Gusto interview notes, page 1 of 2

“Wasn't expecting a market sizing question about a defunct Google moonshot at a company that does payroll software.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Gusto, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Seemed simple at first and I kind of underestimated it.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Gusto, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I jumped straight into SMS vs authenticator apps and kind of forgot to anchor on who the users actually are.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Gusto, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I rambled a bit here.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist interview at Gusto, Hiring Manager Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This one took me a while to fully unpack.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist interview at Gusto, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I jumped straight into user segments and kind of skipped the 'should they even do this' part, which I think hurt me.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Gusto, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I started with the data model because that felt like the safest ground.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Gusto, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Two-part question which tripped me up a bit.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist interview at Gusto, Online Assessment (OA) round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This part I felt okay about.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist interview at Gusto, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I jumped straight into hypotheses which felt right but I skipped over clarifying what 'processing time' even meant and that came back to bite me a little when they pushed on whether I meant end-to-end or just a specific step.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist interview at Gusto, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.