Capital One Software Engineer interview experience

I had a coding test with four questions that felt surprisingly simple. Then I was brought into Power Day, which stretched across multiple rounds including systems design, additional coding, a case component, and a behavioral interview.

What surprised me most was how simple the whole experience felt once it started—especially compared to how I expected things to ramp up. The interviews weren’t easy in the sense of “no thinking,” but the overall tone was manageable. I ended up getting an offer, and my honest takeaway was that the clarity of the rounds made it easier to perform than I’d assumed