I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Capital One in Dec 2012
Interview
1. Phone Interview (Basic Business Experience Background Summary). 2. Online Assesment (Basic Math, Read Comprehention, and behavior questions) 3. Call back schedule face to face interview (3 separate Hiring Managers, Behavior, Situational, and Fit questions). 4. Call back interview follow up and pre offer. 5. Call back Final Offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Be prepared for all questions about your behavior and how you handled business customer and peer situations. Your have to be ready to provide real world experiences or explain you competence levels for all questions. Some questions may seem like they are the same but they are asking for a different response. Take your time and take about 2 minutes to explain your answers clearly.
The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Capital One (Richmond, VA) in Mar 2011
Interview
Capital One uses the Behavior interviewing model that most companies use - STAR. Situation/Task, Action, Results.
The model is pretty standard, except for the test. Depending on the level you apply for, you may have to take a test that consists of Math (Algebra/Geometry), and Language Arts. If you dont pass the test, you wont make it to the HR recruiter.
HR recruiter will contact you for a screening, then if you pass that you will move on to the associate interviews.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Capital One (McLean, VA) in May 2011
Interview
Recruiter responded to the application submitted -
First, quick interview with Recruiter and then by the hiring manager
Then they requested that I take several tests (skills, IQ, Personality) overall takes about 3 - 4 hours (complete waste of time - who they think they are Google?)
Then based on the test results, I was proceeded to in person interview with 3 people 45 mins each.
Asked about case based questions and some quantitative questions. Not one person really impressed me - as they wanted to impress themselves to me as they were a bit arrogant.
Of my 13+ years of career, this was the most wasting time interview of all times. In fact, knowing the people I interviewed with, I wasn't going to take the offer anyways as the recruiter under-ball the range below my current salary.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you give example of difficult situation you have handled during a project?