Pocket Gems·Backend Engineer

Pocket Gems Backend Engineer interview experience

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IndiaPosted Jun 2013 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I experienced a more intense Pocket Gems process with multiple technical stages and a longer runway that included coding in shared documents plus several rounds of in-person interviews, and the overall difficulty felt high.

Online coding test — I completed an online coding test (InterviewStreet), then moved on to additional screening.
Skipe interviews — After shortlisting, I had two programming interviews where I wrote code in a shared doc and was expected to cover time and space complexity.
Onsite interviews (multiple rounds) — After passing, I went through a larger set of onsite 1-on-1 technical interviews focused on programming.
Time pressure and practical constraints — In some steps I was coding without a full IDE/autocomplete, which made the experience harder. Outcome: I didn’t

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