Recruiter reached out to me via email for a job I had applied for approx 2 months back. Scheduled a call until she rescheduled last minute, this happened twice until we finally got on a call. I honestly feel I lost this job cause of the recruiter. The call was so strange, both really interactive but also extremely vague. I wanted to go into details but she kept saying "I dont want to take up a lot of our time, you can get into details with the hiring team". So I thought okay, well I guess this is going to be shorter than what im used to. She did ask a lot of HR/admin questions which made me believe that I was being considered for the role - for instance - why the company/the role/ pay range/travelling to office etc.
Interview process started with an online Assessmsent first, HR Screening , then mini case study. Case study involved data review, giving feedback on how results could be improved. You will get asked technical questions (how would you build a certain application so have UI and Design questions practiced.
Frist round included a virtual culture assessment. Online scenarios and options of what to chose so that they can see the types of decisions you make, not necessarily how you make these decisions.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Capital One in Jun 2026
Interview
Pros: Interviewers were sharp and the Power Day format was polished. The case scenarios were interesting to work through.
Cons: They gave some expectations going in, but what they told you didn't actually matter. The things they said to focus on weren't really what got judged, so you never truly knew what the success bar was. The Ace the Case and product presentation prep felt surface-level and basically gave no concrete detail on how to actually succeed. And the decision came after the timeline they told me, with 0 feedback after a full day of interviews.
Advice to management: If you set expectations, make them line up with what you actually evaluate on. Make the prep specific instead of generic, honor the timelines you set, and give final-round people at least a line or two of feedback. The gap between what's said and what's scored is the throughline of the whole thing.