I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Guidewire
Interview
About 20-minute talk with an HR person about the role, my expectations and skills.
Then there was a codility test consisting of 2 medium difficulty tasks. After a week the HR mailed to invite me for another interview (live coding), which, to my surprise, was again conducted on Codility platform.
The task was rather easy but the person was picky. I finished the task and the interview was over. No time for a candidate to even ask a question about projects, daily work, etc
Later I got some feedback of no value "please learn basic data structures"
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
No questions as such about technology, just coding
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Guidewire (Bengaluru) in Feb 2026
Interview
I applied in December through a referral and received a call in February. The process consisted of two in-person technical rounds conducted on the same day at the Bengaluru office.
Round 1:
This round was with a Senior Developer. The task was to implement a card game in Java. It was more like a pair-programming session rather than a DSA or system design round. The interviewer was collaborative and provided guidance when needed. I was able to implement most of the required functionality during the session.
Round 2:
This round focused on my resume, particularly my work experience and projects. There were two interviewers. I was asked to clone one of my projects onto their system and implement a new feature on the spot. In addition, they asked technical questions related to my project implementation and core concepts.
Overall, the process was hands-on and focused more on practical implementation. Expected deep understanding of every concept even for fresher role.
The rejection mail came very late, after 15 days of the interview. Also it was automated one with no clear feedback.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was asked to clone one of my projects and implement a new feature live during the interview.
Very long and dragged out processes with minimum transparency and lots of delays in between. The recruiters are very unprofessional, spamming me constantly regarding the open job positions that they have
interview process has multiple rounds. checking communication skills. checking programming skills. checking java knowledge like interacting with web application programming interfaces. different interviewers. online interview as well as on site interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you communicate with co-worker who was busy but you needed help from?