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Round 1
Duration
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60 Minutes
30 questions
The test was purely based
on Data Interpretation.
Every page had 3 charts
and 5 objective questions
based on those charts.
There was severe time
constraint in the paper and
my selectivity among the
questions proved benecial
in clearing the cut-o.
Round 2
Interview
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Preliminary Case Interview:
Duration -10 minutes (Just
after the Written Test) - One
on One Case Interview.
"Tell me about yourself"
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was the rst question asked

to me. I just told him a few
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things about myself mainly

focusing on the nancial
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projects I did. Then he gave
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me a trivial case study as
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follows, "There are two
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economical classes, Prime
and Sub-Prime, and I had BLOG

to
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give a Motorcycle loan to
one of them. Whom should I

give?" I was supposed to
ask him any information
that I would require to solve
this case study. Whenever I
used to get stuck he gave
me hints to work upon. And
nally, based on the value
he gave me I could compare
the prot from both the
classes. The main thing
about the case study was
the way of solving it and
how interactive was I with
the interviewer.
After this, the next round
was held during the
placement time. They had
given us the link for few
practice case-studies. The
Case Study given at their
website is the most
important one. It helps you
understand the standard
approach they look for in a
candidate.
Round 3
Interview
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1st Case Interview: Duration
50 minutes
My interview was of the
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longest duration compared

to others,
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was based on Credit
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insurance involving simple
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mathematics to reach a
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logical conclusion.
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One reached its customers

for new oers through
postal mail. They had 2
kinds of postal services, A
class and C class. In A
Class, if the customer had
changed his address then
the postal service would
update the address on the
letter and it would reach the
customer at the new
address. In C Class, if the
address is changed then the
customer would not get the
mail. I was supposed to tell
which one of the postal
service was better in two
conditions, 1st when no. of
mail to be made is xed and
2nd when amount to be
spend in mailing is xed."
I found this case simpler
than the earlier one. I
managed to complete the
case in just 20 minutes. The
interviewer was very
impressed with the speed
with which I was able to
solve the case. It was
enough to make me realize
that I had made it.
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Study of this sort is that you

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thinking. So if you have

made some calculation
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mistake he wouldnt mind
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something the interviewer

told me that he liked about
me.
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The Biggest question that

all of us face in nal year is
"WHAT NEXT". With the
options like
CAT/GRE/CORE/FINANCE/
CONSULTING it becomes
extremely dicult to select
just one. Initially I had no
idea what it was going to
be, but after my internship I
knew that I wouldn't be
going for either core or
higher studies. After talking
to seniors, I realized that
doing MBA after one or two
years of work experience
would be better - you know
what you have to focus on
and would also give you a
smoother platform to
change your eld of job if
you are not comfortable in
it. So my choices just
narrowed down to jobs in
either nance or consulting.
Looking at the job scenario
in our placement season, I
knew I had to prepare for all
of them. That is one of the
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of them. That is one of the

reasons I appeared for CAT
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preparing for CAT helps a

lot in placement
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prepared for
each of the placement

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Resume:
A resume is one of the most
important things which
mark the rst impression
upon the interviewer. You
should devote ample time to
work upon it. Every
company looks for a
dierent kind of candidate
to suit their purpose; make
sure your resume ts that
prole. Prepare resumes
separately for each sector
with some minor changes
for companies of same
sector. Get your resume
checked and rechecked by
some alumnus in the
company you are
applying for.
PPTs:
The best way to know about
the company is through its
PPT. It gives you the details
of the work prole and also
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of the work prole and also

tells you what kind of
candidate
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opportunity to get all your
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Written Test:
Usually the CAT preparation
is more than enough to
crack the data
interpretation and aptitude
tests (excluding the
technical tests). Practice
plays an important role here
to be able to solve the
lengthy tests speedily and
accurately. People aiming
the nance companies must
read Economic Times
(specially the editorials)
regularly to form a broader
perspective of the nancial
situation all over the world.
Group Discussions:
I used to think that GD is
just another formal bulla
session that we have. But it
turned out to be a complete
disaster when I had a GD
round during an Internship
process. It is just not what
you speak that matters, but
also how well you convey
your points, how well you
work in a group, do you
understand the group
dynamics, your body
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dynamics, your body

language, and other group
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started this session for GD
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practice very few people
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turned up. It
is through
these sessions that you
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the Do's and Donts of a GD.

