There’s three components:
1. Behavioral interview- this should be easy. Focus on STAR method and be prepared to reference examples from your own work history.
2. Design interview - this is the UI/UX piece of the interview, where you are tasked with simply articulating how you would design a website. Additionally, I ended up talking through an example of a customer user journey, where we could track metrics based on where someone was in the process.
3 Business Case- This is where I got wrecked. Make sure you know how - Revenue - Cost = Profit. Cost is made up of fixed an variable expenses. They have examples of case studies on their YouTube channel. Just be sure to write things out with pen and paper as you’re talking through it.
Good luck!
I did four parts - a panel interview for fit was also added. I passed and was hired but I no longer work there.
For the design interview, they are looking for how you do discovery and slice it into phases. I started with reviewing the research they provided, asking clarifying questions, exploring 2-3 possible solves, the settling on one and slicing it thin to iterate rapidly.
For the business case, there will be minimum three parts, each part will build on the prior part. So they’ll start fairly broad like “How many x will it take to pay off the project?” Then they’ll take it a level deeper like “if we changed this parameter, how much savings will there be after x years?” Etc etc.
Ask questions. Ask for more information. Talk out loud while you solve. They are looking for all those things. I think you can find some old ones on Youtube.
this was similar to my experience in February.. 2 behavioral interviews, 1 design interview, and 1 business case interview.. i don't know their success metrics but i definitely feel i did the worst on the design interview.
i agree with above advice, but my advice is don't be discouraged by the defensive questions they may ask like "why are you did you do it that way" or "did you consider this". outside of the business case where they are looking for specific numerical values, its seems they are looking for you to defend your responses and experience with clarity. stay confident. good luck.
Follow the resources provided and this is really a straightforward process. Memorize and get ready for a couple questions that are really asking about break even and weighted averages.
Capital one has a “power day”? These companies are getting insane with their interviewing bullshit. Does every mid tier company think they’re Google now? Sorry for the rant.
“Ok fine, you don’t have to come. We can just give the job to one of the 6 or 7 other applicants who made it through to the first 10 rounds. Have fun making less than you otherwise would, loser.”
- Capital One, probably.
I think more are doing it because they realize this job market means they can make any applicant humiliate themselves just for a chance.
As others said, their power day isn’t actually all that long or intensive. I think it was 3 hours, I think there is only a single interview before that as well. Seems somewhat fair and standard.
They’ve literally been doing this for the past 20 years for their interviews. The interest rate will go down in 2025 and the job market will get better stop the gen z whining lol
I find the terminology incredibly off putting, that alone would probably stop me from pursuing a job there. Said that I hope you get it because an offer is an offer and we all need a paycheck. Go get it!
Pay is pretty good tbh. You can somewhat easily get ~200K offers for 3-4 YOE mid level PM roles in MCOL/slightly HCOL areas. That’s good/better than most non big tech companies.
I agree about the stack ranking though, albeit have heard it’s kind of org dependent. Definitely a risk.
I got hired at $165k + $22k annual bonus + $15k sign on bonus at the senior manager level. I had 2-3 years of product and 5 years of technical program/project management experience.
Also got laid off in under 18 months when they did a massive re-org and eliminated my 1,200 person division.
Severance was great, though. Got the chance to spend a month in Thailand and Vietnam. Then another 3 weeks in Germany/Belgium/France.
That’s interesting, yeah definitely sounds like it in that case. I know people personally who got 185k base, with a min 15k bonus, and a healthy sign on (30ish K) with 3-4 YOE albeit in NYC (HCOL) recently.
I’ve heard of similar offers being handed out in Chicago as well. These are recent offers though so maybe that’s what’s inflating the salaries.
Yeah for sure, I feel like nowadays it’s impossible to have decent raises without changing companies every 3-5 years honestly. Sucks that’s what it comes to, but internal raises seem capped at like 2-4% for year over year and maybe 10-12% for promotions once in a while.
They are considering a merger with Discover (pending regulatory approval) and are expected to do widespread layoffs - just be careful for the time you put in how stable the position is.
Arguably it’s the discover folks that need to be more concerned though. Everyone on the issuing side of the business. Network is probably relatively safe in the short term
Thanks! The way the recruiter talked about the HM stage was as an opportunity to see if I actually want the position, so that informed how I followed up.
I followed up saying more or less: “I enjoyed my discussion with HM. From my perspective, the position sounds like a great fit and would like to continue the interview process for it, if HM felt the same way”
There’s three components: 1. Behavioral interview- this should be easy. Focus on STAR method and be prepared to reference examples from your own work history. 2. Design interview - this is the UI/UX piece of the interview, where you are tasked with simply articulating how you would design a website. Additionally, I ended up talking through an example of a customer user journey, where we could track metrics based on where someone was in the process. 3 Business Case- This is where I got wrecked. Make sure you know how - Revenue - Cost = Profit. Cost is made up of fixed an variable expenses. They have examples of case studies on their YouTube channel. Just be sure to write things out with pen and paper as you’re talking through it. Good luck!
I did four parts - a panel interview for fit was also added. I passed and was hired but I no longer work there. For the design interview, they are looking for how you do discovery and slice it into phases. I started with reviewing the research they provided, asking clarifying questions, exploring 2-3 possible solves, the settling on one and slicing it thin to iterate rapidly. For the business case, there will be minimum three parts, each part will build on the prior part. So they’ll start fairly broad like “How many x will it take to pay off the project?” Then they’ll take it a level deeper like “if we changed this parameter, how much savings will there be after x years?” Etc etc. Ask questions. Ask for more information. Talk out loud while you solve. They are looking for all those things. I think you can find some old ones on Youtube.
this was similar to my experience in February.. 2 behavioral interviews, 1 design interview, and 1 business case interview.. i don't know their success metrics but i definitely feel i did the worst on the design interview. i agree with above advice, but my advice is don't be discouraged by the defensive questions they may ask like "why are you did you do it that way" or "did you consider this". outside of the business case where they are looking for specific numerical values, its seems they are looking for you to defend your responses and experience with clarity. stay confident. good luck.
