Best job ever!
Best job ever!
Blizzard is far and away the best company in the game business. They allow their game teams enough time to make their games great before releasing them. Every single game they release is top-notch, and they are all hits. Crunch/overtime is minimal to non-existent.
They pay well. They treat employees well. They don't have layoffs.
The Irvine main campus has every perk you can imagine. If you want to work in the game industry, Blizzard is absolutely the gold standard. Other companies will rise and fall, but Blizzard has been at the top forever and will be there long after all the others fall to the wayside because they do things the right way.
The 401k matching is pretty underwhelming: a 25% match. I was disappointed with that, but I think that comes from the parent company (Activision-Blizzard) rather than Blizzard itself.
It's in Orange County. The weather is great all year round, but it is a very conservative area, so that may bother some people. Within Blizzard itself, however, it feels much more progressive. And how often do you really need to know or care what the political beliefs of your neighbors are?
At least 50% 401k matching would be great, preferably 100%, which is pretty standard in tech these days.
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Blizzard Interview Experiences
Software Engineer
The process took a little over a month. I applied online by reference and briefly spoke to a recruiter over the phone. She asked me general questions, including about my expected salary. A week went by, and then I was asked to do a phone interview.
Software Engineer
I applied twice. The first time, I applied through the Blizzard Careers website and was rejected via an automatic response two weeks later. The second time, I applied through an employee referral and was able to go through the whole process. About t
Software Engineer
Overall, I think it was a great interview process with genuine people. It started off with an HR call to determine culture fit and for a preliminary screening of tech skills. It appears that this screening actually does play a role, in that the recr
Software Engineer
Irvine, California, United StatesAugust 18, 2017The process took a little over a month. I applied online by reference and briefly spoke to a recruiter over the phone. She asked me general questions, including about my expected salary. A week went by, and then I was asked to do a phone interview.
Software Engineer
Irvine, California, United StatesAugust 1, 2018I applied twice. The first time, I applied through the Blizzard Careers website and was rejected via an automatic response two weeks later. The second time, I applied through an employee referral and was able to go through the whole process. About t
Software Engineer
Irvine, California, United StatesJune 1, 2021Overall, I think it was a great interview process with genuine people. It started off with an HR call to determine culture fit and for a preliminary screening of tech skills. It appears that this screening actually does play a role, in that the recr
