I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Gusto (Denver, CO) in Oct 2016
Interview
I was asked to complete an online quiz which is a terrible metric on finding candidates since the spectrum is far too broad -- do bit manipulation in C and then describe how to float an element in CSS. There's probably about 10 programming languages thrown at you in this timed quiz.
I received no response on the results of my quiz. A month later, I emailed them hoping to get the results back. Nothing.
You'd think that a company that specializes in HR could at least be good at handling recruiting.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given an unsigned value, implement the two's complement value.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Gusto (New York, NY) in Jun 2025
Interview
Initial recruiter phone call followed by technical phone screen. Question was a simple data parsing to extract/aggregate JSON data. Interview was friendly, and wrapped up with closing questions. I received a rejection email a week later, with no details.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given the following JSON data, aggregate statistics based on the request.
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Gusto in Mar 2025
Interview
I was surprised by how cumbersome this interview was, several rounds, on top of take home project. It's really rigorous for a company that isn't FAANG level. Honestly a take home and a discussion of a take home is enough technical signal, instead its take home, coding, take home extension live and systems design, plus values and behavioral session. It's a huge time investment for pay and benefits that are not very competitive.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Gusto (New York, NY) in Jan 2025
Interview
medium difficulty, or easier if you look up the q+a's before. one interviewer was late, and had the nerve to mark off points for time. so i did not get a job.
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Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Gusto with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 43% positive. To compare, the company-average is 50.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 23 days to get hired, when considering 86 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 according to 86 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 35%
One on one interview: 22%
Skills test: 17%
Presentation: 9%
Background check: 5%
Personality test: 5%
Group panel interview: 3%
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