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 had a two-round phone process centered on live online coding boards/docs, with an “average” difficulty feel and mostly algorithmic prompts over roughly one to two weeks.

Phone coding round 1 — I answered a couple of coding questions using a shared online document; the interviewer could see my work as I typed.
Phone coding round 2 — Another set of algorithm problems, including string/array tasks and a more involved logic transformation (like converting a ternary expression into a tree/binary-tree structure).
Time/complexity + trade-offs — For some calls, I had to explain time complexity and discuss alternative solution approaches.
Questions at the end — In a few cases I was explicitly invited to ask questions back.
Outcome: I

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