Gusto Software Engineer interview experience

In the session, I answered the main question correctly, and even when the interviewer added a further requirement, I explained and demonstrated that my approach already covered it. I asked about optimizations, and the interviewer told me my solution was effectively optimal.

Despite that, I still got a standard rejection soon after, with no meaningful feedback to reconcile how the conversation ended versus the final decision. The same general kind of mismatch came up in another technical interaction where the overall feel of the interview didn’t emphasize collaboration or respect the way I