Capco Interview Questions & Reviews

Interview Details – THINK: Boiler Room withOUT the wealth and “status”

Topics:
* The recruiting manager's resume of experience and career ladder
* The image the company is trying to portray and the theme between the reception area and the website (if you like admiring a bunch of white male parnters in B&W head shot photography, this is a good match for you)
* The look and feel of the office and my impression of it (I didn't answer this one either, the reception area chairs have you practically sitting on the floor and the 11th floor looks like its going to pack it up t any moment in the middle of the night and vacate). I've seen hoteling work wonders, it doesn't need to look like this, no partitions, no workstations, nothing, a bunch of table space.
* The negative reviews of the Human Capital function on Glassdoor (don't look at me, I didn't bring it up)
* The defensive stance that the recruiting function does NOT practice used-car salesmanship tactics (again, no comment, I didn't bring it up)
* The fact that the interview process isn't unprofessional because of interviewer no shows, cancellation or reschedules. Stuff happens. I guess.
* The last 10 minutes was the very first review of my resume and some notes she made in the white space of the margin.

The person who elects to fill this role has a huge challenge on his or her hands. I recommend that you are super adept at subordination, biting your tongue, dealing with really low retention and really high turnover (remember you are supposed to be solving this problems despite the recruiting process) and the long, long process of change management.

THIS IS A PARTNER CENTRIC FIRM WITH UNDETECTABLE RESPECT FOR THE HUMAN CAPITAL OR ITS FUNCTION. BE SURE TO THINK WHAT KIND OF TONE THIS WILL SET FOR YOUR EMPLOYMENT AND TENURE.

I was checked out within 10 minutes and already devising an exit plan in my head. Turns out it didn't matter, I found out at the end the 2nd interview was canceled (albeit due to uncontrollable circumstances) and the last one never happened cause it was canceled.

Interview Details – 3 rounds, including one with HR.

First round was typical HR interview... walk me through your resume.
Second round consisted of 4 interviews with senior level consultants. Again not many techncical questions. Mostly all fit.
Third Round was in group case study format. Brief writing exercise. Group presentation.

Interview Details – I applied through my school's careers website and received an on-campus interview. The questions were mostly about my resume and experience, as well as several behavioral questions - Tell me about a time you had to deal with ambiguity. Tell me about a time you led a time. Pretty much all of the questions were pretty standard.

Interview Details – I applied through my college. The first interview was pretty funny - no questions about finance or my skillset at all. It was basically a conversation with the recruiter. The second round interviews were 4 back to back interviews with various analysts/consultants in the firm. Typical questions like what have you read in the news lately, describe financial crisis basically things that you should have read up on.
Overall, the process was pretty straightforward, everyone was nice. communications were fast.

Interview Details – friend refer followed by phone interview, one week later on site superday with 4 round back to back interview with partners. got offer the next day

Negotiation Details – standard package for associate level

Interview Details – The company is looking for people but getting on can be difficult just because they drag their feet. I had to call them a couple of times to get my interview scheduled. I think it is just because everyone is really busy. My interview was in person but since there offices are only in New York, Chicago and California that your interview may only be by phone. Fresh out of college can be required to be on-site in one of the three offices. Experienced staff will work remotely. Expect travel, every other week.

Negotiation Details – There are a few groups at Capco where most is Financial. The technology group that I joined has a few basic titles in that group. Consultant, Senior Consultant, Managing Principal are common.. My rate was set in the middle for my title so there wasn't a lot of negotiation. Review the rates on GlassDoor so you can decide for your self if you should be on the higher range of the band for the title they offer you.

Interview Details – Phone Interview with HR
2 Rounds of Technical Interview
1 Round of Job-Fit Interview

Interview Details – I went through two rounds of interview. First round is a telephone interview. The Hr lady who conducted interview rescheduled it several times. In fact twice she did it a minute before the interview was supposed to take place. The second round of interview was in the office. I had four interviewer back to back. Two were from HR and other two were consultants. The questions asked were mostly behavioral. The interviewers were great however they seemed unprepared as they hadn't even skim through my resume before interviewing me.

 We were told that we would be given the contact information of the interviewer at the end of the day. However she forgot to do so and when i emailed her about it she sent me the email id of some other employee who hadn't conducted my interview! We were also told that the third round of interview would be conducted two months down the line!

Overall, I found the whole process to be extremely unprofessional and haphazard. Considering the emphasis they claim to place on meritocracy, I guess they skip that when it comes to HR employees.

Interview Details – HR reached out to me about a interview day they were having. Capco has been having these superdays alot lately. Literally 3 a week since December 2012.

Initial, convo with HR was going thru the resume. Pretty much wanted to make sure you can communicate verbally.

At the interview day, I met with 4 people - a mix of managers, senior consultants and principals. There was no case study, but I think that was only because I carried myself as a consultant; being confident, not cocky and speaking the lingo. Went thru my resume with each one and highlighted PROJECT MANAGEMENT related skills. Make sure to highlight these especially if you dont have experience within consulting before.

Since they are hiring like crazy, I got a call back a few days later with an offer.

Push to be apart of the CAP program training. Its good experience for those w/o consulting exp.