I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Vanguard (Penn, PA) in Jan 2024
Interview
Asked my background in detail since I was in insurance industry for over 5 years. And then into normal Interview questions I have prepared. We were talking over a lot about connection between my Actuarial skill and Coding skill.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you decide to change career to Software Engineering
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
Interview
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.
Interview questions [1]
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.
It was ok nothing more than a behavioral interview and then a case study on a specific system them wanted us to create. After was just regular conversation about experience
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time you had to overcome challenges and what did you do to make sure those challenges were mitigated next time
