Poor and messy. Interviewer was making up questions on the spot. Doesn’t seem prepare to meet me. Seemed very impersonal and was clearly not interested in hiring from minute one of the interview
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Capital One in Dec 2023
Interview
My experience interviewing with Capital One was pretty neutral. I would rank communication and timelines set by recruiter as a very positive experience. Compared to many other interviews I have done, the feedback after each out is given out pretty quick (with a few days). The power day however was a bit much. Back to back impersonal interviews, while the questions weren't hard, is very draining. The interviewers really don't take much time to get to know you or to talk about the role, they literally spend about 95% of the call drilling questions down your throat.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Capital One? Product Case (walk through a full product launch you have done, and be able to talk through the technical aspects of it). Product design case. Two product analysis cases.
I interviewed at Capital One (McLean, VA) in Dec 2023
Interview
HR screening, mini case interview, and then a power day with 5 hour long interviews back to back. 2 behavioral interviews, 3 case interviews (2 business analyst and 1 sort of technology focused?). Everyone I spoke with was pleasant. I thought I did pretty decent in all but one of the business analyst style interviews where I was pretty tired at that point.
I would say it was a poor interview experience overall because this is a technology role, but the power day was hardly technology focused. Two of the cases were clearly catered towards consultants and MBA grads with very little emphasis on the technology aspect. The cases were centered around technology problems in theory, but the whole thing turned into a revenue, cost, and profit analysis. Not sure why there is such a huge emphasis on these business analyst type questions when there is a separate role for that. Coming from a technology company where I help solve complex technology problems, I really thought this missed the mark. There are better examples all over the internet of technology focused cases, and in my opinion none of these cases hit the mark. The hiring decision for this role shouldn't based off the ability to draw a profitability graph.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Analyze a potential partnership between Capital One and a partner to determine if it makes sense or not based off things like profitability and customer acquisition cost. Draw a profitability graph.
Analyze a mobile app game to see if it makes sense for Capital One based off revenue, costs, and profitability. Weighted Averages.
Case centered around how to improve the DMV.