Guidewire

Senior Cloud Engineer Interview Experience - Japan

April 24, 2024

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I was ghosted after the final interview.

I completed four rounds of interviews, and their HR team lacked professionalism in their response.

It's disappointing to invest time in four interview rounds and a coding test, only to receive no communication in return.

This lack of professionalism is concerning.

Questions

General interview questions.

Coding test was easy as well.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Guidewire Senior Cloud Engineer role in Japan.

Success Rate

0%

Pass Rate

Guidewire's interview process for their Senior Cloud Engineer roles in Japan is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

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Neutral0%

Negative100%

Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Guidewire's Senior Cloud Engineer interview process in Japan.

Guidewire Work Experiences

A decent place to do decent work

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

Foster City, California, United States

January 20, 2016

Pros: Smart people, stable product with a heavily invested customer base. Lots of smart people who are thinking about the long-term horizon. People looking for a 9-to-5 job with good work/life balance will find opportunities to get a good paycheck for doing honest work. Ambitious people will find lots of projects that need owners, especially if they're willing to take charge and initiative and get their hands dirty doing lots of the work themselves.

Cons: Lots of legacy software, including many outdated, custom, in-house tools that hamper productivity and adoption of third-party/open-source tools. That's changing somewhat as several influential founding engineers with NIH syndrome gradually lose ground to new hires with better ideas. The company is (somewhat belatedly) embracing the cloud, but leadership in that area is uncertain/unproven. The tide is shifting, but slowly.

A decent place to do decent work

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

Foster City, California, United States

January 20, 2016

Pros: Smart people, stable product with a heavily invested customer base. Lots of smart people who are thinking about the long-term horizon. People looking for a 9-to-5 job with good work/life balance will find opportunities to get a good paycheck for doing honest work. Ambitious people will find lots of projects that need owners, especially if they're willing to take charge and initiative and get their hands dirty doing lots of the work themselves.

Cons: Lots of legacy software, including many outdated, custom, in-house tools that hamper productivity and adoption of third-party/open-source tools. That's changing somewhat as several influential founding engineers with NIH syndrome gradually lose ground to new hires with better ideas. The company is (somewhat belatedly) embracing the cloud, but leadership in that area is uncertain/unproven. The tide is shifting, but slowly.

I've learned an immeasurable amount working with brilliant people on complex problems

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Foster City, California, United States

November 1, 2013

Pros: Supportive & collaborative environment, without any micromanagement. Opportunity to change teams to match interests.

Cons: As a SF dweller without a car, the location isn't ideal, but it's bikeable.

I've learned an immeasurable amount working with brilliant people on complex problems

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Foster City, California, United States

November 1, 2013

Pros: Supportive & collaborative environment, without any micromanagement. Opportunity to change teams to match interests.

Cons: As a SF dweller without a car, the location isn't ideal, but it's bikeable.

Great Mentorship, Slow Pace

Software Intern • Former Employee

Foster City, California, United States

October 11, 2014

Pros: Small group with lots of attention, Work-life balance, Company picnic/outings, Expansive intern projects, Experienced engineers on the floor who are willing to give advice.

Cons: Slow (not as fast or exciting as a startup)

Great Mentorship, Slow Pace

Software Intern • Former Employee

Foster City, California, United States

October 11, 2014

Pros: Small group with lots of attention, Work-life balance, Company picnic/outings, Expansive intern projects, Experienced engineers on the floor who are willing to give advice.

Cons: Slow (not as fast or exciting as a startup)

A decent place to do decent work

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

Foster City, California, United States

January 20, 2016

Pros: Smart people, stable product with a heavily invested customer base. Lots of smart people who are thinking about the long-term horizon. People looking for a 9-to-5 job with good work/life balance will find opportunities to get a good paycheck for doing honest work. Ambitious people will find lots of projects that need owners, especially if they're willing to take charge and initiative and get their hands dirty doing lots of the work themselves.

Cons: Lots of legacy software, including many outdated, custom, in-house tools that hamper productivity and adoption of third-party/open-source tools. That's changing somewhat as several influential founding engineers with NIH syndrome gradually lose ground to new hires with better ideas. The company is (somewhat belatedly) embracing the cloud, but leadership in that area is uncertain/unproven. The tide is shifting, but slowly.

5.0
A decent place to do decent work
Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee
Foster City, California, United States
January 20, 2016
Pros: Smart people, stable product with a heavily invested customer base. Lots of smart people who are thinking about the long-term horizon. People looking for a 9-to-5 job with good work/life balance will find opportunities to get a good paycheck for doing honest work. Ambitious people will find lots of projects that need owners, especially if they're willing to take charge and initiative and get their hands dirty doing lots of the work themselves.
Cons: Lots of legacy software, including many outdated, custom, in-house tools that hamper productivity and adoption of third-party/open-source tools. That's changing somewhat as several influential founding engineers with NIH syndrome gradually lose ground to new hires with better ideas. The company is (somewhat belatedly) embracing the cloud, but leadership in that area is uncertain/unproven. The tide is shifting, but slowly.

I've learned an immeasurable amount working with brilliant people on complex problems

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Foster City, California, United States

November 1, 2013

Pros: Supportive & collaborative environment, without any micromanagement. Opportunity to change teams to match interests.

Cons: As a SF dweller without a car, the location isn't ideal, but it's bikeable.

5.0
I've learned an immeasurable amount working with brilliant people on complex problems
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Foster City, California, United States
November 1, 2013
Pros: Supportive & collaborative environment, without any micromanagement. Opportunity to change teams to match interests.
Cons: As a SF dweller without a car, the location isn't ideal, but it's bikeable.

Great Mentorship, Slow Pace

Software Intern • Former Employee

Foster City, California, United States

October 11, 2014

Pros: Small group with lots of attention, Work-life balance, Company picnic/outings, Expansive intern projects, Experienced engineers on the floor who are willing to give advice.

Cons: Slow (not as fast or exciting as a startup)

5.0
Great Mentorship, Slow Pace
Software Intern • Former Employee
Foster City, California, United States
October 11, 2014
Pros: Small group with lots of attention, Work-life balance, Company picnic/outings, Expansive intern projects, Experienced engineers on the floor who are willing to give advice.
Cons: Slow (not as fast or exciting as a startup)

Guidewire Interview Questions

Construct the Longest New String

You're given counts of 'A', 'B', and 'AB' strings. Combine them to construct the longest possible string where no two adjacent characters are the same.

Greedy Algorithms

Minimum Moves to Spread Stones Over Grid

You're given a grid where some cells have stones and others are empty. Find the minimum number of moves to redistribute the stones so that each cell has exactly one stone.

Minimum Number of Operations to Sort a Binary Tree by Level

You're given a binary tree. Determine the minimum number of swaps needed at each level to sort the node values in ascending order.

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