Capital One·Software Engineer

Capital One Software Engineer interview experience

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Negative

San Jose, CAPosted Feb 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I started with an online coding assessment before I spoke with anyone, and only after that did I have recruiter conversations and the main interview loop.

The whole sequence landed in a longer half-day style Power Day. My Power Day included a mix of rounds that felt like they covered the full spectrum: live coding, system design, a case study, and behavioral conversations.

I experienced the day as challenging, mainly because the pace was intense and the interviewer expectations were more about how I structured my thinking than just getting to an answer. When it came to the technical work, I had to actually talk through my approach, not just compute in silence, and the system design and case study pieces were clearly meant to test whether I

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