I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Riot Games in Aug 2017
Interview
After years of Riot trying to get me to talk to them I finally responded to a recruiter who wrote me a long letter explaining why I really really should consider working for them. Was rejected after a culture phone screen focused largely on the “worst” events in my career. (Puzzling selection bias discussed in questions section below.)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Culture screening: They asked a series of questions about the worst experiences in my career, feedback given or received and what was learned.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Riot Games
Interview
They have a fairly typical process for tech companies: initial phone screen, technical phone screen, on-site full day of interviews. They screen for both job-related background, and gaming experience (and specific experience with LoL), and seem to value both fairly equally in the selection process (ie: you're not going to get an offer there unless you are highly passionate about both).
I'm not going to get into specifics of questions, out of respect for their process, but I did find it somewhat odd that the on-site interviews focused almost exclusively on inter-personal interactions and inter-department communication, and not at all on technical topics. They also have somewhat conflicting information about what type of people they are looking for (eg: the public materials tout being bold and passionate, but the feedback from the interview process emphasized the need for people who are cautious, diplomatic, and work well inside a larger organization). I also thought it was odd that they would pull people with smaller company backgrounds and experiences into their process, when that seemed to be an automatic disqualification factor based on the post-interview feedback.
I have to give them credit for communicating why they are not extending an offer, though; not enough companies do this. I feel like they are still working out how to get everyone on the same page for what they are looking for as they grow, and update their "smaller company" materials and messaging to match their new "bigger company" mentality. I think the people there handled the process very nicely and professionally, though, aside from some issues with effectively communicating the qualities they were actually looking for.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Without getting into specifics, there's a focus on gaming, your LoL gameplay experience, Riot's public company materials, and company processes inside a larger organization.
Thank you for posting your experience here for us. You make interesting points about conflicting information and sourcing strategies, which I've shared with the team right away. If there are any other suggestions you might have, please consider reaching out to me at sgrobe@riotgames.com
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Riot Games (Dublin, Dublin) in Jun 2017
Interview
1. Phone call - HR ~ 1hr
2. Phone call - Technical ~ 2hrs
3. Writing some codes for 3 days - 72hrs
4. Another technical interview - Leetcode, Big O, Algorithm, etc.
It was a very very long process, took about 2 months but I got the rejection email today. Please note that this interview is difficult and time consuming and I do believe with the same amount of time and effort you can apply for better tech companies here in Dublin, e.g. Google, Facebook, Amazon, Workday.
While the HR part was really good and friendly, when I was talking to tech guys I got a feeling that they are not sure what they want. They asked many Big O questions, algorithms, graphs and searches. Same as the process with Google or Facebook.
I would say, if you want to work for a good company there are many better choices with a better recruitment process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Async IO
2. Algorithm, Big O
3. Graph Search
4. Docker
5. RESTful API
Thanks for taking the time to write this feedback. I feel very sorry that we left you with these impressions of us, so I'd greatly appreciate the chance to hear more details from you. With that additional info, our team can discuss improvements to the process and candidate experience.
Please contact me directly at sgrobe@riotgames.com!
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