Capco Interview Questions

18 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (82%)

The Interview Experience is a score from 1 star (very negative) to 5 stars (very positive) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the donut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire dataset.

3.6
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Interview Difficulty (89%)

The Interview Difficulty is a score ranging from very difficult (red) to very easy (green) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. The higher the number, the more difficult the interviews on average. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more insights, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire data set.

2.9
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% Interns - FT Offers (78%)

The % of Interns Getting a Full Time Offer chart is meant to provide a realistic estimate of the hiring practices of the company based on the reviews at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few reviews). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to the simple company average and away from the average of the entire data set.

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Interviews at Capco

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Year 2013
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Interview Questions & Answers - Capco Examples

Junior Consultant Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: May 2023
Date Submitted: Apr 27, 2024
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Presentation
Skills Test
Personality Test
Drug Test
Background Check
Interview
When getting recruited by a recruiter, there are three stages. First stage is meeting with the recruiter to go over your experience, background, interests, and potential fit. Capco recruits from across the board for their roles, that is back office administrative types to Big 4 consultants to Accounting, so if you are outside of traditional consulting roles, make sure to stress your ability to interact with clients, complete due diligence, and make tight deadlines. Second stage is meeting with a consultant or senior consultant on the team. They will ask you entirely behavioural questions, so be enthusiastic, friendly, and team orientated, however also display you are entrepreneurial, willing to take on personal responsibility, and don't need someone to hold your hand. For better or for worse, Capco really has a sink or swim culture, and if you need someone watching your every move, that may be negative in the interviewers eye, so really show how you can work independent, but still work well within a team. Lastly, you will need to complete a take home assignment and present your findings to a partner. The take home assignment will be something like: company x invested in a new factory that produces 3x more products, calculate the value add and describe the new competitive positioning. It is not "hard" as in its not Harvard Masters level financial analysis, but it is a simple test to know if you understand how to approach a question. Make sure to hit these talking points: Lay out the problem, lay out the plan/strategy, and deliver a answer/solution. There are no right or wrong answers, but what they want to see how your think through a client's issue, how you develop a story to sell your client, and then how your develop a strategy to actually deliver a solution to the problem.
Interview Questions
The questions are all standard behavioural questions (why consulting, why capco, why sector consulting, strengths and weaknesses, skills that apply to the role) and there are no curve balls, there are no technical questions. There will be a take home assignment that will ask you technical questions, but due to it being take home, if you don't understand something, you will have time to due some research. The interview process is not hard, matter of fact, it has been the easiest one ever done. Just continuously stress your interest in problem solving, your ability to work independently, and how you want to be a team player.
Sample Answer

Associate Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: January 2019
Date Submitted: Mar 22, 2021
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
Group Interview
Drug Test
Background Check
Interview
First round phone interview was largely behavioral, some brain teasers were asked as well as questions about emerging technologies in fincail services
Interview Questions
What is the angle between the small hand and large hand on a clock at 3:15
Sample Answer

Associate Talent Programme Interview - Management Consulting

Anonymous interview candidate in London
Interviewed: March 2021
Date Submitted: Mar 20, 2021
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
4-5 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Presentation
Skills Test
IQ / Intelligence Test
Personality Test
Interview
Associate Talent Programme job was posted on my university careers page which redirected me to Capco's website. Website application asked for a CV, optional cover letter and to fill a couple of questions like "Why Capco?, Why Consulting?, What have you seen of interest in the industry?" etc.
Heard back a month later that I was invited to an online video interview. I had to answer pre-recorded questions and film myself. Questions were mostly about fit, interest in the company, and industry insights. Had 1 min to prepare and 30 seconds to answer to about 5 questions. Also had a trick question asking "How many 5p coins can fit in a football field".
One month later (now mid-December) HR reached out to invite me to the assessment centre in the first part of January. Agreed on dated but didn't get an answer from HR despite multiple follow ups that they had to move me to a later date. At the later agreed upon date this happened to me again, rince and repeat, even a third time.
Finally, at the assessment centre with about 40 other students, all on Teams. Had an intro talk with HR discussing process and telling us we'd be split up in two groups. The first group would be having a group case study followed by a presentation and Q&A. The second group would start with a set of three, quick-fire, one-on-one interviews with current consultants. All behavioural and quite easy. It was in Teams breakout room so when time is done you're automatically brought back to the main room which doesn't allow for questions to the interviewer or even thanks.
Back to main room with Q&A with HR and consultants.
Heard back two days after that I got to final round consisting of 30 mins with HR and 30 mins with Partner.
Interview Questions
-Why do you think you are better than other candidates?

