Throughout the process, I would say this was largely a negative and poor experience.

From initially being contacted by their internal recruiter at the beginning of March, it took over a month to get an interview booked. I had to chase the recruiter on several occasions after agreeing to dates/times which were never confirmed or booked in.

When I finally did get an interview booked, it was with an employee whose role/position in the company was unclear to me. I assumed it must have been an internal recruiter or HR person for a first-stage screening, given the position I was applying for.

It turned out, during the question-and-answer session at the end of the interview, that I was in fact speaking to someone who would have been a subordinate to the role I had applied for.

Prior to discovering this, the person interviewing me stated: "This role doesn't actually exist, and RIOT often advertises roles that don't exist." "The current Head/Director of Quality (who was his current boss) was leaving, and we weren't looking to fill the role again." "You would be more suitable for a QA Manager role."

What made this even more surprising was that this person was asking questions about my salary expectations.

There appeared to be a HUGE conflict of interest within this interview process, whereby I was being qualified by a subordinate of this role.

After the interview, I followed up with the recruiter to provide feedback on my experience and surprise regarding the interviewer and some of the questions I had been asked. I also asked them to clarify if the role did exist and RIOT's policy on advertising roles that don't exist.

That was back at the beginning of April, and I never received a response.

My overall impression was that this is a company struggling with a lot of internal cultural issues, promoting values of "looking out for #1 first."

What sort of salary are you looking for?