Game Development Intern Interview Experience - Berlin, Germany
Process
One week after applying for the internship, there was a video interview.
This interview included pre-determined questions, with 7 questions and 2 simple coding challenges in C++. For example, one challenge involved being given an input string and outputting the second-to-last word.
For the questions, you had up to 30 seconds to think of an answer and up to 3 minutes to respond.
The coding challenges had a time limit of 30 minutes and 45 minutes, respectively.
A rejection email was received one week after the video interview, without any motivation or individual feedback.
Questions
Why do you aspire to be a game developer?
Which of King's games is your favorite?
Discuss a piece of code that you have written that you are proud of and why.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the King Game Development Intern role in Berlin, Germany.
Success Rate
King's interview process for their Game Development Intern roles in Berlin, Germany is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having mixed feelings for King's Game Development Intern interview process in Berlin, Germany.
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- 5.0Game DeveloperSenior Game Developer • Former EmployeeSingaporeDecember 30, 2016Pros: Good snacks; fun-loving culture; and friendly people.Cons: Noisy environment due to the open office. There is nothing particularly bad that can be said about the company.
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- 5.0Great CompanySoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeBarcelonaNovember 1, 2017Pros: - Great work-life balance - A lot of learning and career development opportunities. So far King is the company that I've seen invest the most in people, with internal and external resources for training available for all employees, including a budget to go to conferences. - Kingfomarket, which is annual travel to a location to gather with all employees and share learnings in an infomarket - Food and amenities - People who are really nice - A lot of autonomy in your work - Very transparent communicationCons: - It depends on the project you work on and might not be that interesting. - There are some bad apples. King gives you almost full autonomy on your work, but some people don't take full responsibility, and it's hard, by the company's culture, to increase and put pressure on those who are low performing.
