loop started with an AI-proctored, four-question CodeSignal OA.

From there, the Power Day moved into a full chain: a recruiter screen, then the assessment, then Power Day with an online banking system design round, followed by coding, system design, a case that included correcting conditional code, and then three behavioral questions.

The most memorable part was how the case wasn’t just discussion—it included working with code, specifically on correcting conditionals. I didn’t always know whether I would get pure design or code-fixing elements, but in my cycle the prompts mixed both. The result wasn’t an offer, but the structure matched a clear theme:

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