Graduate Software Consultant applicants have rated the interview process at Guidewire with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 71% positive. To compare, the company-average is 51.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Graduate Software Consultant roles take an average of 37 days to get hired, when considering 7 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 Graduate Software Consultant according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 25%
Presentation: 15%
Phone interview: 15%
Drug test: 10%
Group panel interview: 10%
Skills test: 10%
Personality test: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Other: 5%
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I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Guidewire (Kuala Lumpur) in Dec 2021
Interview
All interviewers are friendly and nice to chat with, candidates can relax and cool down since its an enjoyable process filled with good discussions across all aspects of the interview.
Interview consists of three rounds.
First round will be an online coding test hosted in a certain platform, 2 questions.
Second round will be a 1 hour technical test with software consultants.
Third round will be a 3 hour long interview (1 hour HR, 1 hour technical, 1 hour cultural).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard interpersonal questions for the cultural and HR interview, but questions regarding Java for the technical interview.
Topics are as follows:
- Data Structures (HashMaps, HashSets, ArrayList, etc.)
- String manipulation
- Exceptions
- Concurrency
- == vs equals
- Design patterns
- SQL syntax
- XML syntax
- Algorithm-based questions (Do LeetCode to practice)
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Guidewire (Kuala Lumpur) in Mar 2023
Interview
The interview was smooth. Although time consuming, candidates who possess strong soft skills as well as technical skills will find themselves having a fun time during the final stage. The hiring process starts from a codility test (1.5 hours), followed by a technical interview with a consultant (1 hour), and finally the final interview which is split into cultural, technical, and hiring manager interview (3 hours)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Cultural - Nothing too hard, just some questions to see where your attitude and personal interests are Technical - OOP, Algorithm questions (Tip: learn hashmaps), error handling, string manipulation Hiring Manager - Mostly asking about your start date, expected salary etc. Also gives you some scenario based questions to see how you would react to it
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Guidewire (Kuala Lumpur) in Jan 2023
Interview
Whole process took about a month as it was at the end of the year. Interview was split into 3 parts - code test, 1 hr technical interview, 3 hr interview (cultural interview, technical interview and hiring manager). Did not receive any outcome of the interview after 2 weeks.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Guidewire (Kuala Lumpur) in Jul 2022
Interview
Easy going interview. Three stages of interviews. Coding test, live technical interview and a final interview which consist of culture, technical and with the hiring manager.
Interviewer are all friendly and helpful during all interviews.