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 6 weeks. I interviewed at Pocket Gems
Interview
WORST INTERVIEW PROCESS EVER!! DO NOT APPLY! I have interviewed with hundreds of companies throughout my career and this was hands down the most unprofessional and unorganized recruitment process I've experienced. And I went through the same issues with them twice within a few years, so it wasn't just a one-off problem.
They require you to complete a fairly time-intensive project before you're even allowed to speak with anyone about the role. The first time I applied, I was rejected after submitting my project, with no opportunity for even a phone interview. The 2nd time I completed the same project, I did get through to at least having a phone interview, but it was with very junior team members who obviously had no experience in interviewing and were unable to answer several questions I asked about the company. Furthermore, the way they described the flat org structure sounded more like a negative rather than a positive factor.
If I had the opportunity to speak with someone at the beginning of the process, I would have realized that I was not interested in the company and the role, instead of wasting my time on a silly project. Finally, after the multi-step process, they simply send out a form rejection letter, which I find to be very unprofessional.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Even after proving my analytical skills via the assignment, I was still asked a stupid SAT-type calculation question during the phone interview, which would prove nothing about one's ability to do the job, only that you are quick with calculations.
No resume questions, two coding questions. They ask you to debug on codepad and pass all the test cases they give. Even though the question is parse a string to generate tree, which in half of your time, you are trying to count indexes and brankets and deal with corner cases .... You are not allowed to change questions when you know debugging will take 80% of total time. The sound from the phone is very obscure and you can barely hear them. The only way to communicate is they write their words on the screen, and don't ever try to ask them questions, they won't hear you....
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
define a tree, serialize and deserialize the tree . like this (Tree a (Tree b null null) null)
I applied online. I interviewed at Pocket Gems in Jul 2017
Interview
Got a coding challenge first and passed it. Then a phone interview with 2 questions on code pad for 50 minutes. Followed by some small talk for about 5 minutes. End.