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. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Pocket Gems
Interview
Went through a month long interview process without ever speaking to anyone on the team except for recruiters. Before a phone screen I had to complete an assignment about 2 mobile games that I have played. Had a 30-45min phone screen with a recruiter who then gave me an assignment about mobile games and how I would approach the problem of buying a gas, hybrid, or electric car. Submitted assignment and was rejected but was emailed a couple days later to do the assignment again. Recruiter I was talking to left in the middle of all of this and I had to follow up with a new recruiter to continue the process. Spent several more days on the assignment only to be rejected by a generic email again. This process was confusing and time consuming with no opportunity to even talk to the actual product team. It felt like my time was not valued and I asked for feedback but have not heard back yet.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Have you played Episode or War Dragons? What are your career aspirations? Why Pocket Gems?
Thank you for your feedback and for all the time you spent with us interviewing!
We apologize for the confusion and we are working hard to ensure a seamless process for all candidates moving forward. Should you consider applying to us again, we hope this will be reflected in your experience. We appreciate your review and wish you all the best in the future.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Pocket Gems (San Francisco, CA)
Interview
I applied online and was guided by a recruiter through screening and a take-home assignment. After a take-home assignment I was was given an interview-- through the phone with another Associate Product Manager.
To keep it brief, the process is somewhat convoluted. After passing the assignment phase, strangely was not given an in-person but another phone call asking even more questions despite the level of work executed clearing.
The first screening aspect was good, the assignment means to invite the candidate to go above and beyond the suggested timeline of "3-5 Hours to Complete"-- it was far more a couple of days work. The assignment itself also gave an impression of free research/idea creation for the company.
The interview with an existing Product Manager post-assignment lacked any real clarity into fixing the problems it discussed and didn't provide any real information to make decisions-- user data, common operating systems, most common use cases.
From return on feedback I'm not quite sure how Pocket Gems is going to capture any talent with so many hoops to jump through. Speaking with colleagues that have gone to become Software Engineers for large tech companies that previously interviewed here (He was given 3 assignments over time), Pocket Gems spends too much time working on theory and not experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
"Name 5 games which you believe are well designed and explain why they are well designed. Provide at least 2 mobile game examples and be as detailed as possible."
Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback. It’s important for us to have a thoughtful and thorough interview process in order to give a realistic sense of the expectations of the role and team, in addition to helping us in our overall evaluation process.
We appreciate all of your time and hope you’ll consider us in the future!
Was sent a link to take an online assessment. It was a coding assessment and I was given a week time to complete the test. The questions were fairly striaghtforward.