Pocket Gems·Software Engineer

Pocket Gems Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Easy

Negative

United StatesPosted Nov 2016 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I interviewed for Software Engineer and did well through easy rounds, but the process ended abruptly due to a recruiter mistake.

Coding challenge + phone interview — The whole process took about three weeks, and both the coding challenge and phone interview were very easy for me.
Offer-call confusion — While I was speaking with the recruiter about next steps, she realized she had misread my resume, ended the conversation, and asked for references.
Immediate negative follow-up — I received a rejection email about half an hour later and didn’t get a useful response when I asked for clarification. Outcome: I was rejected; the takeaway was that professionalism around internal mistakes can matter as

Create a free Dataford account to unlock the full round-by-round breakdown, the questions asked and the outcome.

Preparing for this interview?