I interviewed at Capital One (Nottingham, England)
Interview
first round is a coding assessment, if you pass that then you have to make a presentation on a technical project and then followed by a coding interview. the final round is then a one-one more general interview
Power day with three rounds. One technical, one case, one behavioral. Technical comprises of hash map application and can be done in any language. Behavioral is standard STAR format. Case gives an example Capital One technology and asks you to talk about it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you went above and beyond the status quo.
Power day (technical, behavioral, case study). Online assessment beforehand using code signal. Leetcode medium level questions for all (maybe 1 easy in the OA). Prepare for object oriented programming as well.
I applied online. I interviewed at Capital One (McLean, VA) in Mar 2026
Interview
I did not get to the final round but I had a technical and a behavioral interview.
The technical interview was medium defficutly. 1 medium-hard leetcode question and 2 easy, 1 medium.
I never understand behavioral interviews. There is no difficulty you just answer the questions and hope for the best I guess.
Capital One interviews FAQs
Software Engineer(Internship) applicants have rated the interview process at Capital One with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 77% positive. To compare, the company-average is 60.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer(Internship) roles take an average of 26 days to get hired, when considering 190 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 Software Engineer(Internship) according to 190 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 30%
Presentation: 17%
Skills test: 12%
Phone interview: 9%
Group panel interview: 8%
Personality test: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Drug test: 4%
Background check: 4%
Other: 3%
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