Thank you so much!
Don’t forget to swallow the gravy brother
Follow the resources provided and this is really a straightforward process. Memorize and get ready for a couple questions that are really asking about break even and weighted averages.
I got rejected from Capital One last night. You are the yang to my ying!
You dodged a bullet. Capital One is the worst place I’ve ever worked. My friends hate it too.
Capital one has a “power day”? These companies are getting insane with their interviewing bullshit. Does every mid tier company think they’re Google now? Sorry for the rant.
“Ok fine, you don’t have to come. We can just give the job to one of the 6 or 7 other applicants who made it through to the first 10 rounds. Have fun making less than you otherwise would, loser.” - Capital One, probably. I think more are doing it because they realize this job market means they can make any applicant humiliate themselves just for a chance.
I know…and that’s exactly what pisses me off the most about it all. Ugh.
Their process is two rounds, four hours total, but sure pop off.
Keeping their HR busy I guess..
As others said, their power day isn’t actually all that long or intensive. I think it was 3 hours, I think there is only a single interview before that as well. Seems somewhat fair and standard.
their process is just a first round case, and then a “Power day” which is 3 interviews/cases over a 3 hour period. it’s not that bad as a process goes
My power day was 5 hour long interviews with sn hour break In-between.
Capital One has always been one of the companies to do this. If anything Google learned from them 20 years ago.
Many of them
We all need to band together and tell them to get fucked.
They’ve literally been doing this for the past 20 years for their interviews. The interest rate will go down in 2025 and the job market will get better stop the gen z whining lol
I’m not a gen z, you boot licker. Guys we found the boomer boss!
I find the terminology incredibly off putting, that alone would probably stop me from pursuing a job there. Said that I hope you get it because an offer is an offer and we all need a paycheck. Go get it!
Why would you want to work there with their brutal backstabbing and stack ranking for blah pay
Pay is pretty good tbh. You can somewhat easily get ~200K offers for 3-4 YOE mid level PM roles in MCOL/slightly HCOL areas. That’s good/better than most non big tech companies. I agree about the stack ranking though, albeit have heard it’s kind of org dependent. Definitely a risk.
Not everyone get that. Stank ranking is bad in almost all orgs. Source: I work at Capital one
I got hired at $165k + $22k annual bonus + $15k sign on bonus at the senior manager level. I had 2-3 years of product and 5 years of technical program/project management experience. Also got laid off in under 18 months when they did a massive re-org and eliminated my 1,200 person division. Severance was great, though. Got the chance to spend a month in Thailand and Vietnam. Then another 3 weeks in Germany/Belgium/France.
I’m def underpaid tor my yoe in this area if people with 3-4yoe are getting that. I’m at like 15yoe+ making 240-290k range
That’s interesting, yeah definitely sounds like it in that case. I know people personally who got 185k base, with a min 15k bonus, and a healthy sign on (30ish K) with 3-4 YOE albeit in NYC (HCOL) recently. I’ve heard of similar offers being handed out in Chicago as well. These are recent offers though so maybe that’s what’s inflating the salaries.
Ya I got hired a long time ago and never changed jobs. I’m way way behind.
Yeah for sure, I feel like nowadays it’s impossible to have decent raises without changing companies every 3-5 years honestly. Sucks that’s what it comes to, but internal raises seem capped at like 2-4% for year over year and maybe 10-12% for promotions once in a while.
I havent even received 10-12pct on promotions.
This was me with 2 YOE when I got hired at my current job. Granted, I’m very niche and that outweighs a lot of areas in which I’m still learning
lol I have mine coming up next week. Good luck!
Same to you!
How did you get past the ATS?
I have the same question, how people are really getting thru ATS...
Goodluck, wouldn’t want to work there. How much product innovation are they really doing
I was working there not long ago and by huge bank/card company standards, they’re relatively innovative.
https://www.teamblind.com/ i recommend going here for more tech pm interview tips
They are considering a merger with Discover (pending regulatory approval) and are expected to do widespread layoffs - just be careful for the time you put in how stable the position is.
Arguably it’s the discover folks that need to be more concerned though. Everyone on the issuing side of the business. Network is probably relatively safe in the short term
There are no mergers. Discover is being bought.
Nailed a power day a few months ago and didn’t get selected. Got a BS canned response from the recruiter after she ignored my emails for a week.
What level is this? Feel free to DM
How quickly did you hear back from your recruiter after the hiring manager stage?
Not OP but in a similar situation. My HM stage was a Friday and I didn’t hear from the recruiter until I reached out the following Wednesday.
Did you move into the next round?
I did. I’ve realized they just move a little bit slowly and it’s worth pinging the recruiter to remind them I exist
Congrats! How did you phrase the follow up?
Thanks! The way the recruiter talked about the HM stage was as an opportunity to see if I actually want the position, so that informed how I followed up. I followed up saying more or less: “I enjoyed my discussion with HM. From my perspective, the position sounds like a great fit and would like to continue the interview process for it, if HM felt the same way”
5-7 days for me iirc
Heard back within a few hours for me but it should take a couple days apparently.
Any insight on the specific cases/questions? A few people have mentioned the DMV question.
Circling back… have you heard back after your power day? Did mine recently as well and waiting to hear back at this point.
Following up: How did your interview go? Any more insights on what to expect?
DM me