Firstly, you get asked to do a home assessment, which I apparently did well on and got invited into a face to face interview. The place is very quiet and has an awkward atmosphere. Interviewer sat me down and immediately made me do two assessments. One bug reporting task and a performance report. Then got taken to do a short interview. Barely any questions were asked. Took four hours and a lot of money to get there for a poor experience.

I originally applied for the Design QA Technician position. I was sent a test to complete online. After completing the test I was told that they didn't think I was "ready" for the position I applied for, but would instead consider me for a normal QA position. I later learned this happened to almost all others that applied for the Design QA Technician position, so it is my opinion that this baiting is a standard and deliberate practice. An on-site day-long test followed. The test was held in the QA office. Here there were a dozen or so workers in a small open office, but nobody spoke for the whole day, which was very awkward, and should have raised a red flag right away. After the day of test, I had a follow up with the QA manager, which went over my test and my cv. An HR person was also present and she asked me informal questions as what games I play. All in all it was a standard interview, but the test day environment was very weird. Also I had to take a whole day out of my regular job, which is a lot to ask to a potential employee. I was then briefly introduced to the design team manager, with which I had an informal chat, and to the CEO. The CEO commented on my involvement in the past with a political organisation, as it was on my cv, and wanted to make sure that I wouldn't bring politics to the office (in hindsight, another red flag). After a few days I was offered the job, which I had to travel to the office once more to accept. The pay was ridiculous, but I had no choice at the time.