Vanta Customer Success Engineer interview experience

The prompt was incredibly vague, and I spent a lot of time—around 20 hours or more—prepping, trying to figure out what “good” would look like based on the limited direction.

Despite that uncertainty and prep time, the people I spoke with were kind and welcoming. The process didn’t feel hostile or adversarial; it just required a lot of effort because I had to interpret the assignment on my own while still performing in front of them.

By the end, I could tell they were serious about evaluating candidates, and the difficulty level made sense. Honestly, the hardest part wasn’t the presentation