I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Capital One in Sep 2017
Interview
1. Apply on university website, standard cover letter, resume, transcript.
2. First interview was a case study, received email notification that I passed.
3. Superday/3 interviews: 2 case studies, 1 behavioral for a total of 3 hours.
First round interview was good. Aced that and it was simple compared to what came later. But the superday was really unorganized since I had to do it on Skype.
Main issue
- Poor logistics and organization of the superday: 3 different interviewers in 3 separate calls. Made the timing part a bit overwhelming because I wouldn't have a break in between any of the interviews unless I finished really quickly. I was thrown off in the first case study, but once that ended, the interviewer wasn't sure who the second interviewer was or if I should wait for their call. So I had to call them and confirm everything, and it was just very hectic. Then, the second interviewer had some technical difficulties, so I had to wait another hour for another interviewer to take his place. At this point, it was late for me because of the time difference, and I just wanted to finish as fast as possible.
Other Concerns:
- Very rigid process. For the behavioral part, it was really specific questions that weren't really appropriate for a university level student. But I managed to twist it and I did well on this part. Same goes for the case studies. For me some questions had ambiguous language, and I interpreted it differently, but they only accept the answer on their paper. I'm confident my thinking process was solid, just the answer was different or I asked too many clarifying questions. They should be a bit more flexible and considerate, especially on Skype! All in all, I feel that they look for one type of profile, which I don't think bodes well for any organization because everyone is a clone. Might as well hire robots to do the calculations for you because I don't think it requires much cognitive ability.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Behavioral: 3 situations (tell me a time when...failure, conflict, leadership, etc.)
Case studies: don't remember much, but was somewhat ambiguous in language (maybe because it was on Skype as well and didn't have a paper copy of the case) - kind of unfair vs. in person interview. There should be some leniency for Skype case studies.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Capital One (Waterloo, ON) in Sep 2017
Interview
30 minute case interview and 15 minute behaviour question. It is a one vs. one situation. Make sure you take good notes throughout the interview because interviewers look at that after.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Capital One
Interview
I applied on campus for the full time financial analyst rotational position. I was notified that I received a first round interview the following week. Two days before my interview, the recruiter emailed me that I will no longer be able to interview. She said that because I interviewed for an internship position last year that I could not be considered for a full time position this year.