Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto 2 mesi. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Blizzard Entertainment (Irvine, CA)
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Applied via the website and was contacted about two weeks later for a phone interview. Went through that with only one interviewer. Overall the phone interview was probably 50% general questions about me and my interest in the position, 25% technical, and 25% me asking questions of the interviewer.
At the end of the interview, I was told I would be sent a programming test. I received that the next day and began working on it. It took me about a week to do, then sent that in. They got back to me about two weeks later for an in-person interview.
Initially met with HR and they had me do a sit-down test. Obviously, I can't say what the questions were, but overall they were good, broad questions that should generally be easy to answer (except a couple that might require some thinking). Basically, as long as you "got" everything you learned at university you should be more than fine. Be sure to study everything that appears in the job description.
After that, HR took me for a tour around the campus. The offices were very relaxed and well-decorated and it was a lot of fun. Then I went to a lunch interview with a couple employees, then met with two others for an interview in the offices, then one more (again, supposed to be two) and finally hung out with one last person and got to ask a lot of questions about working at Blizzard.
I heard back the next week that I would be receiving an offer.
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I won't give any specific examples. Follow my advice and you should be fine.
Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Blizzard Entertainment (Irvine, CA)
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There was first an Interview with recruiter, than one with manager, than I had to pass a hackerRank test, than a technical interview with team in c++ , than with PM and director
Gaming experience not required
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Challenges working with people in the team and outside the team
Ho presentato la mia candidatura tramite segnalazione di un dipendente. La procedura ha richiesto più di 2 mesi. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Blizzard Entertainment nel mese di giu 2025
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The process for me went like this:
1. Recruiter Call
2. Hiring Manager Call
3. Take Home HackerRank
4. 3 Panel Interviews back to back (1 hour each with a 30 minute break)
A. Interview reviewing the HackerRank questions
B. Subject Matter
C. Culture fit
The recruiting call was really straight forward, basically just told me what the interview process was like, and let me ask questions.
The call with the hiring manager was a pleasure, we mostly just talked through my past experiences from my resume.
The coding test seemed really fair, You got 2 hours to do it, and then the first panel interview was going through the answers, answering follow up questions, and walking though your thought process. There was no stressful live coding at all. HackerRank questions were a mix of coding and multiple choice, nothing beyond like a medium difficulty, but definitely focused towards game development.
Subject matter interview is obviously going to depend on what you're interviewing for, but mine was basically walking through a variety of problems and how you might tackle them (no live coding here either). They were definitely testing my knowledge, but it felt more like a collaboration on how to handle different scenarios than a bunch of 'gotcha' questions I feel some places ask.
The culture fit interview was with a producer and designer, and was mostly about you interact and take part in a team.
Overall it was a great experience. The only negative I have is that the process took awhile. After the HackerRank, the next interview wasn't scheduled till almost a month later, but the recruiter was always responsive when I asked for an update.
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Can you talk about any of your past experiences collaborating with designers?
Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Blizzard Entertainment
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went through like 8 interviews just to be told they already went with someone else. The Recruiter was amazing but the actual interviews themselves didnt seem interested or cared even if you do and show your willingness to be taught.