I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Guidewire in Aug 2021
Interview
The first round written task includes three written code. They are two logic programming task, one is easy and other has some difficulty, one code correction question and one sql server question.
No interview. No-contact rejection email stated: "We have reviewed your work experience, skills, and capabilities, and have decided not to move forward at this time. We would like to keep your resume on file and reach out to you in the future if a position becomes available that is a better fit." The problem is I am qualified for the position so it is unlikely that there will be a job that is a "better fit" in the future. Therefore, I don't want my private information stored on file and I want to make that choice myself. I didn't authorize keeping my information on file indefinitely.
Secondly, their career page has no HR contact link, no ADA accessibility request contact link, and a broken link for setting cookies. Its website states that if you don't configure the pop-up settings, then they will store the maximum number of cookies on your computer. However, since the cookie settings page doesn't open, you can't configure the cookies. If you click on "more information," you are promptly dumped out to your browser instead of a page with more information about their cookies.
Finally, I don't apply to any company a second time that didn't offer at least a telephone interview the first time. Without an initial interview, I can't vet the company to tell whether they are worth a second chance. For example, an interview is a good way to gauge how comfortable a company is with applicants who have disabilities. Those companies tend to ask if you need assistance with the interview process, their hiring managers and recruiters aren't freaked out if you have a disability. Some companies seem to always reject applicants with disabilities so it wouldn't matter how many times I apply for jobs with that same company because the answer will always be the same. These are "zero-chance companies" and I try to avoid them.
I don't recommend applying for this company because it doesn't care about the privacy or security of applicant's personal information and it doesn't offer any way for an applicant with disabilities (or any applicant) to contact HR.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Guidewire (San Francisco, CA) in Jul 2021
Interview
First Recruiter reached out to me. Then there was a Codility test. Codility test duration was 90 minutes. There were 2 Codility problems. They were not difficult, but lengthy. I was able to solve it in 75 minutes.
After the test, there was a first-round interview scheduled for 75 minutes. There was an sr engineer and a new college grad in the panel. She told me that he is shadowing. They were on zoom but wouldn't switch on video. She asked me to tell about myself and started to get restless while I talk as if I am wasting time, She instantly posted a Codility link and asked me to solve it. I tried to explain it to her first but was instantly told to code. They allowed me to code in IDE. When it worked, she gave me one more problem to solve. This was difficult and lengthy than the first. I was able to code but did not have time to run. While I was coding, the fresh grad guy was typing constantly. It was very annoying. I thought that guy may be solving the problem parallelly.
It was a humiliating experience. These 2 problems were similar to the take-home assignments. I did not understand the purpose. It was like 2 people watching while you write an exam. One of the Youtube videos mentions that they look for culture fit, Nothing of that sort happened during the interview. They did not mention that I am going to have 2 solve 2 problems upfront.
Overall it was a negative experience. It is the worst interview among the interviews I attended in recent years.