J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez Riot Games
Entretien
I put my profile on a job search site hoping to get HIRED as a software engineer. A recruiter reached out to me and I was really excited. I already had a few other offers but I liked the opportunity so much that I was willing to drop those offers.
I got back to the recruiter right away and we hopped on a phone call. He seemed to care more about what video games I played than my technical abilities. I am fine with that but he seemed to not be a video gamer to me. I can't really describe it but it felt like he was pretending to be a video gamer. I talked about so many different games and it never really seemed to spark any interest in him. Then he just kept asking me do you play DOTA? Even though I told him I played in high school over 10 years ago :(
Then when it was my turn to ask questions. I wanted to know what my responsibilities would be, what team this I would be on, what kind of work I would be doing. He had no answer to my questions. He told me he doesn't know and would have to talk to a bigger hiring committee or some BS to figure out where I would fit in. He assured me he would get back in 24 hours and never did...
I am sure the employees, in general, are great people but I did not have a good experience with the recruiter. I think that he just sucks at his job. I feel like he did a poor job of listening, did not evaluate my skills as an individual contributor, and he did not prepare at all because he couldn't tell me anything about the position.
Very detailed and focused on craft, skills and quite a lot of case based questions aimed at understanding how my previous experience lines up with Riots values and expected behaviors.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Apart from my craft skills, about my value alignment
The first round was an intense behavioral with the Senior Engineering Manager. Next round was a take home assessment, and then a follow up interview to discuss the assessment. The follow up only did about 15 minutes about the assessment, and then it was 40 minutes of technical theory questions.
Interviewer had a Steven Hawking vibe. Lisp, didn't give me much eye contact, asked heavy behavioral questions but didn't give much feedback, just wrote down notes and next question, like a machine. No enthusiasm, guy's been there for over 20 years he's nothing like other Riot employees who's passionate. Barely even played League. Surprising experience I thought riot was vibrant and full of energy.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Describe a time where you resolved an issue outside of your normal responsibility