Vanguard Application Engineer I interview questions
based on 15 ratings - Updated 21 Apr 2026
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Interview process was pretty straight forward. Three rounds with the first being a general HR, the second was a coding assessment, and the third was a person from the division or team you might be placed in.
I applied through university. I interviewed at Vanguard (Malvern, PA) in Dec 2025
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sent me an email with an online technical, had a few mc questions and a few leetcode coding questions. then i had to wait a few days and they called me to schedule the final interview. during the final interview, there were 2 rounds each were an hour long. one part was the technical and the second part was behavioral. during the technical, there's 2 problems. one was like a system design and the other was another leetcode problem.
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Question 1
tell me about a time you received feedback.
tell me about a time you worked in a team with conflicting ideas, how did you resolve it.
I applied through other source. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Vanguard (Malvern, PA) in Jan 2025
Interview
The interview was mainly behavioral questions with some technical questions about resume and past experiences. Multiple rounds of interviews. Basic interview questions in STAR format were asked, so be prepared to answer.