With every GD session that
we used to have, I used to
learn some new thing or the
other.
Case Studies:
At rst case studies seem to
be highly intimidating. The
workshops on Case Study
by SPO helped me clear all
my apprehensions, and then
the process became a lot
easier. Initially we used to
solve a case in a group of 23 people and afterwards we
did it individually discussing
the methodology that we
adopted and the dierent
solutions that we
approached. The
discussions were the most
important part as we
learned what mistake we
committed. It helped us
frame our mindset in the
right direction.
HR Interviews:
To be able to do well in an
HR interview one needs to
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HR interview one needs to

do a lot of introspection
about
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ones own self. This
helps you in answering

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like your strengths,
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objective etc. You should

be
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able to modify your answers
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prole. I prepared for HR

interview in a group of 3.
Initially, we gathered all the
questions that the
interviewer is likely to ask.
We divided our answers
based on the
company prole and also
prepared examples to
support our qualities.
Finally we conducted 3-4
rounds of mock interviews.
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and hence accuracy was

very important to qualify for
the next round.
Interview Tips
Solving DI questions from

any CAT practice book will
be more than enough. The
actual questions in the test
are much easier. Just be
read the question carefully
and you will be able to solve
it.
Round 2
Interview
Experience
Case Study Interview

Initially the interviewer tests
your basically conceptual
knowledge regarding the
cost and revenue streams
for a loan and then expects
you to calculate the average
prot given the required
data. This was a pretty
small interview lasting only
about 10-12 minutes or so.
Interview Tips
Keep conversing with the

interviewer and clarify any
doubts. Do not mess up with
the calculation.
Round 3
Interview
Experience

Again, the interviewer tests
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Experience
Again, the interviewer tests

your basic understanding
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relevant information, you
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informed decision, do the
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break-even analysis and BLOG
plot a graph.
Interview Tips
You need to show the

interviewer your grasp of
business concepts. A good
knowledge about economics
and a business acumen
helps. The math is easy, just
be careful not to mess it up.
Also, keep conversing with
the interviewer and help him
understand your line of
thinking, this would enable
him to assist you and get
you on the right path.
Round 4
Interview
Experience
You are expected to do the

math to assess the
protability of an ATM and
qualitatively discuss the
factors to be considered
while setting up a new ATM.
Interview Tips
Again, think aloud and use

your common sense if ever
you feel that you do not
know an answer. But mainly
be condent.
Round 5
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Behavioural Interview
Question 1: Tell us a time
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when you asked your peers
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when you had to learn
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when you delivered results

in a short deadline while
working in a team
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Experience
The interviewer is very

friendly and it is more of a
chat than an interview. Also,
they will get into the
specics of the example you
provide just to understand
the situation better and to
know how you handled the
situation.
Interview Tips
Be well prepared with all the

general HR and behavioral
questions and think about
specic examples that you
would like to bring up.
Skills
Skills Tested
Condence
Communication
Basic Mathematics
Skill Tips
If you are selected for the

interview, chances are that
you already have the
necessary math skills to
succeed. Remember, the
only things which are going
to get you through are
condence, alertness and
business acumen.
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business acumen.
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Interview
Round 1
Duration
No. of Questions
Interview
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Test
35 Minutes
30 questions
It was basic data
interpretation questions.
They gave us a graph or a
couple of graphs and asked
questions based on them.
Calculators were permitted,
so it was mostly about
speed and application.
Interview Tips
Solve CAT level questions

for Data Interpretation,
which is a more advanced
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which is a more advanced

level. That should make
these
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easy. Just practice sums as
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much as possible to crack

this rst round.
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Question 1: Choosing
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between two car varieties

based on various costs.
Question 2: Choosing
between in-branch and outbranch ATM's (factoring in
various parameters)
Question 3: Choosing a
marketing strategy for
Capital One (Phone Calls or
Letters).
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Experience
The company basically

looks for how logically you
think as well as how
eectively you can
communicate while working
on a problem. The question
will be a relatively
straightforward case with
basic math involved. There
are three rounds of Case
Interviews, with varying
problem statements, to test
your thought and working
process
Interview Tips
Ensure you write everything

systematically, and keep the
conversation going with
your interviewer. Tell
him/her what you are doing
constantly. Double check
your work, ask questions
and be calm and condent.
The process is very relaxed
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The process is very relaxed

so take your time. If you
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to get it claried. Organise
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easily. Don't get ustered if
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you make a mistake, check
your working and correct it.

