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Updated Mar 5, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Guidewire Consultant at Guidance Software
Posted Mar 5, 2012 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2012 (took 2 months)
Interview with Guidewire was very strange. Had several phone interviews, a 2-hour online exam, another phone interview, flew to Chicago for an in-person interview with 3 different people, white-boarded a programming problem/solution, then the next day was told "you meet all the functional and technical skills but your dedication to the company is questionable and we will not be proceeding...". They said they need folks that can do the job and that people with my skills and experience specifically succeed at Guidewire! WEIRD! I DID in fact shower and wore a suit! :)
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation and a Skills Test.
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Software Development at Guidance Software
Posted Feb 26, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 (took 3 weeks)
Was contacted by a recruiter for a possible software development position. Recruiter was very pleasant and set me up with a few interviews. The interviews went well and both interviewers were pleasant. During the interview we discussed my former projects and I was asked the usual technical questions around software development and testing. They were very interested in knowing about my knowledge of software development methodologies and tools.
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Negotiation Details
The negotiation phase was a good experience. They made an offer and I countered with a higher salary. They accepted, I signed the offer letter and submitted my two weeks notice to my former employer.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Background Check.
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Associate Consultant at Guidance Software
Posted Dec 16, 2011 — 0 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 (took 4+ weeks)
Very smooth, professional interview process. Spoke with HR about the position and was immediately set up with a phone interview. I was then asked to complete a "coding challenge" and send it back to them. Finally, I was flown in for an in person interview. I am still waiting to hear back with the results.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Skills Test.
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Consultant at Guidance Software
Posted Dec 14, 2011 — 0 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2011 in Pasadena, CA (took 1 week)
i sumbitted my resume online. The HR person contacted me to sechedule a phone interivew with the highering manager. Once i competed the phone interview with the highering manager, i was asked to go through a 2nd phone interview with a technical person.
Both gentlemen were professional during the interviews and the questions were relative to the position that i applied for.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Senior Support Engineer at Guidance Software
Posted Oct 5, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2011 in San Mateo, CA (took 3 months)
Referred to company by friend. Interviewed with 4 - 5 people overall, starting with HR. Also took a skills test. Overall process took almost three months because the "right" person was not available due to scheduling problem like vacation. Not communication from HR as to the overall process and expected timeframe to reach completion.
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Negotiation Details
Not much negotiation. Company know what I wanted and they gave it to me.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Professional Services Support Engineer at Guidance Software
Posted Mar 14, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 in Pasadena, CA (took 1 week)
This has been an interesting process.
I was contacted by a recruiter via email with a job description. I guess she found my resume somewhere on-line. I responded by including a more recent version of my resume.
Immediately (within 5 minutes) of sending my reply, the recruiter called me back.
We chatted for 20 minutes. She followed up the phone call by sending an HR questionnaire that I had to fill out and send back. The questionnaire had questions like - Describe a project you worked on that you had to use an OOP language. There was like 9 of those questions...took almost 4 hours for me to fill out.
I sent it in.
The following day, the recruiter followed up with me and setup a phone screen for that same day!!!
These guys were desperate to get me in for an interview (or so it seemed like the were moving fast).
Okay, so later that day I had the interviewer call me.
First he asked me about my background and then we jumped into the good stuff:
- Describe polymorphism in Java or C++ and give an example.
- Describe the differences of C++ and Java, focus on how they differ in memory management.
- How does C++ differ from Java in the compilation process. Describe how both of them work.
Data Structures Questions - hashes, bsts, etc...
Database Questions - what is indexing used for?
What is the optimal number of threads you should spawn to determine with a number is prime? (this is a very very very large number).
What is a semaphore? Example of one in practice.
What 257 in hex? (no calculator) Describe how you got it.
So I passed the phone screen. Next, they sent me this take home code test. (Check it out).
They said I could use any language I wanted to solve this. I did using Java.
Used a hash table for my data structure.
Code Challenge
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Implement a command console for changing settings on a particular object. The command console should allow you to enter a string and will return the response (very similar to a terminal session). The commands are as follows:
SET propertyname=newvalue will change the target object’s member named “propertyname” to have a value equal to “newvalue”. If the input value is incompatible (i.e. an int being set to a string), print out an appropriate error message.
GET propertyname will print out the current value of the target object’s member named “propertyname”.
GET * will print out a list of all target object members and their current values.
The system should be extensible for future commands and should accept an arbitrary object, such that another developer could insert another object into the system and rely on the command console to get and set the properties correctly.
So, I sent it in...I'm still waiting to hear back from them. (fingers crossed)
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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EnScript Programmer at Guidance Software
Posted Feb 26, 2010
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2009 (took 4+ weeks)
Contacted their recruiter via a Dice.com posting. Had a phone interview and a group interview.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Principal Engineer at Guidance Software
Posted Jan 6, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2009 (took 2+ weeks)
The phone interview was good. The time phone and in-person interview was too long.
The in-person interview was alright, although I sensed a certain cynicism / know-it-all with one of the managers.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Developer at Guidance Software
Posted Sep 1, 2009
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2009 in Pasadena, CA (took 3 days)
I first applied for a different position. The HR person was impressed enough with me to set me up for a second interview. This was a phone interview with some basic questions.
Next I was asked to write and submit a program using a language of my choice.
Finally I was brought in for the panel interview but did not receive an offer. Each stage of the interview was handled in a very professional manner. Also the HR person was very supportive.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Skills Test.
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