Capital One Marketing interview questions

I had applied for a role through a referral and they were interested. Passed the HR screen, verbal and math tests and then the process dragged on for awhile. Based on the other reviews, it seems like this company loves to make people jump through hoops and control the process in a terrible way. Those tests take up so much time in practicing them and then taking them. The interview process is already a long and frustrating one so why make it worse? Why do people want to work here after such a awful interview process?

Interviewing with Capital One was one of the more challenging processes I have been through. I was referred to the position from an internal candidate and then had a phone screen call with the recruiter before setting up an additional phone interview with the hiring manager. I was then moved to the next stage which was to complete numerical and verbal reasoning tests, both of which reminded me of a mini SAT - they are timed and they are hard! I took a ton of practice tests beforehand and unfortunately didn't find that they were very helpful when I was taking the real thing as the style of questions on the numerical felt completely different. Don't beat yourself up if you don't pass though as I was told it is very common, but unfortunately you can't work at Capital One unless you've passed. If you fail then you have a 6 month waiting period until you can retake the assessment, which is also common and encouraged to do, so keep that in mind. After I passed the assessment (hallelujah!) I moved on to the in person interview which is called the "power day" and consisted of 4 interviews - 2 behavioral and 2 job fit. These were more straight forward and conversational, but the interviewers do ask you a specific set of questions, so you should be prepared with strong examples from your work experiences and the strengths you plan to bring to the role. The only thing I found surprising about the power day is that I had to travel for it and while you do eventually get reimbursed I had to pay $500 out of pocket for a hotel room that they booked for me. I was not given a head's up about that since my other travel costs were taken care of, so I was not expecting it and after three weeks I am still waiting for reimbursement. On the flip side - I was called with an offer within the same week, so they moved really quickly after the power day. I worked with two recruiters throughout the process and had two very different experiences with each (one positive and one pretty negative), so your experience will likely depend on who you work with on the recruiting team. Overall, the entirety of the process was very challenging, but it was totally worth it and I couldn't be more excited to start the next stage of my career with Capital One!