The process includes several take-home tests.

Then there's a technical interview with a problem-solving test (on a whiteboard, talking it out).

At some point, you'll have a lunch interview with management.

The final, most grueling part of the process is an all-day interview "extravaganza," in which you speak to several small groups of people from the company. They sometimes ask exactly what you've been asked already, but then they'll throw all manner of questions at you from left field.

They asked me about a recent issue in video game industry news concerning the Activision fiasco with the Call of Duty developers.

The fact is that I didn't have a super-strong opinion about the matter and wanted to see it play out. However, the person who asked me turned out to be a former Activision employee who didn't care for that company.

I'm not sure if my response made a difference or not, but it was not a topic I was planning on discussing.