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Capital One Coding Interview Questions

Review this list of 7 Capital One Coding Software Engineer interview questions and answers verified by hiring managers and candidates.
  • Capital One logoAsked at Capital One 
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    "Was this for an entry level engineer role?"

    Yeshwanth D. - "Was this for an entry level engineer role?"See full answer

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  • "This was a 60 minute assessment. The clock is ticking and you're being observed by a senior+ level engineer. Be ready to perform for an audience. The implementation for the system gets broken up into three parts: Implement creating accounts and depositing money into an account by ID Implement transferring money with validation to ensure the accounts for the transfer both exist and that the account money is being removed from has enough money in it to perform the transfer Implement find"

    devopsjesus - "This was a 60 minute assessment. The clock is ticking and you're being observed by a senior+ level engineer. Be ready to perform for an audience. The implementation for the system gets broken up into three parts: Implement creating accounts and depositing money into an account by ID Implement transferring money with validation to ensure the accounts for the transfer both exist and that the account money is being removed from has enough money in it to perform the transfer Implement find"See full answer

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  • Capital One logoAsked at Capital One 
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    Video answer for 'Given stock prices for the next n days, how can you maximize your profit by buying or selling one share per day?'
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    "public static int maxProfitGreedy(int[] stockPrices) { int maxProfit = 0; for(int i = 1; i todayPrice) { maxProfit += tomorrowPrice - todayPrice; } } return maxProfit; } "

    Laksitha R. - "public static int maxProfitGreedy(int[] stockPrices) { int maxProfit = 0; for(int i = 1; i todayPrice) { maxProfit += tomorrowPrice - todayPrice; } } return maxProfit; } "See full answer

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  • Capital One logoAsked at Capital One 
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    "python: def justifywords(wordslist, width): result = [] currlinechar_count = 0 curr_words = [] for word in words_list: if curr_words: space_needed = len(word) + 1 # Space needed for the word and a preceding space else: space_needed = len(word) if currlinecharcount + spaceneeded > width: result.append(' '.join(curr_words)) curr_words = [word] currlinechar_count = len("

    Anonymous Unicorn - "python: def justifywords(wordslist, width): result = [] currlinechar_count = 0 curr_words = [] for word in words_list: if curr_words: space_needed = len(word) + 1 # Space needed for the word and a preceding space else: space_needed = len(word) if currlinecharcount + spaceneeded > width: result.append(' '.join(curr_words)) curr_words = [word] currlinechar_count = len("See full answer

    Software Engineer
    Coding
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  • "naive solution: def countprefixpairs(words): n = len(words) count = 0 for i in range(n): for j in range(i + 1, n): if words[i].startswith(words[j]) or words[j].startswith(words[i]): count += 1 return count using tries for when the list of words is very long: from collections import Counter class TrieNode: def init(self): self.children = {} self.count = 0 # To count the number of words ending at this node"

    Anonymous Unicorn - "naive solution: def countprefixpairs(words): n = len(words) count = 0 for i in range(n): for j in range(i + 1, n): if words[i].startswith(words[j]) or words[j].startswith(words[i]): count += 1 return count using tries for when the list of words is very long: from collections import Counter class TrieNode: def init(self): self.children = {} self.count = 0 # To count the number of words ending at this node"See full answer

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