I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Capital One (McLean, VA) in May 2017
Interview
The interview process was multiple step. First I had a phone screen with recruiter. I then had an informal phone chat with hiring manager. About 2 weeks later, I had an onsite interview that had 1 business case, 1 product case, 1 design challenge, and 2 job fit/behavioral interviews.
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
Business Case: What is the breakeven percentage for the depositing mobile payments?
Product Case: What are some factors in deciding to have a discount savings feature in a digital deals program? Here are some quantities, what is the fastest return of investment for these distribution channels? How would you design a mobile app for this? Can you tell me issues with this given app design?
Design challenge: Choose a topic that you prepared before hand. I choose "How do people use air travel" and choose 1-3 problem areas inside of that. I presented a short 10 deck of the problems. With 1 other product manager, we ideated on solutions and then choose the best one after thinking about the tradeoffs. We created a journey map of the UX flow afterwards.
Job Fit interviews: Straight forward behavioral interviews about "why do you want to work at Capital One", "tell me about a time you failed", "what are your greatest achievements", etc.
Frist round included a virtual culture assessment. Online scenarios and options of what to chose so that they can see the types of decisions you make, not necessarily how you make these decisions.
The interview process was smooth overall. It started with a computer screening, followed by a 30-minute recruiter call focused on my experience and fit with Capital One. Then I had a one-hour “money case” discussing a Capital One product from different angles. I’ve now moved to the PowerDay round, which includes two product cases, one product skills round, and one product discovery round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you want to work in the financial industry or at Capital One?
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Capital One
Interview
Interview had 4 rounds: assessment, recruiter, hiring manager, and Power Day. The Power day was 4 30 min interview sessions with other managers. It was pretty straight forward, just prepare some STAR based experiences.