Had one initial phone interview with a series of fairly high level throught-process and design questions. Was invited to on-site interview fairly soon and was 1 of 3 who ended up hired in that group of about 20. The reception was great and very laid back. I felt very comfortable even though I can get extremely nervous in those situations. The on-site interview was very straightforward. I didn't have much experience interviewing, and I even kind of botched the main problem solving question because I was trying to make it too difficult. Apparently my other characteristics and resume shown through because I ended up hired. I have mixed feelings since I don't think interviews are the best judge of a good future employee's skills or character. I'm just grateful to have gotten the position; though, I do think they need to raise their standards significantly overall. After the on-site interview and tour of the ridiculously large complex, I followed up with thank you emails, and it took much longer than I was hoping to secure the official offer and start date.

While in graduate school, I attended a job fair where USAA was attending. After talking to them and giving them my resume, they called me later that same day to set up an initial interview for the next day. One week after that, I was notified via email that I had made it to the next