Capital One Interview Questions

Julien C. - "👇 Your feedback is very much appreciated 👇 Reduce scope of product for the initial launch. Streamline the PRD to an actual MVP and use the current PRD (that takes 6 months to build) for the V1"See full answer

Chinedu ekene O. - "After more than five years at my previous company, I had contributed significantly to many important projects and helped the team navigate critical transitions, such as our shift from a monolithic to a microservices architecture. However, over time, I realized that my goals and the direction of the company were no longer fully aligned. I felt I had outgrown the position and was ready for new challenges, where I could continue to grow both technically and professionally. Ultimately, I’m excited a"See full answer

Ban N. - "Follow news and resources via conferences or top companies' blogs, such as NeurIPS 2023 or Google Research Blog to get updates about the machine learning landscape. Research the papers on the new technology or approach that was mentioned or introduced via the subscribed sources, such as listed above. Following media channels, podcasts, or influencers on social media who were recently active in the industry to catch up with the trending and valuable insights, research, thoughts... Scan Github"See full answer

Jack F. - "conduct direct user research through methods such as interviews, surveys, and focus groups to gather qualitative insights into user preferences, pain points, and behaviors. Additionally, I analyze quantitative data from sources like user analytics, feedback metrics, and market research to identify trends and patterns. Collaborating closely with stakeholders, including customers, internal teams, and subject matter experts, further enriches the requirements gathering process by incorporating diver"See full answer

Jack F. - "This is an estimation question - the goal is to show your thought process to the interviewer how you think through the question Let's make some assumptions - we are only focused on the TAM for Capital One's new potential card For the purpose of scoping this more narrowly let's assume we are solely focused on the U.S. Let's continue to scope in... 1). We know the United States population is somewhere in the ballpark of ~330MM (let's use round figures) 2). You should have some due dili"See full answer

Vinay P. - "Fintechs are providing ready solutions for various financial operations of banks with customer-centric UI which are easy to integrate with various platforms and cost-effective."See full answer

Hmm T. - "Understand what is the business objective behind the ask ? We should not be adopting trends just because everyone is adopting, it has to be tied to business objective Once objective is clear - we need to determine feasibility and cost\benefit assessment by deciding on pilot candidates - since its bank, do we want to integrate this with mobile banking only ? Once we decide on candidate - we will also need to decide on buy vs build decision ? If there are any fintech offerings (like Zell"See full answer