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 through a recruiter. I interviewed at Pocket Gems
Interview
Just had the beginning interview, The process was easy enough, but the interviewer seemed to be looking for specific answers to the questions and had exact solutions to what the answers were in mind. All in all it was not too difficult.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Reverse a string, and then make the answer more efficient, and find the most common ancestor in a heap.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Pocket Gems
Interview
Process went very quickly. I only got through the second part of testing.
First part is an over the phone interview to get to know you. The person I talked with was very nice and seemed intereseted in getting to know what I wanted out of a company. Being able to fit in with the company atmosphere is very important. They highly stress being able to play well with others.
Second part was again over the phone and talked with a QA Lead. Basic questions about QA policies and techniques. Make sure you know the basics of not just testing; they want to see that you know the whole QA process so you can help in higher level areas. Overall second part went well.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
One question what types of games I play. This lead in to a follow up of "If you were to test those types of games, what sorts of tests would you run?" Basically what the proctor wanted to see was could you take games you already play and derive test cases for them. A good practice to have for any QA position.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Pocket Gems in Sep 2013
Interview
On campus interview, followed by a phone interview a few weeks later. Both interviewers were very nice, communicated well, and made the requirements for the questions clear. For the in person interview, I coded on a laptop instead of on a sheet of paper or a whiteboard, which was different than what many other companies do.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given two nodes in a binary tree, find their ancestor that is the lowest down on the tree.