Android Platform Engineer Interview Experience - New York, New York
Process
I applied online via Gusto's website. The process included a recruiter screen, a take-home exercise, and five onsite interviews.
Take-Home Exercise: I was tasked with building an Android app that displayed a rotating lunch menu from a list of strings. I was given 3-5 business days to complete this.
It took about one month to hear back from the recruiter after submitting the exercise. I then proceeded with five virtual onsite interviews:
- Take-Home Exercise Review and Extension: I was asked to modify the app to create an infinitely scrolling menu, allowing scrolling both up and down.
- System Design: I had to design a messaging app, similar to WhatsApp or the Messages app.
- Hiring Manager Interview.
- Values and Motivations Interview.
- Data Structures and Algorithms (DSA) Interview: This involved a time-based key-value store problem on LeetCode.
I received an unusual email from the recruiter the Monday after my interviews, inquiring about other companies I was interviewing with. He mentioned receiving positive feedback from my interviews and stated he wanted the best for me (which was unclear). A week later, I received a generic rejection email.
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Gusto's interview process for their Android Platform Engineer roles in New York, New York is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
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