Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Vanguard with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 62% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 60 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Vanguard overall takes an average of 23 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Vanguard as a Software Engineer according to 60 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
One on one interview: 25%
Skills test: 15%
Presentation: 13%
Group panel interview: 6%
Drug test: 5%
Background check: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Personality test: 3%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Vanguard (London, England) in Jun 2020
Interview
Applied through a recruiter.
Was invited to a 30min phone interview. Briefly spoke about my background, then moved onto some Python questions (generators, list comp, decorators), then spoke about database models and pandas.
The interviewer asked a Java question about JDBC like but for Python. Which there is not really a comparison to but was telling me numpy was the answer. Also said I didn't know python as I didn't answer the pandas questions correctly. Which personally Python != Pandas but this was the candidate they were looking for.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is a list comprehension? What is a decorator? What are generators? What is JDBC in Python?
It was a 2 round process one with HR and the other with the manager they dug deep on my resume and my past projects and previous working experience along with behavioral questions.
Met with Team Leader via online meeting. Basic programming questions, became more broad. He was late, it was a Friday morning, and it looked like he had just woken up.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic concepts, rxjs fundamentals, how would you reverse a string, etc.
They started by introducing themselves and giving me a quick overview of the company, the team structure, and what the role would involve. Then they asked me to talk a bit about myself and walk through my resume. I highlighted a few projects that matched the job description, and they seemed really interested in my work with data visualization.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you tell me about yourself and your professional background?
Why are you interested in this position and our company?
What do you know about our company and our industry?
Why did you leave your last job, or why are you planning to leave?
What are your short-term and long-term career goals?