USAA·Software Engineer

USAA Software Engineer interview experience

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San Antonio, TXPosted Sep 2022 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through a more hands-on exercise that focused heavily on team behavior and how I’d collaborate while solving work.

After an HR-style conversation, I was pulled into another session that included a manager, an architect, and a couple of engineers. My questions in that stage weren’t brutal—mostly Java background questions—but then the format shifted into a live coding and pair-style workflow.

I paired up during a session where I was expected to call out actions or work items for another engineer to implement, while I also explained what I was doing and why. I was guided to work test-first, including writing new tests for the proposed problem and fixing existing ones if needed. The emphasis felt less like

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