Junior Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Vanguard with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 57% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Junior Software Engineer roles take an average of 49 days to get hired, when considering 7 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 Junior Software Engineer according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
One on one interview: 25%
Presentation: 20%
Group panel interview: 10%
Skills test: 5%
Other: 5%
Background check: 5%
Personality test: 5%
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Starts with a standard online assessment followed up with a phone interview, and then the last step is an in-person interview. The process was pretty quick, but they never gave me a response after the last step which was a little annoying.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Vanguard in Jan 2025
Interview
The interview process was very long (from 8am till about 2pm). We were divided into groups and got to take a tour of the office and had team building events. At the end, they split us up for the technical interview (mostly in Java).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How to parse or combine 2 strings in Java?
Protected vs Private vs Public classes?
Is garbage data deletion automatic or manual in Java
3 Interviews first online, next two in person they also asked for 2 recommendations from previous employers. Otherwise all as usual. What else Nothing much. I also didn't need to do the test task
Had an intro call with a recruiter (multiple months after filling out the application), then participated in an (virtual) onsite interview. My interviewers seemed great, but then the company just ghosted me. Never heard back, even after contacting my recruiter.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time when you showed leadership to a group