USAA General Intern Interview Questions
& Process
Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.
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Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at USAA.
USAA
IT Intern
Intern Average Neutral experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Take home Technical screen
Interview formats
Technical Behavioral
It was pretty standard, with three questions for an online assessment, followed by an interview with the team I'd be working with. The behavioral questions they asked were quite specific, not the usual ones you'd find online. The overall vibe really depended on the interviewers.
Confirmed questions1 question
- How would you tackle a project when the instructions are unclear?
USAA
IT Intern
Intern Easy Positive experience Decline offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Technical screen Recruiter call Onsite
Interview formats
Coding Behavioral Technical Presentation
The interview process started with 3 easy LeetCode questions. After that, there was a phone call screener to check general eligibility. The final interview was conducted via Zoom by two managers. They asked general behavioral questions and some code analysis questions.
Confirmed questions6 questions
- Can you tell me about yourself?
- Describe a time you delivered a formal presentation.
- Tell me about a situation where you had a significant disagreement with a teammate and how it was resolved.
USAA
IT Intern
Intern Average Positive experience No offer 4 rounds
Interview process
Take home Phone screen Technical screen Onsite
Interview formats
Coding Behavioral Technical
Had a short online assessment with some easy and medium LeetCode questions, you get 30 mins to finish. After that, I scheduled a phone screening. Then I moved on to the final interview with a Software Engineer and the Director of IT, where they asked two LeetCode easy questions (finding the median and mode in a list and a sliding window problem).
Confirmed questions3 questions
- Can you share an instance where you identified a potential conflict and describe the actions you took to mitigate it?
- Tell me about a time you foresaw a conflict and what you did to stop it.
- Describe a situation where you noticed a potential conflict brewing and explain the steps you took to prevent it.
USAA General Intern Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from USAA interview reports.
“You forget a 5-number combination to a lock. The hints are: the third and fifth numbers are both 14, the first number is one less than the second, the fourth number is double the second, and the sum of all five numbers is 30. What are the numbers?”
Read reports →“Can you figure out the 5-digit bike lock combination using 4 given facts in about a minute?”
Read reports →“Given a year's notice that a massive earthquake will separate California from the mainland, and assuming you have access to any skills needed, how would you prepare for this event?”
Read reports →“How would you troubleshoot latency issues in a web application that communicates with a backend database?”
Read reports →“Considering USAA's business, what innovative ideas can you suggest that leverage a mobile phone camera for benefit?”
Read report →“How would you design a novel and secure user authentication system, like for online banking?”
Read report →“What is the main difficulty you foresee in using social media for business promotion in the future?”
Read report →“Could you create a peer diagram for a traffic application, detailing platforms like mobile and web?”
Read report →“Imagine you need to design a system to detect leaks. What sort of data would be useful to gather from such a system, and how would you go about collecting it and implementing it?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 110 USAA interview reports.