I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Guidewire (Dublin, Dublin)
Interview
I got referred through a recruitment agency. Initially I had little interest in the job as it was in a different city and I had never heard of the company before but the recruiter was quite adamant that I look into it. After a little research and looking at reviews here it was clear this company was above average and had a good work culture so I went for it.
The interview process is long but thorough. It was almost 4 weeks from the initial code test to offer.
Technical exam: Coding exam for 4 hours with 3 coding problems to solve. One on JDBC, another on improving functional but poorly written code and an optional question on either JMS or iterators.
Face-to-face interview: I had 3 individual interviews up to an hour long each. None were particularly technical, focusing mainly on my college projects, communication and people skills. One had some emphasis on problem solving and included a few brain-teasers.
During the face-to-face interviews it was immediately apparent that the interviewers were genuinely happy to work for Guidewire and were all highly intelligent, rational people.
Despite getting an offer in my home city for a higher base salary I chose Guidewire, they made it an easy choice.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you normalise a many-to-many relationship in a database?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Guidewire
Interview
1. Online coding test
2. On call discussion with HR where you'll discuss about you and HR will give information about the company
3. On call technical interview
4. In person technical interview
5. Final call with HR
I applied online. I interviewed at Guidewire (Dublin, Dublin) in Jun 2017
Interview
The interview process took at least a week. I went through a phone screening by the HR and was asked to do a code test, then a web technical interview and finally a 3 and a half hour face to face interview onsite.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe the Singleton Pattern. Try and implement it.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Guidewire (Dublin, Dublin) in Jun 2017
Interview
4 stage interview process.
- HR screening process, usual questions for HR.
- Phone call and screen sharing coding test. Fundamentals on java language.
-4hr code test done in own time, questions revolve around db connection, jms, connecting to network.
- 3hr face to face interview with 3 managers, 1 for db basics, 1 for culture and 1 for coding basics.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe DB join statements and a couple of db queries.
