Data Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at Capital One with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 53% positive. To compare, the company-average is 60.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Data Scientist roles take an average of 27 days to get hired, when considering 138 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Capital One overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Capital One as a Data Scientist according to 138 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 29%
One on one interview: 20%
Presentation: 14%
Skills test: 13%
Background check: 7%
Group panel interview: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Other: 3%
Personality test: 3%
Drug test: 3%
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I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Capital One (Vienna, VA)
Interview
Very professional and clearly laid out process. The data scientist interview comprises of 4 stages. Stage 1 is a coding test using Hackerrank and you have about 2.5 hours to complete it. Stage 2 is a phone interview - partly behavioral and partly technical thinking. Stage 3 is a data science challenge to showcase your data munging and analysis skills. The 4th stage is series of 7-8 one-one interviews comprising of case studies and behavioral interviews. This job was for the Capital one labs. The people seem to be really nice and professional. The HR was very systematic and helpful in keeping you updated. The only thing is that although a startup within a big firm they seem to have the problem of a large firm. Also, they seem to test you on many technology seems like they are not used and a bit unclear as to what I will be doing once I get the offer. Overall great experience and very good interview process for a large firm. Had a better offer so did not accept offer.
Only gone through the initial HR interview process so far. Waiting to go through OA and power day. Applied mid June. Got an answer end of June/ early July. Seemed like just a screening of the resume so far. Nothing substantial yet.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Capital One (Dallas, TX) in Jan 2026
Interview
I had an interview with the hiring manager, and she started to ask about my CV and went through the details of each project, and also asked additional questions about each project, what would happen if we do this or that
The recruiter call me and after a 30 min meeting with HR they set me up for interview with the manager, but no one showed up and they never responded my email