International Game Technology Interview Questions & Reviews in Nevada

Interview Details – Applied via linkedin and received a phone call 3 days later to set up a phone interview (which is weird, because I live 15 minutes from the facility). Interviewer was 15 minutes late calling, and had a very thick English accent. He was very personable, and acknowledged all my answers. Seems like a nice enough guy, but because of his accent, his questions were hard to understand.

Interview Details – A person from HR contacts me to set up an on site interview. Did not mention there would be a group interview. On the way to the interview room, one guy led me through a maze of cubicles to get to an empty room where I had to wait for the others to get there. There was a group of 6 software developers and managers who interviewed me. They asked pretty basic questions on probability. I did not get my degree in computer science and so I wasn't able to answer those questions regarding product assurance, but I would imagine someone who majored in it could easily answer those questions. When it was my turn to ask questions, I got the feeling nobody in the room really enjoyed working there. Overall the interviews process took 1-2 hours

Interview Details – Pretty standard interview process. Interviewed with 3-4 employees ranging from co-workers to superiors over two sessions. Nothing out of the ordinary. Typical "why do you want to work here" and answering questions about specific skill sets and similar previous work I'd done.

Two wierd things happened after that, though. 1. They asked for previous work product. I said I didn't feel comfortable furnishing work product from another company and they just said "oh don't worry about it, we're not going to use it against them [the other companies]. I said that I'd be happy to complete an assignment for them or something along those lines but they really wanted work product. 2. On what I thought was going to be my last round of interviews I interviewed with someone who was working their first day at the company and who told me "no one that I interviewed with is here anymore so I'm not entirely sure what we're supposed to be talking about".

I never heard back from them after that.

Interview Details – The IGT interview team is awful. They are unfocused and a few times pointed to things irrelevant to the conversation to deliberately distract you.

They ask really lame questions like "what are your favorite and least favorite classes when you were in school" and "What do you like and not like about the profession you are in"

The employees also argue with one another during the interview and are rude to one another and criticize each other.

They also ask vague questions, give you assurances that you are hired on the spot, only to reject you later on.

I would highly recommend NOT working for them.

Reason for Declining – IGT is a dinosaur. They had a monopoly on the market and have been too fat, dumb and happy and have watched their market share erode. Employees are miserable wretches because of this and Patti Hart is a clone of Carol Bartz at Yahoo (ironically enough they both serve on each others' boards).

I would avoid working for this company until their transformation is complete, its complete chaos there right now.

Interview Details – The description of the job (responsibilities, requirements, territory, customer base, etc.) changed many times during the process. This made it difficult as it was impossible to know at any given time just exactly what you were interviewing for. They seemed confused.

Interview Details – Three separate interviews with management and Analysts I'd be working with. Was hired by IGT & worked there over eleven years before resigning.

Negotiation Details – Flat rate w/no negotiation.

Interview Details – I was contacted by a staffing company which was very professional in their approach which actually got me interested in applying at IGT. A technical phone interview was then scheduled within a couple of weeks with the pertaining project manager and technical architect. I was asked questions only about core java, but the questions were apt for evaluate the clarity of fundamental concepts. Interview lasted for half an hour. I was called the next day to schedule a F2F interview which was a nice experience. I was interviewed by a panel of 3. Although the questions were not that easy I was impressed with the tech architect who was very knowledgeable and articulate.

Negotiation Details – I did not need to negotiate as I was offered a compensation package completely based upon industry standard and position offered and not on my previous compensation package.

Interview Details – 1st call - Interview scheduled as well as some questions about my background experience, both work and education.

Interview (2 Managers : Me) - Questions about my education in Video Game Software Development. Also some questions about my most recent work experience developing, redesigning and debugging web sites, web applications, and iPhone applications. Was told the job would likely go from simple testing, hands on to developing and programming as well. Sort of a hybrid position or programming and testing would be a likely future possibility for my career path. The company was interested in my testing _and_ programming experience as a package, and would not have contacted me if I had only one or the other.

The Interview was short and sweet as far as I remember. 10 minutes, brief question and answer. Though, I believe my answers were prime and to the point, satisfactorily.

You will sense that they are simply trying to read your character more so than get "the right answers" from you. Making lots of eye contact and solid body gestures were key in the interview, like usual.

Negotiation Details – Sadly, the (_phone call, two week after the Interview_) offer was above my expectation, and I had no time to do thorough research of the Industry and it's Salaries at the time. I believed negotiations would be futile due to my lack of experience in the field and it being my first Casino Industry Position.

Their offer was relatively healthy and my job at the moment of the offer was paying significantly lower. Took the Offer and Ran!

Interview Details – Was asked to find the issues that one should consider when looking for bugs in a specific piece of software, and then back up my claim as to why they might be at risk. Was given a few scenarios, both whitebox and blackbox, and asked what I would consider to be high risk areas. Was asked my reasoning behind QA as a prospective profession

Reason for Declining – I was offered a better position at a different company