I applied online. I interviewed at Vanguard (Charlotte, NC) in Oct 2019
Interview
I had applied online for an internship a year before and was contacted by a recruiter about a full time position. We set up an initial phone screen and then I was told that they wanted to do an on site interview. I gave them my availability but then didn't hear anything for several days. At this point I figured it wasn't happening, but then I was contacted a couple days before I was supposed to fly out with travel plans. They handled booking my flight and hotel. Once there, it was a pretty good experience. I had breakfast with a developer followed by a case study and a couple interviews. They had told me they would get back to me the next day because I had another offer deadline, but I did not hear anything for a couple weeks. In addition to the rather poor communication, I was also never reimbursed for travel expenses despite filling out 2 different forms and following up about it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you design an application to tell someone when they are able to retire?
It was a 2 round process one with HR and the other with the manager they dug deep on my resume and my past projects and previous working experience along with behavioral questions.
Met with Team Leader via online meeting. Basic programming questions, became more broad. He was late, it was a Friday morning, and it looked like he had just woken up.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic concepts, rxjs fundamentals, how would you reverse a string, etc.
They started by introducing themselves and giving me a quick overview of the company, the team structure, and what the role would involve. Then they asked me to talk a bit about myself and walk through my resume. I highlighted a few projects that matched the job description, and they seemed really interested in my work with data visualization.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you tell me about yourself and your professional background?
Why are you interested in this position and our company?
What do you know about our company and our industry?
Why did you leave your last job, or why are you planning to leave?
What are your short-term and long-term career goals?
Software Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Vanguard with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 62% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Developer roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 60 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Vanguard overall takes an average of 23 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Vanguard as a Software Developer according to 60 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
One on one interview: 25%
Skills test: 15%
Presentation: 13%
Group panel interview: 6%
Drug test: 5%
Background check: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Personality test: 3%
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