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      Software Engineer Interview

      6 Dec 2024
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Gusto in Dec 2024

      Interview

      Applied online, had an initial screening with a recruiter who informed me they did a live tech screening followed by an 8 hour, unpaid, virtual onsite. The recruiter was very friendly and sent me a ton a preparatory material for the tech interview with guidelines about what to expect and how to approach the exercise. Fast forward to the actual technical interview and the interviewer said he wasn't going to be following the plan the recruiter laid out at all, he was going to do it his way, which was a very Leet Code, rapid fire approach. I have ADHD and ASD, so after the initial, very unwelcome surprise format change, I tried to regroup but the interviewer never really gave me the chance. He spoke very quickly, but wasn't using a microphone so instructions were difficult to understand, and he sounded impatient when I asked him to repeat himself. While actually doing the exercise, if at any time I tried to talk through the problem he became impatient and started writing the code himself. Generally speaking, he was brusque, swore, and behaved so unprofessionally that I was a little relieved when he cut the interview short and told me I'd failed. Overall it was a really poor showing for the company and really disappointing considering how friendly and approachable the recruiting team was.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      The interview was focused on distribution of a pool of money to a group of parties that were all owed a set amount.
      Answer question
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      Other Software Engineer interview reviews for Gusto

      Software Engineer Interview

      24 Aug 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      New York, NY
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      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.
      Answer question

      Software Engineer Interview

      20 May 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Declined offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      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.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Company values alignment and behavioral questions
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      Software Engineer Interview

      29 May 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      New York, NY
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      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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