I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Vanguard (Malvern, PA) in Aug 2019
Interview
Step 1: hacker rank test (just to make sure that you can code, nothing out of the ordinary, should be very easy for any CS major)
Step 2: HR interview (HR team here is one of the best I have encountered, in terms of professionalism, just to make sure you are an actual person and you are able to communicate clearly).
Step 3: They fly you out to their office for an onsite interview (no technical phone screen)
Step 4: Onsite interview (basically just 2 hours, one hour purely behavioral, the other hour is just technical with very basic questions)
Overall: I really liked the team and the company but the pay is extremely low compared to the market even in the same area (they pay 70k, market pays 85-105K for recent CS graduates in the same area).
I was expecting around 95K, which I communicated during the initial HR interview, so I declined the offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Check if two strings are permutations of each other
Minimum Coin Change (not the dynamic programming one, it is just the one you learned in CS 101)
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Vanguard (Malvern, PA) in Aug 2024
Interview
The interview process was very straight forward. After applying, I had a recruiter screen then I was sent a hackerrank with 3 multiple-choice questions and 3 LC-style questions. Then, I participated in a super day that was two rounds, a technical case and a behavioral interview. Super friendly people at each step of the process, great company values.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Vanguard in Apr 2024
Interview
30 min to prepare case study about creating a retirement calculator,
1hr technical to go over case study and ask other technical questions,
1hr behavioral.
Very kind interviewers, didn't ask for any code.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the difference between a dynamically typed and statically typed language?
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Vanguard (Philadelphia, PA) in Jan 2023
Interview
OA 4 multiple choice, 3 leetcode med. After that phone screen with recruiter, then final. Final had 4 rounds. Case Study, Behavior, Technical, Chat with senior devs, presentation by senior manager.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Behavior: Describe a time when you were a team leader and had to discipline team members. Technical: What is the difference between Static & Dynamically typed languages?