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Software Engineer Intern
Current Employee
Has worked at Riot Games for 1 year
August 11, 2014
Santa Monica, California
5.0
RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros
  • Riot provided housing that was right next to the office (a five-minute walk).
  • Weekly lunches with important people from all across the company; got to meet people like LCS casters, executive sound producers, directors of engineering, project managers, etc.
  • Worked on important project(s); treated like full-time (gave presentations in front of the whole company, had 100% say in any type of planning meetings, got whatever benefits full-time Rioters got).
  • Met amazing people; everyone is willing to help if you just ask.
  • Work-life balance is encouraged; they didn't want me to be stressed out, so they made sure I played games and took breaks.
  • Lots and lots of swag.
Cons

The internship program is not structured very well in terms of managing interns. According to most of the interns, Riot was very slow at getting back to them about how the interview process was going, and even later giving out the job offers. Some interns even talked about how their manager didn't know what to do with them.

Most of the events were pretty good, but other companies do it better. There needs to be a dedicated team that focuses on hiring interns, ensuring everyone has something to do, and setting up intern events.

Advice to Management

This encourages interns and even full-time employees to shadow other Rioters across the company to get a better idea of how other people work.

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