Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Capital One as 33.3% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.33 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Abteilungsleiter and Intern rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Kundenservice and Intern roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Capital One takes an average of 48 days when considering 3 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Kundenservice had the quickest hiring process (on average 5 days), whereas Abteilungsleiter roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 90 days).
The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Capital One in Oct 2011
Interview
I applied through my university's career center and was offered and on campus interview. Then, I was put through to the testing. After passing the testing, I got a call from the recruiter about a powerday. The cases weren't that difficult but for some reason I struggled. The interviewers were very good at guiding me but I knew it didn't go so well. About a week later they informed me that they would not be extending an offer. Seemed like a great position, so I'm bummed I didn't get an offer.
The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Capital One in Nov 2011
Interview
Capital One recruited at my school, which consisted of of 3 rounds (or 2 rounds depending on your view):
1st round: 45-minute one-on-one interview with a senior employee, which is divided into 20-30 minute case interview, and the rest behavioral interview. My interviewer just chatted with me for the behavioral part, mostly because I had a ton of questions and she was happy to answer them. If you pass this, they invite you to the next step.
2nd round: a series of online assessment. One behavioral and one analytical assessment. I did not pass this although I am pretty curious as to what part I did not pass. I thought the assessment was pretty standard and straightforward. If you pass this though, then they invite you to a "power day" interview at the nearby hotel where the recruiting team was staying.
3rd round: I am told by friends who made it that it's a series of back-to-back interviews, 1 behavioral and 2 cases. My 1st round interviewer told me that the cases will be more complicated and longer than the 1st round case.
Capital One had a very aggressive recruiting season at my school this year in the fall. Their CEO, Rich Fairbanks, came to give a talk prior to the application deadline; they held one formal info session in addition to the career fair; and their recruiting team members participated in many other resume/interview/info workshops organized by our career center. They also had a reception dinner for candidates invited to 1st round interview. Overall, I really enjoyed my experience with pursuing Capital One's offer for an analyst position. I'll probably try again in 6 months before graduation.It seems like a great place to work and launch your career in business development and/or finance.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Looking at the calculated rates (from previous parts of the case), and assuming that you want to cap your loss at $10 million, which market do you recommend?