King

Game Developer Interview Experience - Portugal

May 26, 2019

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Process

You first have to complete a recorded interview where you answer nine pre-recorded questions, two of which are simple coding exercises. After this, the recruiter will review your answers and decide if you can proceed to the next step.

The next step consists of four interviews, each 45 minutes in length, with developers at the studio you're applying to. Questions will revolve around your past projects and general C++ topics (pointers, abstraction, memory management, etc.). The interviewers are all very nice and create a friendly environment.

Once you've finished the interviews, you'll receive a call from the recruiter letting you know whether you got the position or not.

Questions

Why would you like to join King?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the King Game Developer role in Portugal.

Success Rate

50%

Pass Rate

King's interview process for their Game Developer roles in Portugal is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive50%

Neutral0%

Negative50%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for King's Game Developer interview process in Portugal.

King Work Experiences

bad company to work for

Game Developer • Former Employee

London, England

February 9, 2014

Pros: Travelling abroad, if you are lucky and your role requires it

Cons: Too much politics; which can be classed as racist as some groups are really underrepresented, and this is sad, and the management doesn't seem to care at all. They should see how companies nearby can be proud to say they have diversity in their workforce.

bad company to work for

Game Developer • Former Employee

London, England

February 9, 2014

Pros: Travelling abroad, if you are lucky and your role requires it

Cons: Too much politics; which can be classed as racist as some groups are really underrepresented, and this is sad, and the management doesn't seem to care at all. They should see how companies nearby can be proud to say they have diversity in their workforce.

Frustrating environment for developers

Game Developer • Former Employee

London, England

January 22, 2018

Pros: Hardly any overtime; good perks; awesome office with an on-site gym.

Cons: Terrible tech which is enforced on developers. As a developer, you have nothing to say regarding the tools you will use. Those decisions are made by business-oriented people who haven't made a game in years and clearly have no understanding of working in a game team anymore. Senior leadership changes their mind every year, usually making more and more ridiculous decisions. This ended up in a mass exodus from the London studio in 2017. - Lack of recognition - Salaries below the market average - You will be constrained to a single genre, at least in London

Frustrating environment for developers

Game Developer • Former Employee

London, England

January 22, 2018

Pros: Hardly any overtime; good perks; awesome office with an on-site gym.

Cons: Terrible tech which is enforced on developers. As a developer, you have nothing to say regarding the tools you will use. Those decisions are made by business-oriented people who haven't made a game in years and clearly have no understanding of working in a game team anymore. Senior leadership changes their mind every year, usually making more and more ridiculous decisions. This ended up in a mass exodus from the London studio in 2017. - Lack of recognition - Salaries below the market average - You will be constrained to a single genre, at least in London

Great place but is getting worse little by little

Game Developer • Current Employee

September 3, 2018

Pros: + Great work and life balance, and crunch time is really weird. + Everyone working in the company is super nice and easy going, which is really nice. + Nice benefits + The work environment is great. + Code quality is important. + Games played by millions of people everyday.

Cons: Most of the games use the company engine, but it's too open and makes teams repeat the same process over and over when a new game is created. Make sure you negotiate well the salary when joining, and forget about significant increases. I believe that the top management team doesn't really know what is going on in the company. Zero risk when approaching new games, which kills the creativity. It all goes around Candy Franchise, which also kills the creativity.

Great place but is getting worse little by little

Game Developer • Current Employee

September 3, 2018

Pros: + Great work and life balance, and crunch time is really weird. + Everyone working in the company is super nice and easy going, which is really nice. + Nice benefits + The work environment is great. + Code quality is important. + Games played by millions of people everyday.

Cons: Most of the games use the company engine, but it's too open and makes teams repeat the same process over and over when a new game is created. Make sure you negotiate well the salary when joining, and forget about significant increases. I believe that the top management team doesn't really know what is going on in the company. Zero risk when approaching new games, which kills the creativity. It all goes around Candy Franchise, which also kills the creativity.

bad company to work for

Game Developer • Former Employee

London, England

February 9, 2014

Pros: Travelling abroad, if you are lucky and your role requires it

Cons: Too much politics; which can be classed as racist as some groups are really underrepresented, and this is sad, and the management doesn't seem to care at all. They should see how companies nearby can be proud to say they have diversity in their workforce.

1.0
bad company to work for
Game Developer • Former Employee
London, England
February 9, 2014
Pros: Travelling abroad, if you are lucky and your role requires it
Cons: Too much politics; which can be classed as racist as some groups are really underrepresented, and this is sad, and the management doesn't seem to care at all. They should see how companies nearby can be proud to say they have diversity in their workforce.

Frustrating environment for developers

Game Developer • Former Employee

London, England

January 22, 2018

Pros: Hardly any overtime; good perks; awesome office with an on-site gym.

Cons: Terrible tech which is enforced on developers. As a developer, you have nothing to say regarding the tools you will use. Those decisions are made by business-oriented people who haven't made a game in years and clearly have no understanding of working in a game team anymore. Senior leadership changes their mind every year, usually making more and more ridiculous decisions. This ended up in a mass exodus from the London studio in 2017. - Lack of recognition - Salaries below the market average - You will be constrained to a single genre, at least in London

2.0
Frustrating environment for developers
Game Developer • Former Employee
London, England
January 22, 2018
Pros: Hardly any overtime; good perks; awesome office with an on-site gym.
Cons: Terrible tech which is enforced on developers. As a developer, you have nothing to say regarding the tools you will use. Those decisions are made by business-oriented people who haven't made a game in years and clearly have no understanding of working in a game team anymore. Senior leadership changes their mind every year, usually making more and more ridiculous decisions. This ended up in a mass exodus from the London studio in 2017. - Lack of recognition - Salaries below the market average - You will be constrained to a single genre, at least in London

Great place but is getting worse little by little

Game Developer • Current Employee

September 3, 2018

Pros: + Great work and life balance, and crunch time is really weird. + Everyone working in the company is super nice and easy going, which is really nice. + Nice benefits + The work environment is great. + Code quality is important. + Games played by millions of people everyday.

Cons: Most of the games use the company engine, but it's too open and makes teams repeat the same process over and over when a new game is created. Make sure you negotiate well the salary when joining, and forget about significant increases. I believe that the top management team doesn't really know what is going on in the company. Zero risk when approaching new games, which kills the creativity. It all goes around Candy Franchise, which also kills the creativity.

3.0
Great place but is getting worse little by little
Game Developer • Current Employee
Barcelona
September 3, 2018
Pros: + Great work and life balance, and crunch time is really weird. + Everyone working in the company is super nice and easy going, which is really nice. + Nice benefits + The work environment is great. + Code quality is important. + Games played by millions of people everyday.
Cons: Most of the games use the company engine, but it's too open and makes teams repeat the same process over and over when a new game is created. Make sure you negotiate well the salary when joining, and forget about significant increases. I believe that the top management team doesn't really know what is going on in the company. Zero risk when approaching new games, which kills the creativity. It all goes around Candy Franchise, which also kills the creativity.

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