Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience - United States
April 1, 2022
Negative ExperienceGot Offer
Process
After passing their interviews (difficulty: normal), their HR was not professional and the management was messy. It took a month to send me the offer letter, which had some typos. They then sent the next document after another month. Feedback from their HR was very slow. In the end, I chose another company.
Questions
A lot of BQ and normal algorithm questions.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 13 interview experiences for the Gusto Software Engineer (Internship) role in United States.
Success Rate
8%
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.
Experience Rating
Positive69%
Neutral23%
Negative8%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Gusto's Software Engineer (Internship) 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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