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I applied online. I interviewed at Pocket Gems (San Francisco, CA) in Jan 2016
Interview
Round #1 phone interview. Started with 2 coding questions that lasted about 60 minutes. The first one is to find the first index of a target string in a source string. The second is to parse a ternary to a binary tree and return the root. 5 minutes chatting with the interviewer.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Pocket Gems (New York, NY) in Dec 2016
Interview
Talked with HR, Sent design test. Some very generic questions and then some very specific questions. The questions range from "name games you like" to "explain this system in game X." I received no feedback on the design test, so I can't tell you what they didn't like about it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Talk about systems in a game and the values they bring.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Pocket Gems (Ann Arbor, MI) in Dec 2016
Interview
It was a Lytmus Challenge, which is like a coding test.
Two questions.
Q1: given a graph of nodes, like
A E
A : B C D
B : C
C : E
D : B
Find all the paths from start node (A in the example) to end node (E in the ex).
Q2:
Given an input file, like
(11/01/2015-04:00:00) :: START
(11/01/2015-04:00:00) :: CONNECTED
(11/01/2015-04:30:00) :: DISCONNECTED
(11/01/2015-04:45:00) :: CONNECTED
(11/01/2015-05:00:00) :: SHUTDOWN
Find the portion of connected time.