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Senior Business Analyst at Capital One
Posted Feb 8, 2012 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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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 McLean, VA (took a day)
Was contacted via email from resume submission through university career website. Given phone interview and emailed a skills/quantitative test similar to the GMAT but a very shortened version. Passed the test and scheduled to interview at corporate headquarters. Interview consisted of three interviews, one behavioral and two case studies. Behavioral was pretty straight forward. Mostly, basic Q's that ask to tell about a time when you had to learn something new or led a team. The two case studies were about a ferry boat and call center.
Overall, it was the most thorough interview process that I have been involved with. Did not get an offer but I thought it was fair and forthcoming. Good luck to all interviewees!
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Director at Capital One
Posted Feb 10, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2012 in Plano, TX (took 3 weeks)
Interview process consists of s phone screen from the recruiting department that will go over the basic questions of who are you, why are you looking, what is you experience. Next if you havent registered and applied online you will have to fill out a profile and submit to the req posted. Once you have submitted they will then send you skills tests and personality tests. The tests are different depending on what job or level you are applying for. Though no matter what position you need to dedicate the required time aside to be quite so you can focus. The test are made to be challenging. Ensure that prior to your test you have everything you need like extra paper, extra writing utensils, calculator, water... You get the point. All of my tests (4 tests) lasted an hour (they are all timed). Once it is completely the recruiter will the what for the third party vendor to report them the scores on if you passed or failed. If you passed it will be in three levels, low, moderate, and high. Depending on what level is required for the role will determine if you move forward. Once you pass the testing you will be presented to the hiring manager for a screen telephone interview. If that goes well they will either fly you out for a full day of interviews. Plan on 6 to 9 in one day consisting of individuals you will be partnering with.. The on site interviews will be a combination of job fit, behavioral, or case. The interview will come into the room with a packet telling them what questions need to be covered. Each interview lasts about 50 mins. They have a recruiting area where everyone comes there to interview so you don't move around a lot. Ensure you interview them as well. Make sure to ask and find out about the role the culture the talent so you will know if that is the environment for you. Once those interviews are completed you fly home. Then all the interviewers come together to meet to discuss their interviews with you and what next steps will be. Then they fly you back for another round usually to give you an offer. At this point it has been a long process and you should have a great idea about the company and the individuals you will be working with, expectations, overall culture and if this is the right fit. Good luck! Practice your case interview questions!!
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Vacation is non negotiable. You can negotiate salary but I wouldnt push it for a few thousand dollars. They have a great incentive plan and performance review. So work hard and get a great raise at performance review time. You can negotiate a signing bonus if the money is that critical to your families need. Just be honest upfront with your expectations and they will do their best to offer what they can to meet it.
Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test, a Personality Test and a Background Check.
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Senior Manager, Business Analyst at Capital One
Posted Feb 9, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 (took 5+ weeks)
Overall, the process at Capital One is very thorough and takes a bit of time.
First there was a call with an internal recruiter, who was actually very helpful. HR guides the process at Capital One.
Then I met with the hiring manager and had a second interview with the group manger. After that, I had a full day in McLean with 8 different people consisting of 3 case interviews and 5 fit interviews. Overall the cases were fairly mathy and strategic.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Business Manager at Capital One
Posted Feb 8, 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 Boston, MA (took a day)
First, initial screening - math test + critical reasoning + personality
then interview call after 2 months to Richmond, VA
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Other Details
I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Senior Business Analyst at Capital One
Posted Feb 7, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 in McLean, VA (took 4+ weeks)
Friend of an alumni from my university referred me into the firm. Was contacted by a recruiter about a month later to set up a phone screen interview. Asked about what I do, why I want to leave, what I want to do etc. typical fit interview. Passed me to take the online tests. Math, reading comp, personality. All pretty simple, don't have to answer all the math and reading comp.
Scheduled in person interivew just like every one else. had 4 (45 min ea) interviews in the morning, 2 case, 2 behavioral with Directors and then was asked to take another one in the afternoon with a VP. I was told the 5th one didn't really mean anything, it was just if there was someone who was also interested in interviewing me... Others have said that they do the 5th one if they're on the fence but I think I did really well in all my interviews so I think they bring on a VP and go on to the 5th if you pass the first 4. The VP said it was his only interview that day.
Behaviorals are just like everyone says, they only have 3 questions but will ask more indepth questions about your answers.
Case interviews were easier than managment consulting cases but definitley quantitatively driven like everyone has said. That's not to say they won't ask you of ways to improve profit or other ideas. They give you data and you try to figure out break even and profit rates. Then they manipulate the data and you solve again. Make sure to explain everything you are doing... I literally said these are both costs which I'm adding together and subtracting from these revenues which equals the profit of X.... i was asked to make a graph of profit v quantity... (simple).... The math on the cases is simple, the only somewhat difficult part is coming up with the algebraic forumla to solve it... you need to know how the variables work together. I got a bit stuck coming up with a forumula and my interviewer helped me.
I think it's important to show that you're enjoying yourself and even if you get stuck don't show frustration. I maintained my confidence and enthusiasm even when I got tripped up.
Got the call a few days later that I passed.
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Negotiation Details
I didn't really negotiate, the offer and signing bonus seemed pretty standard and in line with others I had heard. I am very happy with the offer and it is what I expected. I asked if there was room to move on the signing bonus (since I initially thought they were normally higher from what I heard but after more research I found out I was mistaken) but the recruiter said he would have to give a reason why I deserved more. Call them after the weekend and accepted.
Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test, a Personality Test and a Background Check.
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Senior Data Analyst at Capital One
Posted Feb 7, 2012
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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 Nov 2011 (took 2 weeks)
I was contacted by a recruiter and was asked if interested in this position. I said yes and then received a link to take a personality test, a math test and a reading test. After passed all the test, I was contacted by hr and scheduled a phone interview with a hiring manager. In the phone interview, all the questions were technical.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Business Analyst at Capital One
Posted Feb 6, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2010 in Nottingham, England (United Kingdom) (took 3 days)
Application form
On-line tests
Group Assessment
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Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Background Check.
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Operations Analyst at Capital One
Posted Feb 6, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in Richmond, VA (took 1 week)
The case interview is fairly easy I found. However, if you stumble in any manner at all you will not be invited back for a 2nd interview even if you have completed the case correctly. The real problem is the 2nd interviews. There are 3 more case interviews and a behavioral interview in one day. It is quite grueling and mentally exhausting.
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The interview consisted of a Skills Test.
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Senior Business Analyst at Capital One
Posted Feb 5, 2012
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2011 (took a day)
First a recruiter contacts you to ask about your resume/experience, then take a online verbal/math test (SAT style), then if you pass, they invite you onsite for an interview.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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IT Manager at Capital One
Posted Feb 3, 2012
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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 Jan 2012 in Richmond, VA (took 3 days)
I was contacted by the recruiter and did a 30 minute interview. The recruiter then scheduled an interview with the hiring manager for later in the week. The phone interview with the hiring manager was almost an hour and I felt that it went very well. I was contacted by the recruiter and was told they wanted me to move to the next phase which was an online assessment that covered critical thinking and critical math. I took these assessments the following week and the next day I was contacted by the recruiter and was informed I did not score high enough to proceed to the next phase but was offered to reapply in 6 months.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and an IQ/Intelligence Test.
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