I was contacted through my university's career services and told to submit an application. I applied online through my career services center and the Capital One online application. Within a couple days, the recruiter for my university contacted me via e-mail and told me that I should set up an interview time. He also attached some information about what the interview would be like, including a YouTube video about Capital One case study questions. The weekend before the interview the recruiter contacted me and asked if I had any questions that I would like cleared up. He also invited me to a networking/information session that would explain what to expect from the interview, the analyst position, and Capital One as a whole. The interview consisted of one question that involved a break-even analysis with respect to the credit card business Capital One conducts. It involved two types of credit card users. I forget the names of the types, but one used the credit card and only paid the interest while the other user would buy a lot with the card and then pay it off at the end of the month. The first calculation was relatively straightforward, but the second calculation was slightly more complex involving two unknowns and a basic integral/average value. The final part of the interview was then asking me some more conceptual questions about what this analysis meant for the company and which type of credit card user would be most recession proof. The interview was conducted by a current analyst at the company. From this there is another round of interviews in their headquarters in Virginia. I was not given on offer to attend this event.

1 online assessment followed by Power Day with 1 product and 2 cases. Power Day was quite tricky with concepts being combined and tested in different forms. Staying calm and taking in every word is crucial in keeping up with the casing.