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      Software Engineer Interview

      Mar 27, 2015
      Anonymous employee
      San Francisco, CA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Gusto (San Francisco, CA) in Sep 2014

      Interview

      The interview process was pretty standard. I sent in a resume, they had a technical phone screen with me, and then brought me on-site. On site, I had two technical interviews and two fit interviews. The technical interviews were both super practical pairing sessions. One was on the product itself with the CTO, and the other was on a sample webpage with a senior member of the engineering team. The fit interviews were with the other two co-founders.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      They asked me to pair program on the implementation of employee nicknames in the actual product.
      1 Answer

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      Software Engineer Interview

      Aug 24, 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

      May 20, 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
      Answer question
      3

      Software Engineer Interview

      May 29, 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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