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Interviewed Apr 2010 in Los Angeles, CA (took 1+ week)

it was a phone interview. they were very nice and asked me questions like what i expected out of the job and what previous experience i have that relates to the job.

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What do you look for in this job?

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What makes you qualified for this job?

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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.

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Interviewed Jan 2010 in Emeryville, CA (took a day)

I applied then a couple weeks later flew in from seattle area to california for a 1on1 inteview and got hired wth a signing bonus of $5,000

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we negotiated my rate of pay and i asked for atleast $100,000 a year

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Interviewed Jan 2008 in Emeryville, CA (took 4 weeks)

They are pretty competitive to even get an initial response; however, once they do, they are pretty good about getting back to you quickly. Scheduling is a little tough but not unexpectedly so. Everyone is really friendly. They are very interested in your previous work and your take on the creative process. They don't ask any particularly tricky questions, mostly they check to see that you know what you say you know on your resume, and that you have done some interesting work in the past.

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Describe a project you worked on in the past and what were the challenges (starting from the initial conception to full implementation).

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Explain how a simple physics engine works.

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Negotiation Details

I negotiated the salary a little. I just told them that I had competing offers that were twice the pay and a slight bump in the pay would help a lot in swaying my decision.