Any advice on Blizzard SWE interview / advice on the process? Currently applying and hoping to get insights from current employees.
Memorize zergling rush build order
Talk about current progress on Half Life 3
It really depends on the team. Each team has different focuses. Also, a server engineer needs a very different background than a game engineer and so on.
Are you on a game team at valve (jokes aside lol) or are you on some infrastructure thing? You aren’t getting on a game team if you aren’t already on one
What's up with the US E servers. Finally got home and can't even play DotA.
Why even bother, the only hurdle is the low TC they’ll give you
It varies by team but based on interview loops I've been on the technical interviews are shallow and poke holes in your resume more than test CS fundamentals. Some interviewers whiteboard, some don't. Know details about everything on your resume. There's a behavioral round. Cracking the coding interview has a chapter on prep for behavioral rounds which may be useful. Have answers for the most common questions e.g. "Tell about a time when you had a conflict with a co-worker"
Pretty much this. Very little formal process to this.
Be mentally prepared for a lot of waiting. For whatever reason there is a lack of urgency in the process even when the need itself may be urgent.
Hiring should never be done as an emergency. Hiring just because there is an ‘urgent need’ is how you end up with too much dead weight.
I didn't say emergency. I said urgent, as in badly needed. The practice we have at Blizzard around making candidates wait for weeks after their interview is a bad practice and poor candidate experience. Why do we do it? It's the "let's interview just a few more to see if we might find someone better". Stop worrying about better and focus on what is right for the role. If you found it, make the offer.
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Run while you can