Pointwest Technologies·Software Engineer

Pointwest Technologies Software Engineer interview experience

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MediumPhilippinesPosted Jan 2015 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I started the process with what they referred to as a “Harvard test” — a fairly comprehensive set of questions that mixed reading comprehension with math and logic.

It felt like a wide sweep of fundamentals more than a single-topic assessment, and I spent a solid amount of time working through it.

A few candidates received regret letters, but I advanced to the next stage. That round shifted into an essay-style exam plus an abstract exam, which made the preparation feel different again: less about recalling specific knowledge and more about forming clear reasoning under time pressure.

After that, the interview itself came a few weeks later over the phone. It didn’t feel like a long, multi-round back-and-forth—more like a single check-in after the

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