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Questions
Question 1: Narrate a time

when you sought the help of
your peers and tell me the
outcome.
Question 2: Tell me a time
when you overcome an
obstacle in a project or task
and the outcome.
Question 3: Tell me of a time
you learned something new
for a project/work.
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Experience
This was the last round of

interviews. It was very
relaxed. If you've made it
this far then you have a very
good chance of receiving an
oer letter. It's more of an
HR Interview with easy
owing conversation. It is to
gauge your communication
ability and to get a better
understanding of what
you've done previousy in
terms of work, projects, etc.
Interview Tips
Be calm. It's a very relaxed

interview with a owing
conversation. Be condent.
Don't be afraid to take a
moment to think. Ensure
you answer the questions in
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you answer the questions in

a manner that highlights
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done, or any other
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accomplishments. DON'T
LIE. Be genuine and calm.
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Analytical skills
Logical thinking
Communication
Skill Tips
Don't be nervous. The

process is well organised
and conducted. It is swift
and interesting too. Just
stay calm and don't be shy.
Resources
Books
Preparation materials
Any CAT Book for Data
Interpretation.,
General Tips
I've already said all there is

to say earlier. But I'll reiterate. The interviewers are
very nice and relaxed. So
just be yourself.
Communicate eectively
and be organised in your
thoughts and workings.
Motivation for
applying
I loved the job prole and it

was the rst company I sat
for on campus. I didn't want
to continue with any tech
related jobs. The company
too, has a fantastic
atmosphere in the work
place.
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Round 1
Test
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Experience
Adaptive DI test. Level of
Round 2
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diculty less than CAT.

This is a very simple case
interview. The case was as
follows: Client is a microlender, they loan funds from
a big bank @ 6% SI and
loan out the money to
farmers at 10% and 20%
SI. The segmentation is
60% and 40% respectively.
Calculate prot/customer.
What is the prot if 2%
customers default
(uniformly from both
segments) on the loan?
(Ans: loss incurred)
Interview Tips
This is a very simple round,
Interview Tips
This is a very simple round,

just stick to the essentials
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calculations neat & clean.
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get through.
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Case: We are a telecom
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company, planning to
launch a new subscription
plan. Decide if we should go
ahead or not. The plan is as
follows: We charge the
customers $0.99 for the
rst 20 minutes and
$0.08/minute thereafter.
The cost incurred by the
company is $0.07/minute.
Should we go ahead with
the plan?
You will be asked to draw a
graph between Prot and
minutes spent on a call. To
come to a decision you
might ask the interviewer
for some more data like the
distribution or the average
time spent by a customer on
a call. But none of this is
information can be used to
decide if we should go
ahead with the plan. Unless
you have a distribution of
percentage of customers vs
time spent on an avg call,
you can not decide the fate
of the plan.
On our campus, almost
everybody answered a
yes(go ahead) or a no for
the plan and still got
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answer is "None of the
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use historical data to come
to a conclusion, I did, the BLOG

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question he then posed to
me is can we really use
historical data to predict the
usage pattern of this plan
by our customers?? The
answer is no, we can not
use historical data, as the
customers will have an
incentive to speak for close
to 20 minutes per call.
I also looked at the problem
from a customers point of
view to check if a customer
has an incentive to pick this
plan over the others. I
asked for the cheapest
plan/s out in the market
currently, so the interviewer
told me that the cheapest
plan cost the customer
$0.08/minute.
After getting this data, I
looked at intersection of the
time band at which it
becomes cheaper for the
customer to pick our plan
over the 8 cents plan and
the time band which is
protable for us.
I came to the conclusion
that the band is very narrow
to be protable and that I
do not think that it will
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customers. No good.
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pressure of work. But no
future either :P wont land
you in a great B-school.
This is just an oce opened
by a recently grown
American company. They
have an oce in India just
to show the Investors that
they plan on expanding and
are investing in India and
Philippines. I don't think the
real work happens here.
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but you should go ahead
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company. Its one of the best
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down everything that I had
accomplished in my tenure
at IITB. Then, grading each
point on the basis of
accomplishment and
innovation involved along
with details in about 4-5
lines. Carefully went
through 10 resumes from
the previous year to get an
idea of the prevailing
format. Prepared a resume
and got the feedback from
4- 5 people and then on the
basis of the feedback
nalized the resume. I
attended the Pre-Placement
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with emphasis on
interpreting graphs,
calculating percentages
etc.100 people shortlisted.
Candidates go through
psychometric test
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best done in groups of 2-3
at a time: One interviewer,
one interviewee and one
observer. Tests were best
prepared for by referring to
the CAT study material
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c) ~40 people selected

