I applied through college or university. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at USAA (San Antonio, TX) in Oct 2011
Interview
One interview on campus and second interview on San Antonio campus. They contact you and arrange your travel arrangements. You go and spend 2 night in San Antonio, including about one day worth of tours and (one hour) of interviews. They contact you a few weeks later with their decision.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
It was pretty straight forward. Just be yourself. Don't necessarily follow basic interview guidelines.
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%
Group panel interview: 14%
One on one interview: 14%
Background check: 14%
Phone interview: 14%
Personality test: 10%
Drug test: 8%
Presentation: 2%
Other: 1%
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