I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Capital One (Chicago, IL) in Jul 2025
Interview
The interview process was very rigidly structured.
1.) Phone screening with recruiter. The recruiter seemed to hate her job. She was so robotic and didn't show any emotions.
2.) Mini Case - The girl who did the mini case was young but very sweet.
3.) Power Day - 3 Case Interviews
1.) Case Interview - Profitability of New Credit Card
2.) Product Interview - Talk about the online platform of your choosing and its business model (Interview kept rocking back and forth as he was having a bathroom emergency, which I found to be very distracting.) He was also getting annoyed if I took the time to think through his questions. I just found this interviewer to be extremely rude.
3.) Case Interview - What strategies should be considered when launching a new credit card?
There was two week gap between the mini-case and the power day. During that time HR provides Q&A sessions on every Monday to go over what to expect on the Power Day. The speaker or HR in charge of those zoom calls wasn't necessarily nice, he was very dismissive. He would get visibly irritated if someone asks "stupid question". But the ladies at least try to answer any questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do credit cards make money, what factors should you consider.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Capital One (Texas)
Interview
A Virtual job tryout, similar to a survey, followed by a proctored assessment about business calculations, and followed by a case study interview of 4 hours, which consists of 2 cases and one product interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Breakeven analysis, and in particular asked me to define the region in a graph, that shows profitability with the breakeven line dividing the two regions.
3 cases and a product interview. Cases are analytical and a calculator is allowed; they are not necessarily on credit cards or lending. Product interview needs no preparation but requires framework-level thinking.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
When did you experience disagreement on a project and how did you respond?