after this stage d) 3-4
interviews –rst case
study , second HR , third
and fourth case study. 3
people made nal oers. a)
First case study involved
understanding the details of
two marketing strategies.
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b) Second interview
consisted of HR questions
like a. Why capital one? b.
Why not research? c. An
instance of working under
time and resource
constraints? d. An instance
of leadership. e. An instance
of innovation and thought
leadership.
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c) Third interview was again
a case study involving credit
card strategies. The task
involved calculating the
eect of reduction in the
credit limit or an increase in
the rate of lending for high
risk customers. In both the
cases, it was required to
calculate the % reduction in
customers for the prot to
remain same. Then a
question was asked
regarding which strategy I
thought was better and how
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candidate is expected to ask

the right questions before
supplying any data. All the
data for case studies in
Capital one is provided at
the start itself. If someone
wants to appear for this
company, what all should
he/she ideally prepare?
Someone preparing for
Capital One should practice
numerical case studies like
the ones gives in Tucks
Case study book 2002.
They should also try the
case studies available on
the capital one website. Its
important to prepare the HR
based questions well
because they might
ultimately decide whether
you are in or out. Another
important advice is that you
should think aloud while
solving the case studies. It
helps a lot in avoiding silly
mistakes as well as in
keeping the interviewer
interested.
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Round 1
Duration
No. of Questions
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Experience
Test
35 Minutes
30 questions
Capital one usually
conducts a data
interpretation test to
shortlist students for
interviews.
This test also has some
weightage in the nal
selections as it is a metric
to judge your
speed and accuracy of
calculations. There are 30
questions in 35 minutes so
the strategy to crack
it is not to get stuck on
confusing questions and
maintain a good
speed/accuracy balance.
50 students were
shortlisted for interviews
from among 160 who gave
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lends at 10% to one class
of debtors and 20% to a
riskier class. I had to
determine the protability
of the
bank given a common dollar
loss rate and average loan
size. This was an easier
case and involved basic
common sense to get to the
nal answer.
Interview Tips
-Don't make errors in

calculations
-Keep on communicating
with the interviewer even if
you get stuck.
Round 3
Interview
Experience
I was rst asked which

factors might have led to
the falling sales, for
which I gave around 6-7
possible reasons.
Then he gave me a lot of
data about the breakfast
chain and two possible
decisions the breakfast
chain could make. I had to
determine the viability
by analyzing the data given.
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revolvers
and given some basic
information about their
spending habit.
This was followed with an
analysis of the prots to the
credit card
company due to these two
classes of credit card
holders.
It is a bit confusing if you
don't know how exactly
credit card companies
earn money and what the
cost of funds are for
transactors.
Interview Tips
-Know the terms used by

