Capital One Coding Interview Questions

These are the 33 Capital One coding interview questions AceOffer has reconstructed from candidate reports, sorted by how often each was reported. Banking System: Accounts, Deposits, Transfers and Top N by Activity leads at 10×. Every question shows when it was last reported; the catalog refreshes monthly.

Part of the full catalog of Capital One interview questions, covering every round.

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Key facts

  • •33 distinct coding questions indexed
  • •72 candidate reports across those questions
  • •Most reported: Banking System: Accounts, Deposits, Transfers and Top N by Activity — 10× (last seen September 2026)
  • •Refreshed monthly · last updated October 2026

Which Capital One rounds ask coding questions?

Capital One draws coding questions from the rounds below. Counts are distinct questions, not times asked.

A CodeSignal assessment of four tasks in 70 minutes: array, string, matrix and simulation problems reported since October 2025.32 questions

Most reported: Count Case-Insensitive Symmetric Triplets in a String — 4×

A banking system class, built in three parts. Reported from the Power Day coding round on SDE, Lead and Senior loops, and from the TDP technical round.1 question

Most reported: Banking System: Accounts, Deposits, Transfers and Top N by Activity — 10×

Which Capital One coding questions get asked most?

Sorted by candidate-report frequency. Click any question for the full breakdown.

QuestionRoundReportedLast seen
Banking System: Accounts, Deposits, Transfers and Top N by ActivityCoding10×September 2026
Count Case-Insensitive Symmetric Triplets in a StringOA4×April 2026
Count Ordered Pairs Whose Concatenation Equals a TargetOA4×January 2026
Round-Robin Package Allocation with Closures and ResetsOA4×April 2026
Two Arrays: Count Pairs Summing to a Target Under UpdatesFreeOA3×June 2026
Fewest Changes to Make House Heights Step by +1 or -1OA3×July 2026
Step-Wise Array Reduction: Subtract the First Non-Zero Until All ZeroOA3×April 2026
Apply Row Swaps, Reversals and Rotations to a MatrixFreeOA3×January 2026
Maximum Valid +/- Expression Along Right/Down Paths in a MatrixOA3×January 2026
Reorder a String: First, Last, Second, Second-to-LastOA2×September 2026
First Day the Running Total Reaches a TargetOA2×April 2026
Longest Consecutive Run After Each InsertionOA2×January 2026
Count Sawtooth (Alternating Parity) SubarraysOA2×January 2026
Bus Schedule: Minutes Since the Last or Until the Next DepartureOA2×September 2026
Place Tetris-Like Figures at the First Free Top-Left PositionOA2×April 2026
Phone Battery Swaps: Fewest Full Batteries to Cover a CallOA2×February 2026
Find the Top Two Teams by Points, Goal Difference and GoalsOA2×September 2026
Find a Submatrix Matching a Letter/Number PatternOA2×October 2026
Block Placement Queries on a Number LineOA2×October 2026
Sort Each Matrix Layer ClockwiseOA2×July 2026
Check a + b = c or a - b = c for Each RowOA1×October 2026
Branch with the Most Pushed Files from Switch / Push LogsOA1×October 2026
Rotate a Square Matrix While Keeping Both DiagonalsOA1×October 2026
Distinct Values on the Borders of the Maximum-Border-Sum FramesOA1×September 2026
Brightest Position on a Street of LampsOA1×September 2026
Count Subarrays Matching an Up / Equal / Down PatternOA1×September 2026
Count Pairs of Numbers That Are Digit Rotations of Each OtherOA1×July 2026
Sort an Array Pair by PairOA1×September 2026
Reorder a W/D/L String into Repeating W, D, LOA1×July 2026
Binary Array: Set the Lowest Zero or Clear an Index, Then PrintOA1×October 2025
Count Numbers with an Odd Number of Zero DigitsOA1×April 2026
Count Arithmetic Triplets After Each Add / Remove QueryOA1×October 2026
Distribute Elements into Two Arrays by Count of Larger ElementsOA1×November 2025

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FAQ

How many coding questions does Capital One ask?▾
AceOffer has reconstructed 33 distinct Capital One coding interview questions from 72 verified candidate reports, each with the follow-ups candidates reported and a last-reported date.
What is the most common Capital One coding interview question?▾
Banking System: Accounts, Deposits, Transfers and Top N by Activity — reported 10 times, last seen September 2026.
How fresh is AceOffer's Capital One coding question data?▾
The catalog is refreshed monthly from new candidate reports, and every question shows when it was last reported.

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