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Or the hiring engineers are holding candidates to insanely high standards that they themselves couldn’t be held to. I did a 4.5 hour interview with Capital One
by alexfromapex 4y ago
Or the hiring engineers are holding candidates to insanely high standards that they themselves couldn’t be held to. I did a 4.5 hour interview with Capital One where I had to design a full system diagram from a text description. I thought I did great on it because I’ve done it several times in previous roles for real. Then with a different interviewer I had to solve a Python challenge which I passed and then was asked to explain the Big O value for my algorithm which again I did successfully and then I was repeatedly asked if I would change anything with my solution. They probably wanted me to find a log n time solution with low memory usage in like 45 minutes when the algorithm itself was hard to figure out. Then I had a behavioral interview where they use sneaky questions to subjectively decide if you’re going to be a jerk based on your previous work situations which I don’t even remember after a few months. All of this was live over video after already successfully completing a coding exercise. I mean the caliber of person for these basic jobs would have to be insanely talented, invest tons of time interviewing, and then they don’t want to pay you a lot.
- taude 4y agoDont mold your interview process after a FAANG, if you're not going to offer FAANG money and incentives.
- wyclif 4y agoThis is precisely what you should filter out: 2nd-tier non-FAANG companies who have obviously and unthinkingly adopted SV/FAANG interview processes and expectations when they aren't required.
- whimsicalism 4y agoOn the flip side, I think people assume that FAANG process is easier than it is so when they see any leetcode style question process they assume it is "FAANG expectation" when it might be an easier question.
- pridkett 4y agoThat’s basically the same process that Capital One has had for hiring for years. It doesn’t seem like that was tweaked because of the pandemic and remote work.
- gwbas1c 4y agoMy experience with interviews like that is that the manager isn't looking for the perfect candidate. Instead, the manager is looking to expand their empire, which means looking for someone who'll shut up and keep up appearances. In these kinds of jobs, the best thing to do is get rejected.
- halfmatthalfcat 4y agoFunny enough I've recently done an interview circuit around Chicago and Capital One seems to hire a lot out of Chicago. I took a look at their Glassdoor interview page for engineers and immediately saw what you described though the various anecdotal reviews. Was an easy nope for me.
- throwawaythu123 4y agoInterviewed with them just before the pandemic and had the exact same experience, including the low-ball offer.