The hiring process at Capital One takes an average of 90 days when considering 1 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Senior AI Engineer had the quickest hiring process (on average 90 days), whereas Senior AI Engineer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 90 days).
The process started with online coding assessment. The questions ranged from leetcode easy to medium. After passing this, I went through virtual onsite (power day). This consisted of 1 coding, 1 system design, 1 behavioral, 1 case interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Case interview scenario was about finding valid credit card
The process is lengthy and I can appreciate that they're not just Leetcode tech interviews but are designed to better determine skills from the candidate. However, I was applying for a people manager position and was recruited for a backend team, despite my resume clearly identifying my experience on frontend teams in the past. Regardless, I was advised to proceed since I had management experience. I made it through the power day and my feedback was that while my management skills were strong, I lacked experience in the backend systems they were looking at. Understood, I just wish that had been communicated all around in a better way or to have that interview count towards a frontend team as well.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a banking application (system design interview).
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Capital One in Mar 2025
Interview
It was fairly quick. I did not have a formal CS degree, so I was immediately rejected in the first 5 minutes. However, I was referred to a different department within the company that had different hiring standards.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked if I had a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science.