Pocket Gems·Software Engineer

Pocket Gems Software Engineer interview experience

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Buffalo, NYPosted Jun 2019 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through a HackerRank/online test that mixed algorithms with design, then progressed to interviews—yet the final outcome was rejection even when I solved the problems well.

Online assessment (HackerRank; 3 questions) — Two data-structure/algorithm problems and one design-related question; one of the DS problems involved trees with multiple traversal operations and felt like a LeetCode medium.
Online assessment (HackerRank; DP + design) — Another version used two dynamic-programming questions plus a design question; I felt I selected strong solutions.
Interview stage — An HR/recruiter flow followed, with the interviewers described as nice and the overall conversation going well.
Closeout — In one case I solved an optimal solution and still

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