I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Gusto (San Francisco, CA) in Dec 2019
Interview
Process starts with a general phone screen with a recruiter checking for general interest and some technical background. Next is a technical phone screen using codepad. The questions aren't generally hard, you just need to be prepared if you haven't interviewed in some time.
As a note, definitely take notes when they start to describe the problem. Unlike any other technical screening I've had, they just told me the question and corner cases, etc. over the phone, and dumped a bunch of "self explanatory" test code into the codepad document. It's a lot to digest while someone is expecting you to think out loud on the other side of the line. Kinda awkward tbh.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Gusto (New York, NY) in Jun 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.