Guidewire is as much a community as a workplace. All of the managers, up to and including the CEO, maintain an open door policy and will gladly hear you out on just about anything. Everyone is willing to share expertise, mentor, and teach, and to learn new technologies and approaches.
Management prides itself on communication, keeping everyone informed not only of their decisions, but how they came to their conclusions.
Often, the policies and practices implemented don't make much sense for satellite offices. That said, the response from management is usually, "Do what makes sense to get the job done."
Two complex tasks on the Codility platform had inadequate estimated completion times of 35 minutes each. It is impossible to determine in advance the complexity of a task or estimate the time it will take to complete it. I made one task compilable,
Got a phone interview, most of the questions are core Java related. Did well, but not selected. Interviewer was so humble and greeted well. Explained the company policies and focus, and also working environment.
The process was good and quick. I talked to recruiters Marissa and Victoria, and within a week, I was onsite for an interview. The onsite scrutiny was more interesting, wherein I was asked to either write or fix code such that tests passed.
Two complex tasks on the Codility platform had inadequate estimated completion times of 35 minutes each. It is impossible to determine in advance the complexity of a task or estimate the time it will take to complete it. I made one task compilable,
Got a phone interview, most of the questions are core Java related. Did well, but not selected. Interviewer was so humble and greeted well. Explained the company policies and focus, and also working environment.
The process was good and quick. I talked to recruiters Marissa and Victoria, and within a week, I was onsite for an interview. The onsite scrutiny was more interesting, wherein I was asked to either write or fix code such that tests passed.