I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Gusto (San Francisco, CA) in Dec 2024
Interview
Very good procees, I had done the first round then was selected for the coding round question was a leetcode hard , solved it in Brute Force was asked to solve it in Optimal Approach, succedded as well but not selected ig due to sponsorship issue.
Other Software Engineer(Internship) Interview Reviews for Gusto
I applied online. I interviewed at Gusto (San Francisco, CA) in Mar 2026
Interview
I only did the first round which is technical. They asked a meet code question. It was quite chill, the interviewer was friendly. I didn’t move forward because they had reached head count but I was able to solve the question given to me.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked a leetcode tagged question that I can’t remember
Pretty long:
1. 3 question codesignal
2. Technical Interview #1
3. Technical Interview #2
4. One hour "super day"
a. Hiring Manager Round
b. Values and Motivations Alignment Round
Overall, it took a while but my interviewers were all very helpful and accomodating.
Software Engineer(Internship) applicants have rated the interview process at Gusto with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 69% positive. To compare, the company-average is 50.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer(Internship) roles take an average of 22 days to get hired, when considering 16 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(Internship) according to 16 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Phone interview: 22%
Presentation: 17%
Skills test: 17%
Background check: 6%
Other: 6%
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