I applied through university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Guidewire
Interview
I spoke with a very nice person at the UC Berkeley Career Fair who asked me a technical question and as a reward, gave me a mug and a next round. I then had to pass a coding challenge and after that, set up an interview with the company on-site. However, the company did not provide me with any travel reimbursement despite asking me to make the trip into the office. At the interview, I had to wait in the lobby for a while before the recruiter grabbed me and I then had a technical interview sitting in front of a monitor flanked by two full-time software engineers on either side of the me. The question was not too difficult but one of the interviewers was quite disrespectful and showed his frustration towards the end of the hour.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Guidewire (Bengaluru) in Feb 2026
Interview
I applied in December through a referral and received a call in February. The process consisted of two in-person technical rounds conducted on the same day at the Bengaluru office.
Round 1:
This round was with a Senior Developer. The task was to implement a card game in Java. It was more like a pair-programming session rather than a DSA or system design round. The interviewer was collaborative and provided guidance when needed. I was able to implement most of the required functionality during the session.
Round 2:
This round focused on my resume, particularly my work experience and projects. There were two interviewers. I was asked to clone one of my projects onto their system and implement a new feature on the spot. In addition, they asked technical questions related to my project implementation and core concepts.
Overall, the process was hands-on and focused more on practical implementation. Expected deep understanding of every concept even for fresher role.
The rejection mail came very late, after 15 days of the interview. Also it was automated one with no clear feedback.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was asked to clone one of my projects and implement a new feature live during the interview.
interview process has multiple rounds. checking communication skills. checking programming skills. checking java knowledge like interacting with web application programming interfaces. different interviewers. online interview as well as on site interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you communicate with co-worker who was busy but you needed help from?
Very long and dragged out processes with minimum transparency and lots of delays in between. The recruiters are very unprofessional, spamming me constantly regarding the open job positions that they have
