I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Capital One (Plano, TX) in Apr 2010
Interview
Start out taking a few online assesments both verbal and mathematical. They fly you in and put you up in a hotel the night before the interview which consisted of another math test, 2 case interviews, and one behavioral interview. The night before I went to a reception where we had the opportunity to talk to some present analysts about the job. The first case was a credit card comparison case on profits with different credit limits. The interviewer I had for the first case was pretty cold and when I did get the right answer, he challenged my math and made me second guess myself even though in the end he said I was right. I killed the behavioral interview. The second case which was more extensive and difficult but the interviewer was more clear on the case and I answered it very quickly with no problems. Pretty much if you can kill the cases, thats all that really matters. If you don't ace both of them though, its doubtful you will get hired. Seems like an awesome job if you do get the offer though.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Profit maximizing problem given three different credit card offers with different response rates, interest rates, default rates, product lifetimes, and average carrying balances.
I interviewed at Capital One (Londres, Angleterre)
Interview
Case interview. The interviewer guided me to calculated answer a series of question. I could not fully understand the question so I asked him a lot of things and he answered me. The case was about lunching a new game which has free vision and pay vision in the market.
This is for a new grad program - a case study (math and stats heavy) plus some ordinary behavioral questions. Quite intellectually challenging if your case is complicated but quite interesting experience. also very nice interviewer overall (not so great at giving hints though)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
a case study (more like a consulting one but very reliant on math calculations)
It was very good. The person asked me questions and I responded back with answers. It was a pleasant experience. The questions were interesting. I have nothing more to say on the matter.