Gusto

Software Engineer - Internship Interview Experience

October 1, 2020

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I was really excited about Gusto as a company but had a disappointing interview experience, due to slow responses and a lack of organization on the part of the recruiting team.

The recruiter followed up about 1.5 weeks after my application to schedule a phone screen. Then it took about a week to set up a technical phone interview. Subsequently, it took another week for the company to communicate that they had put a hold on scheduling final-round interviews.

I'm sure they had a high volume of candidates, but overall communication could have been more timely and transparent.

Questions

Why Gusto? A question about nested objects.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Gusto Software Engineer - Internship role in United States.

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Pass Rate

Gusto's interview process for their Software Engineer - Internship roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

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Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Gusto's Software Engineer - Internship interview process in United States.

Gusto Work Experiences

Good Culture, Cramped Office

Software Engineering • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: Benefits are pretty solid. 401k matching was recently removed, but that was atypical for a startup anyway. PTO is actually unlimited, and employees tend to take an above-average amount (at least in my department). We have a sizable customer base, and they generally love the product. Engineering is of above-average quality. There's a very good employee retention rate (employees are probably just happy in general). The C-suite is very transparent about financials, business dealings, and decisions. The company culture has a handful of unique elements (e.g., an annual company-wide camping trip/getaway).

Cons: Offices have become significantly more cramped and overall seem dirtier and less nice than a couple of years ago (SF). Catered lunch every day is nice, but the food is often mediocre to bad. Moderate churn in middle management. Building solutions for things like payroll and insurance means a lot of dealings with legislation and boring regulations, which can be uninspiring at best. Occasionally, inept individuals become managers and do some damage to departments or teams. I'm slightly underpaid given my amount of experience and peer comparisons.

Good Culture, Cramped Office

Software Engineering • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: Benefits are pretty solid. 401k matching was recently removed, but that was atypical for a startup anyway. PTO is actually unlimited, and employees tend to take an above-average amount (at least in my department). We have a sizable customer base, and they generally love the product. Engineering is of above-average quality. There's a very good employee retention rate (employees are probably just happy in general). The C-suite is very transparent about financials, business dealings, and decisions. The company culture has a handful of unique elements (e.g., an annual company-wide camping trip/getaway).

Cons: Offices have become significantly more cramped and overall seem dirtier and less nice than a couple of years ago (SF). Catered lunch every day is nice, but the food is often mediocre to bad. Moderate churn in middle management. Building solutions for things like payroll and insurance means a lot of dealings with legislation and boring regulations, which can be uninspiring at best. Occasionally, inept individuals become managers and do some damage to departments or teams. I'm slightly underpaid given my amount of experience and peer comparisons.

Great Environment, No Downsides!

SWE Intern • Former Employee

Pros: Great environment. Nice area. 10/1

Cons: No downsides filling requirement for Glassdoor.

Great Environment, No Downsides!

SWE Intern • Former Employee

Pros: Great environment. Nice area. 10/1

Cons: No downsides filling requirement for Glassdoor.

This is Ajoy Roy

Analytical Development • Former Employee

Pros: The atmosphere is good, and the team members are good as well.

Cons: documentation with the slow process

This is Ajoy Roy

Analytical Development • Former Employee

Pros: The atmosphere is good, and the team members are good as well.

Cons: documentation with the slow process

Good Culture, Cramped Office

Software Engineering • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: Benefits are pretty solid. 401k matching was recently removed, but that was atypical for a startup anyway. PTO is actually unlimited, and employees tend to take an above-average amount (at least in my department). We have a sizable customer base, and they generally love the product. Engineering is of above-average quality. There's a very good employee retention rate (employees are probably just happy in general). The C-suite is very transparent about financials, business dealings, and decisions. The company culture has a handful of unique elements (e.g., an annual company-wide camping trip/getaway).

Cons: Offices have become significantly more cramped and overall seem dirtier and less nice than a couple of years ago (SF). Catered lunch every day is nice, but the food is often mediocre to bad. Moderate churn in middle management. Building solutions for things like payroll and insurance means a lot of dealings with legislation and boring regulations, which can be uninspiring at best. Occasionally, inept individuals become managers and do some damage to departments or teams. I'm slightly underpaid given my amount of experience and peer comparisons.

4.0
Good Culture, Cramped Office
Software Engineering • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
June 15, 2017
Pros: Benefits are pretty solid. 401k matching was recently removed, but that was atypical for a startup anyway. PTO is actually unlimited, and employees tend to take an above-average amount (at least in my department). We have a sizable customer base, and they generally love the product. Engineering is of above-average quality. There's a very good employee retention rate (employees are probably just happy in general). The C-suite is very transparent about financials, business dealings, and decisions. The company culture has a handful of unique elements (e.g., an annual company-wide camping trip/getaway).
Cons: Offices have become significantly more cramped and overall seem dirtier and less nice than a couple of years ago (SF). Catered lunch every day is nice, but the food is often mediocre to bad. Moderate churn in middle management. Building solutions for things like payroll and insurance means a lot of dealings with legislation and boring regulations, which can be uninspiring at best. Occasionally, inept individuals become managers and do some damage to departments or teams. I'm slightly underpaid given my amount of experience and peer comparisons.

Great Environment, No Downsides!

SWE Intern • Former Employee

Pros: Great environment. Nice area. 10/1

Cons: No downsides filling requirement for Glassdoor.

5.0
Great Environment, No Downsides!
SWE Intern • Former Employee
June 13, 2022
Pros: Great environment. Nice area. 10/1
Cons: No downsides filling requirement for Glassdoor.

This is Ajoy Roy

Analytical Development • Former Employee

Pros: The atmosphere is good, and the team members are good as well.

Cons: documentation with the slow process

4.0
This is Ajoy Roy
Analytical Development • Former Employee
April 21, 2022
Pros: The atmosphere is good, and the team members are good as well.
Cons: documentation with the slow process

Gusto Interview Questions

Time Based Key-Value Store

Design a key-value store that supports storing values with timestamps. You should be able to retrieve the latest value for a key that's less than or equal to a given timestamp.

ArraysBinary Search

Add Bold Tag in String

You're given a string and a list of keywords. Your task is to add bold tags around all occurrences of those keywords in the string.

Integer to English Words

Convert a non-negative integer into its English word representation. For example, 12345 should be converted to 'Twelve Thousand Three Hundred Forty Five'.

ArraysStringsRecursion

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