The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Capital One (McLean, VA) in Nov 2010
Interview
On site, there was a reception the night before. The employees were nice, but were obviously using the dinner for free food and a pregame and we ended up being there for over 3 hours. While this would have been fine in normal circumstances, I really wanted to get sleep and prep for the interview. Then the following day, I could barely understand my first interviewer and he gave me very little or incorrect feedback as I was going through the case. I feel that I was set up to perform poorly based the circumstances of the interview. Capital One should have more personable people who speak English clearly give the interviews because it does not reflect well on the company to have boring people who cannot communicate well and it is not fair to the interviewee.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Case interviews that involve calculations....my interviewer kept asking if I was sure about my answer, which made me think I was wrong when in fact, I was right
3 rounds of interviews, technical round focused on domain of expertise. Then there was a case study round. Interviewer was interested in execution of clear thoughts on data along with written codes.
I was referred so first a game like assessment that tested basically middle school algebra skills. Then a business case power day with three different interviewers, two of them were analytical and one was product
R1 was VJT, which was fairly simple. R2 was a screening case study, and lastly a Powerday. Powerday was grueling and cases were math heavy (bank related as well). Would recommend the process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They gave a product and asked for multiple ways to improve it.