Guidewire·Software Engineer

Guidewire Software Engineer interview experience

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Dublin, DublinPosted May 2022 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview sequence leaned heavily on Java coding quality and fundamentals, with the process starting in an online Codility-style screening.

The screener emphasized basics like having a solid grasp of data structures, caring about code clarity, and using variable naming thoughtfully. It felt strict about how the code looked, not just whether it passed.

After that, the technical stages stayed Java-focused. The live portion was described as collaborative, but it still required me to demonstrate competence in object-oriented programming, and recursion also came up as a valuable area to understand. The coding challenges varied, and at least one of them centered on working with an API—connecting to it and pulling back data—so the

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