Process
It was a virtual interview. The interview lasted for around 70 minutes, including two programming tests in either C++ or C#.
You were asked several questions regarding your personality, background, and skills. Some of the questions were hypothetical, such as, "What would you do if you couldn't deliver a project before the deadline?"
You get 3 minutes after every question to prepare yourself, then the camera starts recording you answering the question.
It is very important to know about the company's games and play them as well, since the interview includes asking information about them.
Questions
Which of our games are you familiar with, and what do you know about them?
What can you add to the current games we develop?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the King Graduate Developer role in United Kingdom.
Success Rate
King's interview process for their Graduate Developer roles in the United Kingdom is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for King's Graduate Developer interview process in United Kingdom.
King Work Experiences
- 1.0The reason I left the gaming industry.Game Developer • Former EmployeeBucharest, BucurestiDecember 3, 2017Pros: Really big salaries (at least at that time). Really fun people (a few years ago).Cons: All the cool people left. Company is filled with mindless drones that just want to make it until the next paycheck.
- 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.
- 1.0Becoming worse every yearSenior Software Engineer • Former EmployeeBarcelonaJune 23, 2022Pros: - Good people in general. - Nice offices. - A lot to learn. People do a great job in terms of quality. - Events.Cons: - Not the best salaries, but not the worst either. - It's not easy to promote, even if you deserve it. You can stay for more than 4 years in the same role. - Some teams are starting to do micromanagement and allowing attitudes from the managers that are too intrusive in the way we work. It seems that this is aligned with what leadership expects in some departments like shared tech. - We're losing culture and values due to many leavers. The company is doing nothing in terms of retention.
