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1. Quick phone screen. Nothing crazy. Its a phone screen--if you are reading this you know what this looks like. 2. Code Signal test. Really not hard. You need a ~700 to pass; the first two questions. The third question is a bit harder and will eat time, the 4th requires optimization. The general consensus is 1-2-4-3. I had answers for all of them but the last two didn't pass all the test cases. Ok. Power Day. You have 4 interviews. Its worth studying for this. Youll get a coding test, an arch/design test, a behavioral, and a case study. 1. Coding Test: Code signal. The questions are online if you look, but make sure you are optimizing. Talk through why you are answering the question. Pretty easy. 2. Design: Again, found the question online (think: bank). Think through why you do things and the tertiary effects. It helps to know AWS well. 3. Behavioral: 3 standard tell me about a time when questions. You can find this online. I just wrote down all my projects and categorized them based on keywords so I could pull them up. This one is a gimme 4. Case: This one is downplayed a lot. I thought it was much harder. It requires basic math which really threw me off. Take notes. Take notes. Take notes. Off-handed statements from the first few minutes are important later on. Think critically and you'll be fine, but approach it as a case study and be aware that there is math in this one (6th grade). Youll be fine.
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Senior Lead Software Engineer

Interviewed at Capital One

Oct 29, 2022

1. Quick phone screen. Nothing crazy. Its a phone screen--if you are reading this you know what this looks like. 2. Code Signal test. Really not hard. You need a ~700 to pass; the first two questions. The third question is a bit harder and will eat time, the 4th requires optimization. The general consensus is 1-2-4-3. I had answers for all of them but the last two didn't pass all the test cases. Ok. Power Day. You have 4 interviews. Its worth studying for this. Youll get a coding test, an arch/design test, a behavioral, and a case study. 1. Coding Test: Code signal. The questions are online if you look, but make sure you are optimizing. Talk through why you are answering the question. Pretty easy. 2. Design: Again, found the question online (think: bank). Think through why you do things and the tertiary effects. It helps to know AWS well. 3. Behavioral: 3 standard tell me about a time when questions. You can find this online. I just wrote down all my projects and categorized them based on keywords so I could pull them up. This one is a gimme 4. Case: This one is downplayed a lot. I thought it was much harder. It requires basic math which really threw me off. Take notes. Take notes. Take notes. Off-handed statements from the first few minutes are important later on. Think critically and you'll be fine, but approach it as a case study and be aware that there is math in this one (6th grade). Youll be fine.

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