Capital One·Software Engineer

Capital One Software Engineer interview experience

Got offer

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Posted Oct 2020 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I interviewed through Capital One’s TDP Associate SWE loop, and the structure was pretty direct.

I went to a Power Day first, then moved into a behavioral round, a technical round, and finally a case. The offer came out of that process.

In the Power Day, I focused heavily on STAR-style behavioral answers, and I remember my technical hour combining design with a couple LeetCode-style questions in the easy/medium range. The case itself was unusual because it wasn’t just a coding scenario—it was about why Capital One acquired a company around 2011 and what kinds of integration challenges come with that kind of acquisition.

What stayed with me was the balance: I had both classic

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