I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Discover (Riverwoods, IL) in Feb 2012
Interview
Phone interview with Recruiter, HR and with hiring manager, all went very well. Follow up interview in person with hiring manager did not go as well. She kept me waiting for over 45 minutes in the middle of a huge snow storm and once the meeting began she seemed distracted and only asked me a couple of questions, which were out of the ordinary and could have been answered more completely if I had specific project documentation to support.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe the planning process from start to finish.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Discover (Riverwoods, IL)
Interview
I submitted a resume through my school's career services and then had a phone screen with one of the recruiters. I basically walked her through my resume and then had time at the end to ask questions about Discover, the program, and what sorts of projects interns get to work on. After this there was a super day with a pre-interview dinner one night, and then 3 one-on-one interviews, a group discussion led by one of the recruiters, and a group activity that had us come up with some ideas about how to improve Discover's operations and then present our findings to the current employees. The one-on-ones were mostly behavioral, but one of them had a short case portion that was pretty simple (basic math and reasoning). I actually never even heard back about this position (which was surprising considering they paid to fly people out and put us all in a hotel for the super day), but didn't care to try following up because I found something else. I just thought that was bad etiquette on the part of the recruiters.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The group activity was difficult because it was pretty open-ended and we didn't get much feedback from the observer or the employees who judged our presentation.