Amazing people, serious issue with pay
Amazing people, serious issue with pay
Amazing culture, smart people. Very relaxed and casual.
The pay is really low, and this is coming from a Software Engineer. I am so passionate about Blizzard and video games, but the salary is at the point where I'm not going to sacrifice my livelihood for my passion. The salaries are seriously lagging the market. One can only hope that Blizzard sees these reviews.
Your best and most passionate software engineers are no longer going to take a below-market salary just because they love Blizzard.
Maybe one to two years ago the salaries were okay, but not anymore.
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Blizzard Interview Experiences
Software Engineer
HR communication was okay. After the phone interview, they scheduled the onsite interview in about two weeks. The onsite interview was pretty exhausting: a 1.5-hour written test, a 1-hour interview during lunch, and three 1.5-hour sessions with pair
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
Sent in an e-mail with a resume, cover letter, portfolio of work, etc. Got to the place and took a rather long test that I wasn't given enough time for. Went to lunch with the guys on the team I was interviewing for. They were nice enough to tell m
Software Engineer
Irvine, California, United StatesJanuary 1, 2012HR communication was okay. After the phone interview, they scheduled the onsite interview in about two weeks. The onsite interview was pretty exhausting: a 1.5-hour written test, a 1-hour interview during lunch, and three 1.5-hour sessions with pair
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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
Software Engineer
Irvine, California, United StatesNovember 1, 2009Sent in an e-mail with a resume, cover letter, portfolio of work, etc. Got to the place and took a rather long test that I wasn't given enough time for. Went to lunch with the guys on the team I was interviewing for. They were nice enough to tell m
