I have been working contract positions at Capital One for some time, though I submitted myself through the standard corporate on-line job site. For anyone contracting and looking to convert to full-time, it is best not to rely on your direct assignment to convert you, but to leverage your knowledge to apply to other positions within similar groups.

For the most part, I received initial responses to on-line submissions (either good or bad) within a few weeks. For this particular position, I was contacted by the internal recruiter about two weeks after my initial submission. End to end, the process took about 4 weeks from contact to offer.

CapOne does conduct a preliminary verbal and math reasoning assessment. That would add a week to the process. However, once taken, it is good for 24 months. I had done mine a few months ago with regards to another lead. This test isn't too hard, but take time to go over the prep material to get an idea of what it will ask.

The rest of the interview process is fairly typical: one or two preliminary phone screens, then if all looks well, the on-site. The phone screens are mostly technical fit, with one or two behavioral/situational questions. The on-site process will then be multiple one-hour sessions. Some are technical fit, and some are behavioral.

The Behavioral Interview (BI) idea allows a third party to assess your fit for working at Capital One. However, the hiring manager has the final say on any offer, so the third party BI provides an advisory to the hiring manager.

Taking time to be persistent with multiple opportunities is a good idea. Two positions may share the same title and job functions, but each group has its own flavor.

The formal behavioral interview procedure can be a bit of a shock.

But if you have a collection of stories regarding success, failures, troublesome co-workers, and persuasion techniques, then none of the specific questions are tricky.

You are given a list of possible questions as part of your prep, so do your homework.