Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Guidewire with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 61% positive. To compare, the company-average is 51.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 20 days to get hired, when considering 53 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Guidewire overall takes an average of 24 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Guidewire as a Software Engineer according to 53 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 31%
One on one interview: 22%
Skills test: 18%
Group panel interview: 7%
Presentation: 7%
Background check: 5%
Personality test: 4%
Other: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Drug test: 2%
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It was pleasant but long. Applied directly. The process took a month. It had 4 phases. Now it's modernised. It was easy. No questions about data structures or algorithm Big-O. (for a reason)
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Guidewire (Bengaluru) in Feb 2026
Interview
I applied in December through a referral and received a call in February. The process consisted of two in-person technical rounds conducted on the same day at the Bengaluru office.
Round 1:
This round was with a Senior Developer. The task was to implement a card game in Java. It was more like a pair-programming session rather than a DSA or system design round. The interviewer was collaborative and provided guidance when needed. I was able to implement most of the required functionality during the session.
Round 2:
This round focused on my resume, particularly my work experience and projects. There were two interviewers. I was asked to clone one of my projects onto their system and implement a new feature on the spot. In addition, they asked technical questions related to my project implementation and core concepts.
Overall, the process was hands-on and focused more on practical implementation. Expected deep understanding of every concept even for fresher role.
The rejection mail came very late, after 15 days of the interview. Also it was automated one with no clear feedback.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was asked to clone one of my projects and implement a new feature live during the interview.
interview process has multiple rounds. checking communication skills. checking programming skills. checking java knowledge like interacting with web application programming interfaces. different interviewers. online interview as well as on site interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you communicate with co-worker who was busy but you needed help from?
Very long and dragged out processes with minimum transparency and lots of delays in between. The recruiters are very unprofessional, spamming me constantly regarding the open job positions that they have