Software Engineer New Grad Interview Experience - United States
November 21, 2018
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
I started with two rounds of phone screens, one hour each.
Then I went on-site for a day of interviews: three technical and one behavioral.
Overall, it went pretty smoothly! Everyone was polite and accommodating.
Questions
Split money into tax brackets.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 5 interview experiences for the Gusto Software Engineer New Grad role in United States.
Success Rate
20%
Pass Rate
Gusto's interview process for their Software Engineer New Grad roles in the United States is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive60%
Neutral20%
Negative20%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Gusto's Software Engineer New Grad interview process in United States.
Gusto Work Experiences
2.0
Leadership lacks vision
Software Engineer • Former Employee
October 16, 2025
Pros: Core product is good. Nice to serve small businesses.
Cons: Lacks focus for product development roadmap.
Leadership is unfocused.
Lots of churn at the upper level of management.
Very reactive culture.
No 401k match.
5.0
Great place to intern at
Software Engineer Intern • Former Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
October 1, 2025
Pros: - Great team, great culture
- Lots of hands-on work
Cons: - Payroll product that doesn't scale super big.
2.0
Toxic Feature Factory, blindly obsessed with AI
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
September 19, 2025
Pros: The compensation is the only good part of this job.
Cons: - headlong rush to shoehorn AI into everything, despite protests and very good reasons to avoid this.
- cutthroat quarterly review cycle.
- required "stack ranking" -- 15% of us must get "low performance".
- feature factory with no regard for tech debt or platform stability.
- individual bosses have an outsized influence on your ability to succeed and get promoted.
- middle management pushes foolish pet projects forward without regard to team capacity or best practices.
- morale is low, and management really doesn't care.
- 2.0Leadership lacks visionSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeOctober 16, 2025Pros: Core product is good. Nice to serve small businesses.Cons: Lacks focus for product development roadmap. Leadership is unfocused. Lots of churn at the upper level of management. Very reactive culture. No 401k match.
- 5.0Great place to intern atSoftware Engineer Intern • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesOctober 1, 2025Pros: - Great team, great culture - Lots of hands-on workCons: - Payroll product that doesn't scale super big.
- 2.0Toxic Feature Factory, blindly obsessed with AISenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSeptember 19, 2025Pros: The compensation is the only good part of this job.Cons: - headlong rush to shoehorn AI into everything, despite protests and very good reasons to avoid this. - cutthroat quarterly review cycle. - required "stack ranking" -- 15% of us must get "low performance". - feature factory with no regard for tech debt or platform stability. - individual bosses have an outsized influence on your ability to succeed and get promoted. - middle management pushes foolish pet projects forward without regard to team capacity or best practices. - morale is low, and management really doesn't care.
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