I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Capital One (Chicago, IL) in Aug 2019
Interview
Applied online/ Call with recruiter/ Recruiter matches you with Hiring Manager/Call with Hiring Manager and Team member/Power day/Call with hiring Manager/Offer :)
Loved the process, it was very fair. I didn't feel like I was trying to be tricked. They REALLY want you to succeed and like your job ! The team was very welcoming you could feel the passion.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Capital One (McLean, VA) in Aug 2019
Interview
The first step was a brief phone conversation with a recruiter, followed by a half hour phone screening with a potential hiring manager. Then, a full day at the HQ - interviews with several different people at various levels of seniority. A couple of them were job fit / conversational interviews; there were two cases (business and product) and a design challenge that required advance prep work.
It was a challenging process and a long day, but my experience was positive - the questions asked were not unreasonable, and the case partners were helpful and made sure the feeling wasn't super tense.
Interview prep is pretty straightforward - be ready to talk about your experience, practice case interviews (especially breaking questions down in a structured way), and have lots of questions ready for your interviewers! Don't drink too much coffee before! ;)
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Capital One
Interview
Overall a very poor recruitment experience and I expected better from Capital One. Had I received an offer (I didn’t), the experience would have put me off accepting – this is not bitterness as I have found employment elsewhere shortly afterwards.
Started with standard online application form, 3 weeks later I was notified I had been selected for the next stage – a phone interview. Phone interview consisted of the interviewer walking through the role for 15 minutes, then using the remaining 15 minutes to ask 2/3 ‘job-fit’ questions which were your typical behavioural-type questions (‘describe a time…’). 15 minutes was no where long enough to provide adequate answers but nevertheless a further week later I was informed I had progressed onto the final stage, a 3-hour F2F on-site. Upon providing suitable dates for the F2F interviews I waited a further 10 days for a response to the email, finally being provided a date another 10 days in the future (very slow).
The F2F day consisted of 3 x 1-hour sessions, a BA case study (entirely maths focussed), a product challenge (reinvent a product and describe a product of your choosing) and a product design case study. After each 1-hour session if there was any remaining time I was allowed to ask any questions on the role. The day is very intense, and I would question how relevant the maths challenge was to the role I was applying for. All interviewers were extremely friendly and tried to make you feel at ease (the one positive from the experience).
After the interview I waited a further 10 days to receive an automated email telling me I had not been successful, considering the effort involved would it have been too much to ask for a phone call or at least a personalised email? It’s now been several weeks since the interview and I have still not received my requested feedback.
What stuck me was after 3.5 hours of interviews with Capital One, I’d been afforded no more than a few rushed minutes to ask any questions about the role, and only been given ~10 minutes to actually talk about my experience and why I believe I’m right for this role (during the phone interview). Surely this cannot be a sensible way to recruit. Every step along the process I felt like I was waiting around for a response.
Would not recommend, the process needs to be entirely overhauled.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Calculate break-even point. Calculate Elasticity of demand.