I applied through other source. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Gusto (San Francisco, CA) in Nov 2015
Interview
I was introduced to Gusto by a technical recruiting company. After a phone call with Eddie (the CTO) to learn more about the company, a technical phone interview was scheduled. After passing the phone interview, for which I solved a problem using CoderPad, I was contacted by a coordinator to schedule the onsite. The onsite consisted of two technical interviews with engineers, one nontechnical interview with a PM, and a longer pair-programming working session with an engineering manager. Everyone was really friendly and pleasant to work with. All technical interviews were in Ruby (not my language of choice) and involved passing tests, most of which were pre-written.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
basic data structures & algorithms problems (arrays, trees), more practical problems relating to Gusto's product
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.