-How did you take leadership during today's group case study and presentation?
Sample Answer

Analyst Interview - Research

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: August 2019
Date Submitted: Sep 25, 2020
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
Group Interview
Interview
I applied online. 1.5 months later I had a phone interview with recruited and then invited to a super day interview. The interview was easy.
Why Capco?
Talk about my work experience?
Interview Questions
Nothing
Sample Answer

Associate Interview - Debt Capital Markets

Anonymous interview candidate in Toronto
Interviewed: April 2018
Date Submitted: May 06, 2020
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Skills Test
Interview
Very tough interview. Overall, I had a great experience and I was constantly updated on the status of my application
Interview Questions
Are you willing to fail? There were questions regarding stress and dealing with fellow colleagues. I was asked to present a case after 30 minutes of preparation. If you could relive the last 10 years of your life, what would you do?What have you learned from your mistakes? What is the worst thing that you have gotten away with? Why have you been out of work? Most challenging part of my MBA? How do I handle stress? I was asked about my opinion on some of the emerging technological advancements and how they will shape our economy
Sample Answer

Associate Interview - Advisory

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: December 2015
Date Submitted: Mar 22, 2018
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Presentation
Skills Test
Drug Test
Background Check
Interview
The day starts off with a quick ice breaker.
Then you will be broken into groups based on a color on your name tag.
The three stations include: rapid fire, group case study, and meeting minute challenge.
There's a small 10 minute break after each challenge.
The day end with lunch, a partner panel, and then panel led by other AOs.

Advice:
Rapid Fire: There'll be a combination of behavioral questions and brain teasers.
Group case study: Use the white board in the room and pay attention to time. Take the time to actually breakdown who will speak about what.
Meeting Minute Challenge: This will seem extremely mundane but this part of the interview has an actual scoring rubric so do your best!
Partner Panel: Don't be the guy who asks "What do you love about consulting?" or based on regulatory XYZ, "what will Capco's response be."

General culture:
Meh. I don't honestly think anyone believes they are doing the sexiest work, but that said some people make their closest friends and mentors here. As an AO, don't make the mistake of making a strong alliance to a specific partner.
Interview Questions
The rapid fire section is where you'll get the most questions. (Tbh, this might be the only point of the day you'll really be asked questions period.)

The brainteasers are definitely the hardest. Some of the answers I knew immediately, but I needed to pretend I had heard them before.
* How many gas stations are there in the US?

* How many light bulbs are in the building?

The case study is a little easier when it comes to answering questions, since you can punt it and the responsibility to answer falls on the entire group. The trick here is to answer eloquently when you answer and assist gracefully.
Sample Answer

Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in London
Interviewed: October 2017
Date Submitted: Nov 19, 2017
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
Phone interview involving 2 back to back 30 minute interviews. 10 minutes competency and 20 minutes case interviews.
Interview Questions
Phone interview involving 2 back to back 30 minute interviews. 10 minutes competency and 20 minutes case interviews.
Tell me why you want to work in consulting?
Tell me why you want to work here in this firm?
Tell me why you chose your major in this university?
Other than that, several cases regarding the analyst's recent work.
What do you think about this project? Tell me more. Explain.
Tell me why you chose your modules in this university?
Tell me about yourself and your qualifications and why we should hire you?
Sample Answer

Capco Associate Program Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: October 2017
Date Submitted: Oct 30, 2017
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
I applied on campus and had a first round that was all behavioral. Then I was invited to participate in their on site assessment day interview and it consisted of a written component, a group case, and 3 short interviews. The 3 short interviews were "rapid fire" where the interviewer asked as many questions as possible in a span of 10 minutes I believe. It included market size questions as well as behavioral questions and then brainteasers.
Interview Questions
How many iPhones are in the world?
which of the 50 states would you get rid of?
how could you increase revenue at a ski resort?
Give me your 30 second elevator pitch
What do you know about Capco?
Case question had to do with increasing revenues for a company that was having difficulty in acquiring new customers and having problems with their outreach in general. You had to come up with a strategy with your group in a span of 30 minutes and then present it to the evaluators as if they were the clients.
Sample Answer

1st year associate Interview

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: November 2016
Date Submitted: Nov 28, 2016
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Presentation
Skills Test
Interview
As others have said, there was an in person first round interview and the second round was an assessment center day that consisted of an in-tray exercise, rapid fire questions, and a group case presentation. The in-tray is pretty easy, looking up examples and doing them will make you over-prepared for it. Next, rapid fire wasn't too bad. They just want to see how you deal with being uncomfortable and how confident you can be even while under pressure. Finally, the group case is a case given to you and your group where you are watched by consultants throughout a half hour of preparation. You must then present as a group.
Interview Questions
Who is the US-based CEO of Capco, what was Capco's name before it became Capco, name 3 international offices. In the group case there was Q&A and we were asked things like how would you structure your consulting team for the case, what are some of the possible risks you would face with your plan, and they also ask questions regarding how much your plan would cost. Overall the important part of the case is finding a good organizational structure and showing that you're a leader while still exhibiting support for the other team members and their ideas.
Sample Answer

Analyst Interview - Financial Services

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: 2015
Date Submitted: Nov 08, 2015
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
one phone interview with HR and a superday. phone interview was a standard hr interview. The superday consisted of a rapid fire round of question by different consultants (who is the ceo of the company, what do consultants do, what are you reading right now, how many manhole covers are in NYC) an in-tray exercise, and a group case study.
Interview Questions
a lot of brain teasers in the rapid fire round i.e. - which weighs more: a pound of gold or a pound of copper, if a rooster lays an egg the top of a roof with a 90 degree angle, which way does it roll.
Sample Answer