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      Senior Systems Engineer Interview

      Jul 8, 2015
      Anonymous employee
      Mettawa, IL
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Capital One (Mettawa, IL) in Apr 2012

      Interview

      Manager and unix/linux systems admins/engineers called me to discuss the big project of integrating a line of business acquired from HSBC. The interaction was mainly with the manager. I discussed my experience with the Symantec Veritas merger which was highly relevant.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      They asked me describe my experience with data center migrations.
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