Brokerage Investment Professional applicants have rated the interview process at Vanguard with 2.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 55% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Brokerage Investment Professional roles take an average of 35 days to get hired, when considering 11 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 Brokerage Investment Professional according to 11 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 26%
One on one interview: 19%
Drug test: 16%
Skills test: 16%
Group panel interview: 10%
Presentation: 6%
Personality test: 3%
Background check: 3%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Vanguard (Scottsdale, AZ) in Sep 2013
Interview
Phone call, if you pass then they will pay for you to come do an in person interview. When ever you interview with Vanguard they will ask you about 4-6 STAR based questions (if you don't know what STAR is, look it up before you go). Their interview process is all about how you tell a story and what YOU did to solve the issue.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you helped a client solve a complex issue
Relatively straight forward process. Basic financial literacy and a few behavioral questions. There was also a short case study / role play scenario at the end. They are mostly testing to see if you can handle answering phones and dealing with customers and that you have basic financial / investment understanding.
very standard, it started with a few phone calls and emails, then in person. Standard "tell me about a time xyz..." questions. The interviewer was super nice and personable. Although it seemed they were in a bit of a rush.
I went down to the location for a day and did a rotation of interviews with multiple people. It took a couple hours and the questions were not too difficult.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time where you had to overcome a difficult situation.