credit card companies like
interchange rate, cost of
funds, dollar loss rate
before your Capital One
interview. Also know the
sources of revenue of credit
card companies.
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Test
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DI/DS type quiz which
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Duration
No. of Questions
Interview
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30 questions
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There were 2 case
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Study on home loans. I was
asked to consider all the
sources of revenue and
expenses of a rm involved
in home loans. The second
part involved calculating the
default rate the rm can
aord. The interviewer was
quite helpful and gave me
hints by saying are u
sure?, u can look at the
calculations again, the
numbers seem too out of
the way.
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HR Interview
Interview 2: HR. The
interviewer had a collection
of the answers of the online
psychometric test of every
candidate. Situational cases
based on the replies were
constructed and grilled
upon. A few general
questions Why CapOne?
etc were also asked
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It
was a case on Pizza (the
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analyze a scheme in which
Pizza Hut is considering the
option of giving 30%
discount to customers to
which it is unable to deliver
in time (30 minutes) instead
of the free pizza (100%
discount) option. The
revenues and market size in
both cases was calculated.
The prots for both cases
and break even point was
calculated (on the basis of
the no of customers that the
rm can aord to lose to
have the same overall prot
in the second case.) The
interviewer was looking for
the term protability to
explain the results obtained
through calculations. That
was a take away. After the
interview, the interviewer
(who was an IIMA alumni)
discussed (for 15 mins) the
scheduling process of the
placement cell and
suggested the dream job
funda as is followed in IIMs.
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confused the interviewer.
Prepare well, dont get over
condent. The process of
resume short listing might
sound weird to a few, but
one should never compare
himself to others. Dont
stress yourself too hard,
dont get disheartened.
Reach the venue at least
15-20 mins before the
interview. Ensure that your
formals, shoes, copies of CV
etc. are in place a day
before the interview. And
most importantly stay cool
headed!
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test. Just make a note that
the cuto of Cap One Test is
pretty high (Around 22). So
try and attempt as many
questions as possible.
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Interview
Experience
Interview
It was a general HR cum
Case interview.
I had done my internship in
one of the analytics
companies. So, he seemed
interested in the project I
had done.Then there was a
case I had to estimate the
protability of a car loan in
the city of Texas. Given was
the population of
Texas and the Loan amount.
Any further data required
was to be asked.
Interview Tips
I had breezed through one

of my mock interviews a
couple of days ago. So I got
a bit over condent and
made calculation mistakes.
These guys are edgy about
calculation mistakes and
dont expect you to commit
one. So be a bit careful
while solving a case.
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a
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answer is both Yes and No. I

am a 5th year Mathematics
student and have closely
seen the placements of 3
batches and from my
experience, I can surely say
that One who prepares well
, gets through, No matter
how tough the situation is".
It happened with my batch
and your batch wont be an
exception (Unless a
catastrophe happens).
Dilemma:
Most of you guys sitting for
placement shall be in your
7th semester which is
considered to be one of the
most hectic of all the
semesters. Many of you
might be preparing for CAT,
others for GRE, some of you
would have got a tough
guide for your nal year
project. So you need to
prioritize things. You need
to think it through; A
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me to take. So this might be
one of the better times to
go for your MBA but always
have other options ready
just in case.
Resume for Analytics

Companies:
Most of the analytics
companies have a lot of
Statistical Analysis and Data
Management work. So,
candidates having an
experience in Data handling
are preferred. If some
project of yours involved
Data Handling, mention it in
detail. If you have done
some of the applied
Statistics courses in the
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mention it in your resume.
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It was Data
Interpretation.Time
constraint. It was important
to look for easier questions
than solve the ones which
were time consuming. Just a
notch tougher that DI of
CAT.
Interview Tips
Look for easier problems in

the paper. Avoid silly
mistakes.
Round 2
Interview
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Other Interview
I had 3 interviews all of
which were case studies.
The diculty level kept
increasing as the interview
process moved forward.
Became very math
intensive. Be sure you be
very logical while answering
and consider all the basic
factors which aect the
protability of a particular
change.
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Making sense of the given
data
Basic knowledge of how
the products in the case
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Be very condent. Try

avoiding silly mistakes.
Apologize to them if you
commit any.
Motivation for
applying
Funny Moments
One of the best in its eld.

I had to have a quick
break(Had to pee) in middle
of a problem during the 3rd
interview. The guy was
chilled out and he
understood and permitted
me. But it was awkward to
ask such a thing.
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There was initially an

interview of about 5 mins in
which they asked me to
describe a situation where I
worked in a team.
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Experience

Then there was a case study
round. It was a slightly
involved case on the credit
card industry and involved a
lot of
calculations. There were 3
dierent credit card
strategies with dierent
rates of interest and credit
limits and we had to choose
the best strategy for the
company. I came up with
correct strategy and hence
got through the rst round.
The 2nd case was that of
Dominos evaluating a new
scheme wherein they would
oer a 30% discount
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instead of 100%, in cases
where
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100% discount and have
90% on-time delivery. Then
I was asked to plot a graph
between on-time delivery
and the discount oered
and interpret it. It was there
that I lost track and
couldn't come up with the
right conclusion.
Nevertheless I was selected
for the next round.
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It was a behavioral
interview wherein I had to
describe them 3 situations
in detail. During the entire
interview the interviewer
kept writing something on
the paper. The key to this
round was choosing the
right incidents and then
describing each and every
point in detail. It lasted for
about 30 mins. Ideally there
were to be only 2 rounds of
case interview and one
behavioral interview but I
was again called for a 3rd
case interview round. It was
very similar to the 1st case
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Question 1: Explain the

