I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Pocket Gems (Pittsburgh, PA) in Sep 2017
Interview
They first invited me to their onsite campus interviews. I was told the interview would last for 1 hour and would involve solving ds and algo question. Initially he asked me about what I have done in past and I also asked some question to him. I was provided with a problem for which I gave an answer and code within 25 mins. I asked the interviewer if he wants me to optimize the problem. But he said its okay, I would just like the code. I was told after a week that I was rejected. He looked very disinterested during the interview and did not provide any hint whether I am in right or wrong direction and does he need more.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
He gave me problem-related to finding the maximum value of a collection of gems whose weight and the value was given. There were a lot of other constraints with it.
I received an email from an HR after participating in an online competition. The first round was an online coding interview with an engineer from their team. I did not go beyond the telephonic round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Find the lowest common ancestor in a binary search tree.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Pocket Gems in Mar 2022
Interview
OA with 2 medium problems & a code review, 1-hour 1st round technical interview followed by 3 consecutive 1-hour technical interviews.
The interviewers were all super nice. They were willing to work together towards a solution when I needed some subtle hints. They were very polite, engaged and eager to chat.
Got the offer pretty shortly after my last interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Medium leetcode questions, graphs & hashmaps are your friends.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Pocket Gems in Nov 2021
Interview
I was given a Hackerrank to complete after a few weeks of waiting for a response. Just some common leetcode style questions in hackerranks. I didn't do so well though so received the rejection email a few days later.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Hackerrank questions I don't really remember specifics.
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