I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Capital One (McLean, VA) in Jan 2020
Interview
There was one phone screening and followed this 6 onsite interviews. Phone screening included several technical question on machine learning and Neural nets. For the onsite, there were 6 rounds, they made me stay overnight in a 4-star hotel. The overall process looked pretty structured.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Describe how you would address the problem of overfitting
2. Explain the NN architecture you used
3. What are OLS assumptions?
4. Describe Hereoskedasticity and how will you deal with it
5. Write a SQL query to get the maximum number in a column
The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Capital One (Kānpur, Uttar Pradesh) in Aug 2019
Interview
The process starts with a fast mathematics test. You have to do 30
graphs/pie charts based questions in 30 minutes. Next there were two technical round in which case studies were asked with increasing difficulty. Final round was HR and it was quite simple. They just want to know you better in that interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked a basic ase study where you are an owner of a bank and you have to setup your first branch in India. What are the factors associated with the process. Common mathematics question on profit margin etc.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Capital One (Kharagpur, West Bengal) in Dec 2016
Interview
The interview is structured around case studies which are mathematics heavy. They need pinpoint accuracy and there is no scope of error from your side. The results matters as much as the process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1)A gives money to B & C at X &Y rates of interest respectively. B returns it after 6 months while C takes 1 year 9 months. Interest is compounded bi-monthly at I rate. The interest as earned by A is immediately invested in a SIP which gives an annual compounded return of 8%. Calculate the net capital with A 5 years from start.