AV Engineer Interview Experience - Irvine, California
Process
It took about two months from the date I applied.
It took about a month even for the first email contact.
I was contacted by a recruiter for an initial interview.
After the initial interview, I was told that I would have an interview with the department manager and a few others from the team I would be working with.
It was amazing just to speak with people from Blizzard, let alone have them be interested in hiring me.
They kept it professional and tried to make me feel less intimidated (even though that didn't work).
The second interview was approximately 40 minutes long.
About two weeks later, I was contacted by the recruiter again, saying they wanted to set up another hour-long interview with myself and 4-5 people from the AV team.
This was more of a technical interview.
Two days later, I received an offer.
Overall, a surreal interviewing process.
Everyone, from the recruiter to the AV team, was very professional and knowledgeable.
Questions
If you were updating your Fusion server and some of the rooms were not populating, how would you start to resolve this issue?
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Interview Statistics
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Success Rate
Blizzard's interview process for their AV Engineer roles in Irvine, California is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Blizzard's AV Engineer interview process in Irvine, California.
Blizzard Work Experiences
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