I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Capital One (McLean, VA) in Mar 2019
Interview
Applied online then contacted by a recruiter after a week, set up a phone interview with a Sr. manager, Software engineer ? I feel like they are just doing the interview for the sake of saying we tried to fill this position with other candidates but probably have someone in the interviewers mind!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
tell me about your current project, technologies you are using, and talk about restful web service, emerging technologies like docker, aws, kafka... . and Ha, very funny question how many lines of code did you write in your project 😀
Was not too difficult. three total interviews all on the same day back to back. technical one, behavioral one and a case which was more of just a debugging question
Expecting a challenging experience, I found the interview at Capital One to be intense, particularly during the system design section. The question on designing a rate limiter with a token bucket algorithm took me by surprise; mid-way through the problem, I realized it was very similar to a drill I’d practiced on prachub.com just days earlier. The technical rounds included several DSA questions, and the interviewers were thorough but supportive. Ultimately, I received an offer and happily accepted, feeling well-prepared despite the pressure.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a rate limiter using a token bucket algorithm and discuss how it would handle bursty traffic and distributed deployments.
Recruiter screening to begin with. Then, technical discussion about java, spring boot, design pattern, small coding tasks and followed by design assessment for distributed systems. Finally, managerial round for the team fit