Working at Capital One in Richmond, VA: 64 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Richmond, VA Area

"Politics trumps everything else. Ridiculously poor people managers in mid management. Nepotism runs wild. The leadership frantically follows the trends and fads of the time, and just and quickly disguards them a year or two later to follow the next new hotness. Expect to work 60 hours weeks frequently, and expect to take your laptop with you during vacations, funerals, births of your children."

"Its a nice place to work."

"I like working here and being part of a good team."

"It was a fun summer working for Capital One. They have all the tools in place for a person to have a successful career in IT."

"I've worked for Capital One since 2009 till 2011. I've found it to be a strong and dynamic company always re-inventing itself and striving to be one of the top three financial institutions in the United States. I had a good time going to work on a daily basis.. My coworkers made life easy for me when I first arrived and I am forever grateful for that."

"I've worked there since April and enjoy the Capital One culture."

"My experience was okay when working at Capital One."

What do you like about working at Capital One?

"The people were nice to me and cooperated at work."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be thorough with what you've done previously and state it with confidence."

What don't you like about working at Capital One?

"The cube was for multiple people and a lot of people used to walk around."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Make documentation of all the important tasks that QA needs to work."

"Top notch."

What do you like about working at Capital One?

"Capital One is a great place to work for a corporation."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Just bring a good work ethic to this company."

What don't you like about working at Capital One?

"There is nothing I can think of. Everyone was really friendly at Capital One."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They have all the amenities available without asking to the management."

What don't you like about working at Capital One?

"Nothing much, as most of their policies are employer-friendly."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Nothing, as they are good at what they do and are a good company."

"In one word: this company was AWESOME!"

What do you like about working at Capital One?

"Overall, Capital One was a really fun place to work."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Just be yourself and you will do fine."

What don't you like about working at Capital One?

"There was nothing I disliked about this company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Schedule more fun time for your employees."

"I loved working there, but there is no job security in contracting."

What do you like about working at Capital One?

"The work environment at Capital one was ideal because you had the ability to work remotely."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Put strong emphasis on each of your strengths, especially if those strengths are working in a team environment, multitasking and prioritization, proficient skills in SM Office, and/or working in databases."

What don't you like about working at Capital One?

"Contractors' jobs were always being threatened because of the ability to easily be replaced."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"There needs to be clearer communication coming directly from managers to the core team members and to the team leads of each platform."

"I worked with a short-term contract."

What do you like about working at Capital One?

"Capital One is a great, growing company, with great personal growth potential."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Prepare yourselves for the cognitive tests. They are serious about these."

What don't you like about working at Capital One?

"They move people to different roles much too often, not allowing anyone to build a stable operation."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Build longevity on critical positions. I would suggest that the executive manager not involve herself into so much of the day-to-day details of the operations."

"Financial experience with business analysis and technical writing are good to have."

What do you like about working at Capital One?

"Remote work is available. I like the flexible hours at Capital One, and the college-type of working environment."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Make sure you are not easily distracted. The environment on campus is like a college campus."

What don't you like about working at Capital One?

"My boss would make us come into the office, and she would work from home, telling us because she could."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Allow people the same privileges, and you won't have so many people trying to leave their contracts."