Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Pocket Gems as 100% positive with a difficulty rating score of 5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Mobile Engineer and rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Mobile Engineer and roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Pocket Gems takes an average of 42 days when considering 1 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Mobile Engineer had the quickest hiring process (on average 42 days), whereas Mobile Engineer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 42 days).
I applied online through the careers website and I was contacted by the recruiter for initial screening after 2 weeks of my application. I received a hackerrank challenge after the phone screening.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
2 coding questions
1) Related to string manipulation
2) Graph
I had a online test which has two coding questions which are to be solved in hacker rank portal.
we will have 90 minutes time limit.The questions are logical we can use any programming language to solve them. And it needs to pass all the test cases just like the hacker rank challenges.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Pocket Gems
Interview
I had a phone interview with a recruiting manager that lasted around 17 minutes. Another team member had reached out to me about the job, I did not apply. The recruiting manager I spoke with appeared to be getting through the interview rather than engaged. Given I recruit for a living, I can certainly tell the difference. She asked very limited questions she clearly had written down in advance and although I tried multiple times for a better connection, her attitude over the phone was ambivalent.
Again, as a recruiter I realize I may come across as more critical however I tend to be a bit more open minded as I understand the variables involved in interviews. I'm leaving this review because she never tried to salvage it, came across as elitist and even mentioned the company has a very high technical hiring bar and goes after talent from Google, Facebook, Amazon.
Good luck with that.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
You've done a lot of contracting, are you looking for contract or full time work?
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