I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Gusto (New York, NY) in Nov 2018
Interview
I applied online and was contact within a month for an initial phone screen. I stumbled a bit during the interview but got the answer in the end and was able to explain myself towards the end. As a result, I had to do another interview which went extremely well. Meanwhile I received an offer from another company that was expiring in a week. I didn't hear back from Gusto for a while so I emailed to get an update and was rejected. I didn't get any feedback. I really liked the company and wanted to interview with them and the fact that I was rejected immediately after informing them of a competing offer left a bad taste in my mouth. Otherwise the entire process was great with very responsive and nice recruiters and engineers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
programming questions, leetcode easyish/medium. difficulty is not algorithmic but just general software engineering ability.
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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Gusto interviews FAQs
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%
Personality test: 5%
Background check: 5%
Drug test: 3%
Group panel interview: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Other: 1%
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