Client Engineer Interview Experience - Bellevue, Washington
February 1, 2022
Positive ExperienceGot Offer
Process
Pretty standard process:
- Call with recruiter to determine background/interest
- 45-minute technical phone screen going over a fairly simple coding problem
- Virtual On-Site (3 technical, 1 behavioral, 45 minutes each)
Questions
Phone Screen: LeetCode Easy level question about random distribution.
On-Site Technical #1: LeetCode Medium level question about developing an optimal strategy for a game.
On-Site Technical #2: Two Applied Math problems requiring basic vector manipulation (know dot product) plus a few questions about common design patterns and when you'd apply them (singletons, observables, etc.).
On-Site Technical #3: Talking through hypothetical engineering problems at a high level (very free-form, more about learning about the role).
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Niantic Client Engineer role in Bellevue, Washington.
Success Rate
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Pass Rate
Niantic's interview process for their Client Engineer roles in Bellevue, Washington is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.
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Candidates reported having very good feelings for Niantic's Client Engineer interview process in Bellevue, Washington.
Niantic Work Experiences
5.0
Great Wlb, High Pay
Client Engineer • Current Employee
Tokyo, Japan
March 18, 2024
Pros: Good WLB
High salary in game industry
Good colleague relationship
Big IP
AR tech
Cons: Lightweight game for an engineer.
Need to speak Japanese during a meeting.
Income is not stable.
New field is not stable.
Small team.
2.0
If you're a passionate game dev, avoid this place
Client Engineer • Former Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
September 22, 2023
Pros: People were genuinely so lovely and kind and helpful.
Lots of passion from fans around Pokémon Go so many years later.
Great environment if you're also a Pokémon fan!
Cons: Some of the most misguided leadership, especially at the exec level, and a lot of poor product managers. Working on a mobile game, no matter where you work, is soul-sucking. The entire premise of a mobile game is to intentionally leave in friction to make players pay to avoid it. It's scummy and awful.
I worked on Pokemon Go for about a year, and I really do believe PGO is one of the "better" mobile games out there, and it still made me never want to work on a mobile game ever again.
Multiple times I pitched new quality-of-life improvements for the game that were small, easy, and required no new art or designs. I got stopped every step of the way by either my own product manager or a business person, awaiting approval from partners.
All of their reasons were also based on "feel," not on any actual data to support the claims they made that my feature was a bad idea or would hurt revenue. They wouldn't even let me test it on a subset of players to prove my claim. This happened at least 2-3 times before I just said, "Forget it, I'm not coming up with, prototyping, demoing, and pitching new unique ideas at this company if they don't want to hear my ideas."
It was outstandingly infuriating.
If you are a game developer who cares a lot about making quality video games that respect and care about their players, I don't recommend working here or at any mobile game studio. If you're pretty indifferent about it but like games and Pokémon, you might be fine here.
5.0
Life Changing, But Pricey Parking
Software Engineer Apprenticeship Program • Former Employee
Bellevue, Washington, United States
May 28, 2025
Pros: Great WLB.
DEI was strong here.
Pay was great. Benefits were great. Great people to work with – very passionate.
All was great at Niantic. The Voyager program was life-changing.
Cons: Parking was expensive.
The company was bought out.
- 5.0Great Wlb, High PayClient Engineer • Current EmployeeTokyo, JapanMarch 18, 2024Pros: Good WLB High salary in game industry Good colleague relationship Big IP AR techCons: Lightweight game for an engineer. Need to speak Japanese during a meeting. Income is not stable. New field is not stable. Small team.
- 2.0If you're a passionate game dev, avoid this placeClient Engineer • Former EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesSeptember 22, 2023Pros: People were genuinely so lovely and kind and helpful. Lots of passion from fans around Pokémon Go so many years later. Great environment if you're also a Pokémon fan!Cons: Some of the most misguided leadership, especially at the exec level, and a lot of poor product managers. Working on a mobile game, no matter where you work, is soul-sucking. The entire premise of a mobile game is to intentionally leave in friction to make players pay to avoid it. It's scummy and awful. I worked on Pokemon Go for about a year, and I really do believe PGO is one of the "better" mobile games out there, and it still made me never want to work on a mobile game ever again. Multiple times I pitched new quality-of-life improvements for the game that were small, easy, and required no new art or designs. I got stopped every step of the way by either my own product manager or a business person, awaiting approval from partners. All of their reasons were also based on "feel," not on any actual data to support the claims they made that my feature was a bad idea or would hurt revenue. They wouldn't even let me test it on a subset of players to prove my claim. This happened at least 2-3 times before I just said, "Forget it, I'm not coming up with, prototyping, demoing, and pitching new unique ideas at this company if they don't want to hear my ideas." It was outstandingly infuriating. If you are a game developer who cares a lot about making quality video games that respect and care about their players, I don't recommend working here or at any mobile game studio. If you're pretty indifferent about it but like games and Pokémon, you might be fine here.
- 5.0Life Changing, But Pricey ParkingSoftware Engineer Apprenticeship Program • Former EmployeeBellevue, Washington, United StatesMay 28, 2025Pros: Great WLB. DEI was strong here. Pay was great. Benefits were great. Great people to work with – very passionate. All was great at Niantic. The Voyager program was life-changing.Cons: Parking was expensive. The company was bought out.
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