I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Pointy (Dublin, Dublin) in July 2019
Interview
Group meeting where they describe the product, company and role. They also answer questions the group has about the product etc. You then are sat in the kitchen and called up one by one for a “interview”.
Seemed like everyone got 5 minutes on the one on one. It was a complete waste of time. It’s pretty awkward sitting in the kitchen area when all the other employees are milling around, making their lunches and then sitting down next to you while you wait to go up.
It’s not a job I would have wanted in the end but they do not value your time at all. I also was told to follow up the next week if I hadn’t heard back from them and, in the interest of remaining professional, I called and left a message and also emailed. They didn’t respond at all.
I write this review to warn any people that may take time out of work to attend a interview, it’s a complete waste as they will not even have the decency to bring an appropriate closure to your application. Clever product, terrible respect for applicants.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Pointy (Dublin, Dublin) in Feb 2019
Interview
It starts with a fast phone screening that centers on algorithms and data structure. Big O notation was quite relevant.
Second part is a discussion about system arquitecture.
Third part is a coding longer coding exercise I did over the weekend.
Finally a short interview with the CEO of the Company.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Some short interesting programming challenges. The like of what you can find in coderank.
I applied online. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Pointy (Dublin, Dublin) in May 2019
Interview
Submitted a CV online along with responses to a couple of questions - "why Pointy?" and "what is your salary expectation?". Received an email the next day inviting me to an online interview in 3 days time. Pointy returned with feedback within a day.
I was impressed by the speed at which I was processed. I was disappointed that "whiteboard" algorithm questions were asked; it's such an ineffective way of interviewing for an engineering role.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design an algorithm for <a trivial problem>. Discuss the complexity of the algorithm.