Guidewire is low-drama, high-performance
Guidewire is low-drama, high-performance
You are given a lot of autonomy to get your work done. There is a good work/life balance (I have yet to work a weekend). There is a culture of cooperation and interaction between employees. There is a nice range of ages -- it's not just people out of college. The management emphasizes candor and ethics. There is a culture of flexibility where resources are directed where they are needed.
The culture of agility and flexibility means that you are often changing projects and desks.
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Software Engineer Intern
I met them at the UC Berkeley career fair in Spring 2020 and received a coding challenge at their table. From there, I was given an online coding challenge a few days later. Afterwards, it was an onsite interview at their San Mateo HQ (or an online
Senior Software Engineer
After asking about my previous work experiences, the interviewer asked just one single coding problem. No other skills were asked. The assessment was completely dependent on coding. Coding Problem: Implement `hasNext()` and `next()` methods for a cl
Senior Software Engineer
Here's my review of one of the four interviewers at Guidewire. His primary issue was that he had only one solution in mind, which was syntactically and semantically broken. Yet, he dogmatically tried to push me towards it the entire time. It went fla
Software Engineer Intern
San Mateo, California, United StatesFebruary 1, 2020I met them at the UC Berkeley career fair in Spring 2020 and received a coding challenge at their table. From there, I was given an online coding challenge a few days later. Afterwards, it was an onsite interview at their San Mateo HQ (or an online
Senior Software Engineer
San Mateo, California, United StatesMarch 1, 2009After asking about my previous work experiences, the interviewer asked just one single coding problem. No other skills were asked. The assessment was completely dependent on coding. Coding Problem: Implement `hasNext()` and `next()` methods for a cl
Senior Software Engineer
San Mateo, California, United StatesAugust 1, 2010Here's my review of one of the four interviewers at Guidewire. His primary issue was that he had only one solution in mind, which was syntactically and semantically broken. Yet, he dogmatically tried to push me towards it the entire time. It went fla
