I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at USAA (San Antonio, TX) in Feb 2012
Interview
Met a recruiter at Career Fair and passed my resume along to him. I received an interview from our university career website. I researched the company and the intern position description. The interview took about an hour with behavioral questions, calculating questions, and creative thinking questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A business is about to go bankrupt. This business sells generic products. Choose one of the 4 products and how would you improve or change this product.
1) Candle
2) Piggy bank
3) Mouse pad
4) Towel
Pretty standard, 3 questions for OA then an interview with the potential team. But the behavioral questions they asked were very specific and were not the general ones you would find online. Also the vibe depends on the people who you interview with.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you were given a project without clear instructions, how would you approach it?
First round I received a technical coding assessment around a couple weeks after submission. Then next stage I got invited to a 15 minute phone screen. I got rejected after the phone screen.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at USAA (San Antonio, TX) in Nov 2025
Interview
First round 3 easy LeetCode questions, second round phone call screener about generic eligibility, final interview via zoom by a panel of 2 managers. Final interview questions were generic behavioral questions and some code analysis.
4. [Look at this Java code; 2 basic classes, ~50 lines] What will happen when (line of code) runs? How can this program be improved? How would you implement error detection?
IT Intern applicants have rated the interview process at USAA with 2.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 73% positive. To compare, the company-average is 65.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for IT Intern roles take an average of 24 days to get hired, when considering 46 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at USAA overall takes an average of 29 days.
Common stages of the interview process at USAA as a IT Intern according to 46 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 22%
Background check: 14%
Group panel interview: 14%
Phone interview: 14%
One on one interview: 14%
Personality test: 10%
Drug test: 8%
Presentation: 2%
Other: 1%
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