I applied through university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Capital One (McLean, VA) in Nov 2011
Interview
Applied through my university. Got a first-round screening interview that was a case question about credit cards and interest rates.
A few days later, I got an e-mail asking me to complete an online personality test and a verbal/quantitative test, both of which were pretty straightforward.
The next week, I got a set of three interviews in three hours (on campus). The first and third were quantitative case interviews and mathematical brain teasers. The second was a straightforward behavioral interview about past projects, teamwork, etc.
I found it refreshing that Capital One's case interviews involve more number-crunching than case interviews at consulting firms. As someone with an engineering background, I find it irritating when an interviewer asks me to pull numbers out of the air. The Capital One interviewers would provide me with actual data to do math with, which was a welcome change from other case interviews that I've done.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Given data on credit limits, average balances, and APR, calculate what the new average balance should be to break even, if we introduce a new APR.
Let's say we're playing Russian roulette. The revolver has SIX barrels, THREE of which contain bullets. I give you two options:
A. Spin, shoot. Spin, shoot. Spin, shoot. (For a total of three times).
B. Spin once and pull the trigger twice.
Which option would you pick and why?
The interviewer was friendly he asked me Quantitative questions on a streaming platform, too much math involved. I did not reach the answer though the interviewer tried to help so got the rejection.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The interviewer was friendly he asked me Quantitative questions on a streaming platform, too much math involved. I did not reach the answer though the interviewer tried to help so got the rejection.
I thought I did really well, but they emailed me back in a few hours, rejecting me. This was for the online test before the power day, and they didn't even give me a score.
Phone interview and then a follow up email regarding mini case interview. Then there would be final interview process. Recruiter reached out via Linkedin to schedule phone interview and scheduled a mini case interview