I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Pocket Gems (San Francisco, CA) in July 2018
Interview
Weeks 1-2: HR screen, phone interview with the team, take-home case study
Weeks 3-6: presenting case over the phone/interview, another phone interview with the team (easy technical questions).
On-site panel with 5-6 people across different departments. Both behavioral and case like. Did not understand why they had all the previous interviews for.
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Negative experience
Easy interview
Application
I interviewed at Pocket Gems (Los Angeles, CA)
Interview
I have never given a bad review for anything in my life, this is the first. There’s a reason why all the reviews on here for strat finance are bad. I don’t advice anyone to waste their time applying for this role. Hiring manager is very unapproachable and they have no respect for a candidates time. Doing a case study with my time combined with my full time job should at least be appreciated and I should be given feedback rather than just a rejection. The process isn’t worth it, don’t do it.
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I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Pocket Gems (San Francisco, CA) in July 2021
Interview
Resume >> Take-home Assignment >> Rejection
Got a system email to give me a take-home assignment within one week deadline. The rejection came in two days after my submission.
Not the best experience. I don't even receive a phone call from recruiter. A case study like this should better be given in the later run with interview discussion.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A case to evaluate an initiative of launching a mobile streaming service for television content. Rank the potential TV content providers with quarterly show watching data and cost/revenue data.