Pocket Gems Software Engineer interview experience (2014)

Pocket Gems Software Engineer interview experience

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United StatesPosted Jan 2014 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through a common Pocket Gems interview flow that felt average overall: it started with one or more technical phone screens using shared docs or similar real-time coding, often focused on classic algorithms like reverse a string and LCA, and sometimes included a quick follow-up onsite.

Recruiter/HR coordination — I was invited for interviews after HR reach-out (sometimes via email) and given availability for technical rounds.
Technical phone screen(s) — I did one or more Skype/phone coding interviews where the interviewer jumped into algorithm questions; I wrote code in a shared Google Doc and discussed time/space complexity when asked.
Topics I saw repeatedly — Reverse a string, lowest common ancestor for trees, and other graph or string/substring-style problems; a brain-teaser appeared in some runs.
Onsite (when it happened) — In higher-intensity

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Pocket Gems Software Engineer interview experience

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