Pocket Gems·Software Engineer

Pocket Gems Software Engineer interview experience

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San Francisco, CAPosted Jun 2015 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I experienced pocket gems as much more “hardcore technical” when I got to onsite, with a difficult, full-day format and several back-to-back interviews.

On-phone technical interviews — I had two engineer calls before onsite; one interviewer felt more rigid and “boilerplate,” while another focused more on how I approached coding rather than just the final answer.
HR phone touchpoint — An HR conversation happened after the initial technical screens.
Onsite: full-day interviews — I went through multiple 1-hour rounds back-to-back, mixing algorithm coding questions (examples included word-break and pattern/color matching) with a game design discussion.
Game design segment — This portion was particularly hard for me because

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