I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Guidewire (Dublin, Dublin) in Feb 2025
Interview
Smooth process, 3 steps.
1st HR call, friendly conversation, salary negotiation, and basic technical questions.
2nd Direct leader call: 1-hour call. He explained the area, the day-to-day work, and the main challenges. Basic questions, nothing tricky, good energy.
3rd Director: another 1 hour call, direct, clear, no tricky. We aligned expectations. Again, amazing energy and even being very anxious, in a few minutes, I was relaxed and comfortable.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is your process, and how do you give bad news to your client? For example, there is an issue, and the project must be delayed.
I had interviews with the recruiter, the hiring manager, business partners and an in person interview.
The interview team was pleasant and seemed high performing, and the questions were exactly what you'd expect for a PM role. However, after the final interview, I never heard back, even after following up. While the role wasn't a perfect fit, I was dissapointed by the unprofessional and discourteous lack of follow-up.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Guidewire (Bangalore Rural) in Mar 2026
Interview
Process was smooth but dragged for around 60 days.
1. 2 tA calls - very basic questions
2. Round with director of product in dublin.
3. Round with engineering manager
4. Round with lead product manager.
5. Round with MD Guidewire india.
All rounds were somewhat straight forward and the hr was polite to give results the next day, salary negotiations were not smooth.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked questions on aws architecture design.
2. How would you drive developer productivity .
3. Questions on past work.
4. Couple of cases which were a mix of engineering and product management
I did an initial screening with a recruiter, an interview with the hiring director, another interview with the hiring director and an engagement manager, another interview with another engagement manager... and then I heard nothing back.
Absolutely nothing.
This is a company that ghosts people.