Very competent programmers. Functional team structure. Engineering-driven culture. The company actually cares about the employees.
Pay can be lower than what you could get from the Big 4. This can depend, though.
First, a technical phone screen with my future manager. Then, a take-home exam to program a mini-game. Finally, an on-site interview with various engineers and management. During the on-site interview, you also get a tour of the Blizzard Campus. I
It took about 2 weeks to first hear back from someone, and my initial phone screen was about 2 weeks after that. It was half behavioral (talking about past job experiences) and half standard technical questions (algorithm runtimes, etc). It took a w
I had a conference call with people from multiple teams, and then I had an online test. After that, HR contacted me for an on-site interview with the same people from the phone call. Because there were multiple teams, it took the whole day. In the
First, a technical phone screen with my future manager. Then, a take-home exam to program a mini-game. Finally, an on-site interview with various engineers and management. During the on-site interview, you also get a tour of the Blizzard Campus. I
It took about 2 weeks to first hear back from someone, and my initial phone screen was about 2 weeks after that. It was half behavioral (talking about past job experiences) and half standard technical questions (algorithm runtimes, etc). It took a w
I had a conference call with people from multiple teams, and then I had an online test. After that, HR contacted me for an on-site interview with the same people from the phone call. Because there were multiple teams, it took the whole day. In the