El proceso tomó 3 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en Capital One (Chicago, IL) en oct 2025
Entrevista
Standard codesignal, then powerday. Codesignal was low (398/600), but if you send enough emails to recruiters, you'll get the Powerday.
Powerday was 4 hours (1 hour break). Consisted of technical, behavioral, and case
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
Name a time you learned something new on your own
How do you work in a team
Talk about a time you challenged the status quo
Case was something about chatbots, just know general info about SWE and data
Technical was hashmap, array, and data heavy. Had to get the top k elements and use a heap for that.
Data structures coding , less algorithm.
Mostly cares about communication , less implementation.
Case study - involved bug squashing (easy to fix) and was asked couple of design choice questions.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
Detect fraudulent charges given rule-based algorithm
Design what datastructures to use to detect fraud
Me postulé en línea. Acudí a una entrevista en Capital One en feb 2026
Entrevista
Behavioral + Technical Case + Technical Interview. Technical Case unique to Capital One, code review + possibly writing your own code. Technical Interview involved input + parsing and OOP. Behavioral 3 STAR questions, doesn't take up the whole hour.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
Tell me about a time you challenged the Status Quo
Me postulé en línea. Acudí a una entrevista en Capital One en feb 2026
Entrevista
Technical - Cashback question, use a heap
Case - chatbot, best ways to give context to a chatbot and some simple code
Behavioral - Tell me a time you went against the status quo? 2 more standard behavioral questions
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
Technical - Cashback question, use a heap
Case - chatbot, best ways to give context to a chatbot and some simple code
Behavioral - Tell me a time you went against the status quo? 2 more standard behavioral questions