I applied online. I interviewed at Gusto (San Francisco, CA)
Interview
After application, you receive a codesignal GCA if selected, it's not auto. If you pass, you're moved onto the first technical round. If you pass, there's another technical round. Both technical rounds are leetcode style from the Gusto tagged. Finally, there's two 30 minute behavioral interviews. The first (VMA) is tell me about a time based, the second (hiring manager) is more situational/project based (what would you do if...).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would you do and who would you tell if you encountered a bug in a project just before the deadline?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Gusto
Interview
Got an OA and then a technical interview invite a few days later. The interviewer gave me a pretty hard LC problem: 273 Integer to English Words. I got most of it done and passed the test cases. The interviewer seemed nice and didn’t really push for more followup or full coverage of the problem. Still got a rejection two days later tho. Guess the bar for this company is just super high.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Gusto (San Francisco, CA) in Jan 2025
Interview
the process consisted of an online assessment, phone screen, 1-hour first round technical, and final round consisting of a 1-hour technical and two 30-min behaviorals. the technicals were less focused on dsa and were more practical questions, and they do ask you to compile your code. you get to meet many engineers and get a sense of the culture of the company.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
working with a dataset of customers and finding what year had the most customers at a time
Software Engineer Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Gusto with 3.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 50.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer Intern roles take an average of 36 days to get hired, when considering 8 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Gusto overall takes an average of 24 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Gusto as a Software Engineer Intern according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 40%
Phone interview: 30%
Skills test: 20%
Group panel interview: 10%
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