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      Software Engineer Interview

      28 Aug 2015
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied through other source. I interviewed at Gusto in Aug 2015

      Interview

      They contacted me and set up an interview. The first interview was with an engineer lead and he talked more than I did. A little weird but it's fine. In the second interview, an engineer asked me to implement reduce() in Ruby. I was not very familiar with script language and he is not good at explaining the concept and very impatient. In my opinion, if I understand the way script language works, the interview would be pretty easy. But there is a learning curve and with all those new terms, I didn't get the concept very quickly. There are a couple of questions, and he expected me to provide the correct answer in seconds, otherwise, he told me the answer without letting me try to figure it out. The interview was supposed to be one hour, but he told me all answers and finished it in 30 minutes. I wouldn't want to work with someone impatient. Everyone needs some time to learn. If it is for an engineer position, the interview is Ruby and you have no choice! I did brush a little bit ruby before-hand, however, I found that it was very distracted to use some new language. I paid a lot attention to the syntax, but forgot about the logical edge cases. In sum, the interview is very informal.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Why do you want to work for zenpayroll?
      Answer question
      2
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      Gusto response
      10y
      Thanks for taking the time to write a review. We try to give everyone a good overview of the company and technical interview process during the first few phone calls, and we apologize that this wasn't communicated adequately. We're constantly iterating on our interview process, and as such we've recorded your feedback, which will help us learn and improve. Again, thank you for your feedback. Regards, Recruiting @ ZenPayroll

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      Software Engineer Interview

      24 Aug 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      New York, NY
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      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.

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      Question 1

      Given the following JSON data, aggregate statistics based on the request.
      Answer question

      Software Engineer Interview

      20 May 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Declined offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      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.

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      Question 1

      Company values alignment and behavioral questions
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      Software Engineer Interview

      29 May 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      New York, NY
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Gusto (New York, NY) in Jan 2025

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      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.
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