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Updated Sep 8, 2011 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Department Technical Director at DreamWorks Animation
Posted Sep 8, 2011
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4.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed May 2009 in Redwood City, CA (took 1 week)
My undergrad college and dreamworks animation had a collaboration, where I was selected for an internship as credits towards the final semester.
initial communications were by sending a resume, portfolio, personal statements and letters of recommendation (univ.) to DWA for shortlisting candidates to be interviewed.
If selected, this is usually followed up with a technical interview with a Technical Director employee at DWA.
A knowledge of core computer science and graphics is really useful.
DWA is a great place to work and learn about the animation industry. Colleagues are super helpful and especially as someone completely new to the studio environment, I felt they were extremely helpful and inspiring people to work with.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Software Engineer at DreamWorks Animation
Posted May 18, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2011 in Burbank, CA (took 1 week)
First initial phone screen, and then on site interview with engineers and hiring manager.
There were lots of probing/testing on my skills,education, experties.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Software Engineer at DreamWorks Animation
Posted Mar 22, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2010 (took 3 days)
Hey, So I was interived by the 2 people(one a guy and other a lady) They gave me a tour of the place, showed me the servers they had. It was pretty good. Then they started looking for a place to conduct interview after 2-3 min they found a office (meeting place). They started asking about my resume and projects I did in the past. One was closely related to the work I was supposed to do with them(I think that was the reason I got a call in the first place) nyways then they ask me about binary tree ask me to write code about link list on the board. I wrote everything in C. They also asked me about different complexity for algos. All in all it was good experience.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Technical Director at DreamWorks Animation
Posted Sep 17, 2010
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2010 (took a day)
One 30-min phone interview.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Technical Director at DreamWorks Animation
Posted Jun 25, 2010
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2010 in Redwood City, CA (took 3 weeks)
I got the call after submitting my demo reel and resume to the HR. The first interview was on campus. Basic puzzle questions were asked. basic coding skills were tested. Was contacted after 3 weeks for onsite interview. 4 rounds in total, all panel interviews. First round was personality test. Asked questions about my personality, my likes, dislikes, asked me to narrate a funny story. Second round was puzzle round. Asked 6 different puzzles and I answered them all. The third round was technical round. The questions asked were based on C++, basic graphics questions, hashtables etc. The last round was with the TD director. He went over the team and the company. Explained the benefits of the company. A general chat.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Personality Test.
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Online Marketing at DreamWorks Animation
Posted Apr 7, 2010 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2010 (took 3 weeks)
I applied online and since I live out of state they arrange for a first round phone interview with two of the managers. When I had a phone interview with the two managers they called me 30 minutes late but it seem to go well because they asked me to come out for a face-to-face interview. Because the position wasn't a managerial role they didn't have a budget to pay for my flight but they paid for my ground transportation (rental car). Two out of three of the managers were not able to meet with me on the day I flew out (mind you they picked the day) and I scheduled phone calls with the two other managers for later in the week. One of the managers never responded to my request for a make up interview and they other had to reschedule several times. In the end it came down to me and another candidate and they chose the other person based on the other candidate's previous studio experience.
Overall I liked the company even though I felt like I was given the runaround. Beautiful campus, great perks but it sucked to have to pay for my own plane ticket and then not get the job. My advice to other candidates is to not be mesmerized by the name, sure it's DreamWorks but don't jump through hoops just because it's a good name.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Assistant at DreamWorks Animation
Posted Feb 22, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2008 in Glendale, CA (took 2 weeks)
First day met with HR, second time met with hiring manager, then third day that persons boss and HR again.
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Negotiation Details
Told sternly there was no negotiation. I said I would think about it, they called back a few days later and told me if I did not accept they would move on.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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FX Animator at DreamWorks Animation
Posted Jan 8, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2008 in Glendale, CA (took a day)
It was a very relaxed interview. We mainly talked about my reel. How I did it and why I choose particular implementations of a particular effect. Then I was asked a few question about how I would implement certain effects.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation and a Skills Test.
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Technical Director at DreamWorks Animation
Posted Dec 31, 2009
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2009 in Glendale, CA (took 3 weeks)
The interview went well. The thing that was really unique about the process was having a Video interview instead of being flown out to the company. The whole process was smooth, the people I interviewed with were nice. I interviewed with both the Glendale and Redwood City offices. The questions they asked were good. I didn't get grilled as much as I thought I would on specific coding questions, but they had some good logic questions.
Negotiation Details
Very little to negotiate, partly because it's under a union, partly because it's DreamWorks and they know it.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test, a Personality Test and a Background Check.
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Marketing Intern at DreamWorks Animation
Posted Nov 22, 2009
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2009 in Glendale, CA (took 4 days)
Sent my resume, cover letter online. Received an email asking me for a good time for a phone interview. Got the phone call 2 days later, it was a very informal chill conversation to get a feel for what you are all about and what you want from the company, then came in for a group interview with what could be my superiors and it was also very chill and very comfortable. I pretty much talked about myself for a while and the type of experience that I've had to be a good candidate for this job. waiting to hear back from them...
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