Capital One Senior Software Developer interview questions

The interview process had a telephone phase, followed by a code assignment on HackerRank and the last phase that was a full day of interviews. The HackerRank challenge was deplorably unsuited for the role offered. I'm told they are trying to improve though. It was of average complexity, consisted of 3 increasingly more difficult tasks and lasted 90 minutes. The face to face interview was composed of a pair programming challenge, a behavioural interview, CV-based questioning and an architectural interview (whiteboarding). The pair programming challenge was quite easy. The CV-based questioning was intense in that it was an honest effort to find the edge of my knowledge based on the experience stated in the resume. The architecture part is easy to fail if the candidate doesn't have enough experience in conceptualizing a system. What got me burned was the behavioural part. Google for it to see what I mean. It's all sorts of situational questions which will either leave you scrambling to remember such a situation in your experience or thinking of whether or not to make something up. I found that part stressful. However the most disturbing part for me was what the recruiter told me afterwards when delivering the "it was a tough decision but we have to say no" speech. It was a hypocrite talk with phrases like "everyone who met you liked you very much, but we don't think you'll fit in the team", "we don't think you're right for the position now but we definitely want to keep you on file for the future", "we thank you for the time you took to interview with us and to make it not be a waste of time for you we'll shortly send you detailed feedback about the interview", "we don't think we'll be able to quench your thirst for learning new tech" even though on the phone they stated that there are many interesting avenues and technologies pursued at the moment in my engineering field. A few weeks later and after a few emails that never got answered I realize that their promise of detailed feedback was empty words.

I applied to couple of Senior Software Eng position one in December 2015 and one in Jan 2016. After 3 + months, HR sends an email to share my availability for phone screen for the position applied in Dec 2015. Within a week after my reply, they scheduled 30 mins interview with Hiring manager and was told, Hiring manager will call me. on Interview day, Hiring manger didn't call. Upon checking with HR, they rescheduled. Interviewer asked question and I answered ALL the questions. Felt interviewer is also happy with my answers. After couple of days, just automated email saying "Not considered for the position". I wonder how they decided when my phone screen performance is good. After couple of weeks (Mid april 2016) of this incident, same HR contacted for another role which I applied in Jan 2016. Same phone screening, Interview went very well again. But automated email saying "not considered". I realized, This process happens just for eye-wash. They might have already closed the position. Instead of closing in system, they just send automated email. Just because I responed, they had to schedule interview and said "Not considered". It is just waste of time from my end to attend this call. If they get back to you after 3-4 months of application, just ignore those mail. You could save your time