I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Gusto
Interview
Had a good conversation with the hiring manager. I was pretty excited about gusto at this point. They asked a ton of questions about my work experience which led me to think they really cared about who was potentially joining the team. The next step was a technical phone screen. I got a weird Leetcode hard problem, not sure how that relates to what engineers do at gusto.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Find the maximum number of points on a line (it's a problem straight from Leetcode)
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Gusto (New York, NY) in June 2025
Interview
Initial recruiter phone call followed by technical phone screen. Question was a simple data parsing to extract/aggregate JSON data. Interview was friendly, and wrapped up with closing questions. I received a rejection email a week later, with no details.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given the following JSON data, aggregate statistics based on the request.
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Gusto in Mar 2025
Interview
I was surprised by how cumbersome this interview was, several rounds, on top of take home project. It's really rigorous for a company that isn't FAANG level. Honestly a take home and a discussion of a take home is enough technical signal, instead its take home, coding, take home extension live and systems design, plus values and behavioral session. It's a huge time investment for pay and benefits that are not very competitive.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Gusto (New York, NY) in Jan 2025
Interview
medium difficulty, or easier if you look up the q+a's before. one interviewer was late, and had the nerve to mark off points for time. so i did not get a job.