Vanta·Software Engineer

Vanta Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

Negative

United StatesPosted Jun 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I joined what sounded like a straightforward interview pipeline, but the technical challenge felt off.

The coding puzzle was disguised as a “real life scenario,” and the way it was run didn’t encourage much collaboration.

The interviewer was pretty aloof and didn’t interact much while I solved and explained my thinking through the solution. The difficulty felt difficult, largely because the task came with that uncomfortable lack of engagement—so even when I could implement the right logic, the communication tone made it harder to feel comfortable.

I didn’t get an offer. The reflection I’m left with is that the label “real life scenario” didn’t match the vibe of the interview: it felt like a

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