Vanta·Software Engineer

Vanta Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Easy

Negative

United KingdomPosted May 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

A recruiter reached out telling me my background was an excellent match, and then we met for a screening call.

The recruiter joined a few minutes late and seemed disengaged right away. They asked if I had questions, but they didn’t really walk through the role or responsibilities, and I ended up having to prompt for basic details. My answers felt like they were supposed to be enough, but they never went deeper.

The next day I was rejected with feedback that I “didn’t have enough experience” for the role—despite the earlier message that my experience matched. What stuck with me was the mismatch between how the outreach was framed and how the screen was conducted, and then how the decision came back

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