basic prot-loss for a pizza
delivery service.
Question 2: Plot a graph of
the variation in the selling
price for certain prots
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I actually made one mistake

in my calculations, but was
able to identify it on my own
and eventually correct it.
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asked about my experience
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After I mentioned the
outline of my experience in
both situations I was asked
5-6 more probing questions
to nd out more about the
incident and I answered
them pretty well.
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Question 1: Explain case on
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the credit card industry.

It involved a lot of
calculations. There were 3
dierent credit card oers
with dierent costs and
prots and we had to
choose the best oer for the
company. I was told later
that my formulation of the
problem was good since I
set it up and then just put
the numbers in the same
setup to get the answers.
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After the 4th round, they

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your sectors based on your
interest, and prole. Be
realistic and practical while
doing this. Also, If possible,
keep one or two options
ready beforehand (Ph.D.,
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startup/family business) in
case you are not able to
crack a good job as it
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do take a friend with you to
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The questions were related
to Data Interpretation. I felt
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paper.
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where you had to take
expertise from someone and
why?
where you were not able to
meet the deadline of your
work and nally what was
the response you got for
your work?
where you had to do a thing
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each involving 2-3 plots)
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Started with a Tell me
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and was not evaluated. The
interviewer then gave me a
case question wherein I had
to make a choice between a
diesel and a petrol car.
There were 3 parts to the
question (some candidates
were asked 1 / 2 as well).
The rst dealt with nding
the breakeven point given
the basic set of cost, fuel
price and fuel consumption
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experience irrespective of
how things turn out.
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with Simple Interest and
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for the placements and was
only focussed on CAT
preparations during the
seventh semester.
4. I did not give as much
time in resume building as
given by mates since I knew
that I have nothing to
mention about except my
CPI.
5. CAT preparations helped
me strengthen my aptitude
and quant skills.
6. I was able to clear the
tests of various companies
just with my CAT
knowledge.
7. I practised maths for
entire month and was pretty
condent in English and a
week before the main exam,
I did one or two mock
papers daily.
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There was test which was

purely data analysis and
calculator was allowed. So
the procedure that they
follow is that rst they
shortlist 50 people and a
small case interview is
followed. The case I was
asked was to calculate the
change in the cost of a
grocery store if it has
changed its model from
cash on delivery with a
physical store to an online
portal which has cash on
delivery option. As I had
practiced it already I took
some time to give structure
and then gave 3-4 reasons
for change in cost and then
he gave me some numbers
based on which I had to
calculate the break even
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earnings of a credit-card
company with the launching
of a new scheme.Did well
,but the next question about
how a change in one of the
variables would aect prot,
was ill- explained. Realised I
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me either :) .Good
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got selected.
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CAPITALONE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS AND

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was the rst question asked

things about myself mainly

projects I did. Then he gave

follows, "There are two

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and Sub-Prime, and I had BLOG

one of them. Whom should I

longest duration compared

interview is a lengthy one

then be happy :). The case

was based on Credit

One reached its customers

The main thing that you

Study of this sort is that you

understand the way you are

thinking. So if you have

mistake he wouldnt mind

something the interviewer

The Biggest question that

of them. That is one of the

because it is always good to

have an option and also

preparing for CAT helps a

each of the placement

of the work prole and also

queries, regarding the

company and the work

dynamics, your body

etiquette that matter. The

most disappointing thing

was that when SPO had

these sessions that you

the Do's and Donts of a GD.

HR interview one needs to

ones own self. This

helps you in answering

some very basic questions

like your strengths,

objective etc. You should

prole. I prepared for HR

I was interviewed oncampus at IIT Bombay for

Test Case Study

and hence accuracy was

Solving DI questions from

Case Study Interview

Keep conversing with the

Case Study Interview

Again, the interviewer tests

to select between two

marketing schemes. Then,

after being provided

relevant information, you

You need to show the

Case Study Interview

You are expected to do the

Again, think aloud and use

Question 1: Tell us a time

for help and what was the

Question 2: Tell us a time

Question 3: Tell us a time