I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Capital One in Jun 2011
Interview
Standardized tests on computer, including numerical, verbal reasoning and personality tests; They are about two hours totally for those computer tests. A phone interview for screening, the interviewer introduced the company and the position, and asked about some questions from my resume. We talked about some modeling skills and interpretation the results ; and an intensive onsite interview
The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Capital One (Richmond, VA) in May 2011
Interview
I applied online, and was sent a couple timed tests to complete online. I passed those and was invited to the final round interview in Richmond.
The day consisted of two case study interviews, and one behavorial interview. I had a case on a ferry boat, and a case involving the credit card business. My advice would be to just relax (if possible) during the case studies. I unfortunately tried to study particular formulas the night before that I may need to do the cases. If I would have just used my normal math intuition, I believe I would have aced the interviews. Instead, I figured I would need to use complicated formulas, and I tried to do so, and they were wrong.
My advice for the case interviews is to make sure you know how to do a break-even, and be able to solve for different variables. Do not waste your time trying to study/use complicated business formulas like I did.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
ferry boat case-one of the questions asks how many ferry boat trips would there be between 7-9 AM if a ferry needs to be leaving the dock every 20 minutes, and has a 20 minute turn around time