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Updated Apr 8, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Data Analyst at Capital One
Posted Apr 8, 2012
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4.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 in Richmond, VA (took 1+ week)
I had an on campus interview which consisted of what they call case studies. There really is minimal ways to prepare for this as it is more of a test of your ability to manipulate numbers for mostly break even points they also may ask you to make graphs and other things like that. The biggest thing is to not panic. They know they are difficult and you are supposed to mess up at certain points. The interviewer will help you at those points. If you don't understand something just ask! I was invited then to Richmond for an onsite interview. Here they give you a tour of the facility as well as a personality assessment as well as two more case studies all with different people. The personality portion was explained to me in the sense 'we just want to make sure you are not a murderer do not worry too much about that portion'. The case studies are what really matters. These case studies in my opinion were of a little greater difficulty than the first one I had but test over the same concepts. All in all just relax. You are competing against a base score to get the job and not the other applicants.
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Data Analyst at Capital One
Posted Mar 1, 2012 — 4 of 4 people found this helpful
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2012 (took 3 weeks)
First round interview was a business case study. Interviewer led case was easy to take but difficult to properly execute. Ask as many questions as possible because they are very friendly. No matter what you do you must be able to put every solvable problem into some form of an algebraic equation.
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Are they Profitable?
If not, what are some options they may have to become profitable?
For every additional $1 of revenue, the company has $0.90 costs. How much must they raise revenue to break-even?
Is this a reasonable solution? Why or why not?
20MM in sales related costs. 70% goes to vendor costs and 30% to salesperson travel expenses, etc.
Current vendor costs 50% more than industry standard. How much would the company save going to new vendor?
Current industry sales per saleperson is 33% higher than current salespeople. How much could they save if they wanted to cut down number of salespeople with industry standard versions to maintain 100MM revenue?
With the reduction in sales costs are they profitable? Why or why not? What if they close one of the offices to lower office expenses? How much must they now produce in revenue to break-even? (use break even equation as we did earlier)
Finally manager comes to you and says “we want to make our profits to be 3% of our revenue”. How can you make this happen?
Most questions should have an algebraic way to calculate. I can’t really remember every detail of the case because it was lengthy but this will give you a great idea as to how it will be structured.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and an IQ/Intelligence Test.
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Data Analyst at Capital One
Posted Feb 22, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2012 (took a day)
on campus interview. submitted through company website as well. then finished some verbal & math problem online. then campus interview, some high school math. basic calculations, pre calculus. one to one interviewed. Nice guy, a technical person, not HR. about 7 persons / time slots for this round of interview, at least in my university.
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Data Analyst at Capital One
Posted Jan 30, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in Toronto, ON (Canada) (took a day)
First, they will send you a link for a test you have to complete online. The questions on the tests range from personality questions, to quantitative and English questions.
Then, they are a total of 2 rounds, each of them consist of 1 behavioral interview and 1 case interview, each of 1 hour.
For the behavioral part, they asked me 3 main questions and wanted full details (eg.: tell me about a time where you had to convince or persuade someone,...). For those type of questions, the best is to use the STAR approach (Situation, Task, Action, Results). The best thing would be to prepare a list of all past projects/work experience and be ready to use the STAR approach.
For the case interview, they asked me a quantitative cases similar to the one found on their website. The key here is to remain calm and ask clarifying questions. The cases are not very hard, but you have to show them that you are well structured and can present your ideas.
I made it to the second round but did not get the offer (messed up the last case).
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Data Analyst at Capital One
Posted Jan 22, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 in McLean, VA (took 3 weeks)
First round interview was a basic case interview. They purposely leave out information so make sure you ask pertinent questions. Second round was a super-day interview that was two case interviews and one behavioral. The behavioral one was STAR-based and was tell me about a time you...(displayed leadership, worked in a group, etc). The case interviews seemed a little more difficult and covers break-even points and extrapolating current financial information to the future.
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Data Analyst at Capital One
Posted Jan 12, 2012 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2011 (took 3 days)
First round: One case interview on campus ~45 minutes. Case was a multi-step break-even question.
Second round: On-site interview (2 days). First day- informal question and answer with some current employees in hotel lobby. Second day- 3 case interviews, one fit interview, and one behavioral interview
The company pays for all expenses, accommodates you in a nice hotel nearby, and gives a generous allowance for meals.
After the second round interview, I got a call from HR asking for me to interview again for a different position saying that it was a better fit for me. I was told that I passed the case interviews and would be flown down in order to just do a behavioral and fit. Unfortunately, my flight got snowed out (yay Ithaca) and I did the interviews by phone. Turned out that I wasn't really a good fit.
They definitely focus more on the cases- mostly different forms of break-even questions. It's a very young culture and different groups operate as internal consulting teams for business improvement.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Data Analyst at Capital One
Posted Jan 4, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 (took 4 days)
1. IQ tests and personality test. Sample tests (two sections: verbal and quantitative) are provided before the candidates do the real ones. The tests are very easy.
2. Two 1:1 interviews. One is case interview (by a manager), and the other one is behavioral interview (by a manager, not by HR). The case interview focuses more on quantitative skills and requires some basic understanding of business.
I got rejected 3 days after the interview.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Personality Test, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a 1:1 Interview.
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Data Analyst at Capital One
Posted Nov 17, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in Richmond, VA (took 3 weeks)
Very professional HR department made everything very smooth and transparent. Campus in Richmond is large and very well designed with employee satisfaction in mind. Employees had a laid back but serious when needed attitude-- overall extremely pleasant environment to work.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Data Analyst at Capital One
Posted Oct 26, 2011
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 (took a day)
I applied for an interview through our career website. Was followed up with an HR rep who asked me to apply online. After applying online, was required to take a personality test and standardized test (verbal comprehension and math).
Once this was completed, I was invited to interview on campus. The interview was a quantitative case study and was very stressful. The interviewer was very friendly and relaxed, however. Despite my experience, never once were any questions asked about my resume. The case study involved purely mathematical questions, equations, and theories...definitely not like the usual behavioral interview.
I am still awaiting the results, one way or the other. I think the company is great, however the interview process after this is even more intensive...
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Skills Test, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a 1:1 Interview.
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Data Analyst at Capital One
Posted Aug 21, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2011 (took 2 weeks)
The recruiters and the interviewers were really supportive and the entire interview process made me feel at home.
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The interview consisted of a Skills Test, a Group/Panel Interview and a Phone Interview.
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