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Updated Jan 27, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Tools Development Intern at Pixar
Posted Jan 27, 2012
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4.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 (took a day)
We talked for 15 minutes about my resume experience before moving onto some questions about data structures (which I fumbled). They're nice and give you lots of chances to explain yourself - but know your data structures well, they'll cover more than just the basics.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Management Assistant at Pixar
Posted Oct 27, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in Emeryville, CA (took a day)
I interviewed with 9 people total. Some 1:1 some 1:2. A few of the Systems Managers I interviewed with came across as unhappy and disgruntled employees, which made the interview extremely uncomfortable. Because it is Pixar, without thinking things through, if offered the position I probably would have accepted and would have found myself surrounded by many unhappy employees. My advice is to do as much research on the departments before you apply to make sure it will be the right fit.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Software Engineer Intern at Pixar
Posted Aug 26, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2011 in San Francisco, CA (took 2 weeks)
I applied online and got a phone interview request from a Pixar recruiter two weeks later. She scheduled me an interview 2 weeks later....It lasted for 30 mins with 2 s/w engineers frm the team....They asked really basic questions from C++, and one basic ques from graphics. Also, they asked 1 behavioral ques......while I answered all questions really well....2 days later I got an email stating they are moving ahead with other candidates. I don't know......I feel I haven't been given a fair chance.....dey hardly interviewed me....probably coz they already had some other candidates in mind....they didn't ask me to even explain any of my projects....or even ask me why am I interested in Pixar/that position. I was soo disappointed.
The interviewers were very friendly though......
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Technical Director at Pixar
Posted Jun 22, 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 Nov 2009 in Emeryville, CA (took a day)
The interview went like this. First of all, they had previously emailed me a pdf of my schedule. When I arrived they handed me a printed copy of my schedule. They set me up in a large conference room and gave me the control to the dvd player. I kept my demo reel playing on the dvd player while a large panel of people, maybe 10 total, asked questions. After this group interview was over I had several one-on-one interviews throughout the day in the same room. I had a lunch break around 1pm and then I met with the recruiter before they sent me back to the airport for my flight home.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Pixar Undergraduate Program at Pixar
Posted Apr 23, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2010 in Emeryville, CA (took 4 weeks)
Everything went smooth with HR and I was scheduled a group phone interview with 7 TD's from within the company. The interview was intimidating and stressful, but managed to keep my cool and get through it. They asked technical questions about my reel, so know your work and know it well. Also know what you could improve on it.
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No negotiation. They payed for my housing and also a decent hourly+overtime wage.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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PUP Program at Pixar
Posted Mar 23, 2011
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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 Feb 2010 in Emeryville, CA (took a day)
I basically got this interview through my university and the position was for the PUP program. The interviewer asked me fairly simple questions like why do you want to work for Pixar; if you could make any movie in the world, what would it be about; why are you interested in animation; asked about previous experience with 3D animation software/pipeline; discussed previous projects involving graphics and computer science; and showed him my website.
I was later asked for my demo reel in an email, but was not accepted afterwards.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Pixar Undergraduate Program at Pixar
Posted Feb 2, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2010 in Emeryville, CA (took a day)
Pretty much just an evaluation of your interests, check out any work you've done and give you some feedback.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Marketing & Promotions Coordinator at Pixar
Posted Nov 23, 2010
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2010 in Emeryville, CA (took 3 weeks)
The HR rep was awesome and very friendly. The interview was difficult and stressful, but I thought I had a great chance. Oh well.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Pixar Undergraduate Program at Pixar
Posted Nov 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 Apr 2010 in Emeryville, CA (took 4+ weeks)
After sending in my resume and demo reel, I didn't hear back from them for a long time, but one day out of the blue got an email from a recruiter. Saying they wanted to do a phone screen. When they sent back the list of interviewers I became really intimidated since they were giants in their fields. During the phone screen, it was very cordial, but they asked very specific and technical questions about parts of my reel.
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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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Senior Software Engineer at Pixar
Posted Oct 5, 2010 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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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 Feb 2010 in Emeryville, CA (took 2 days)
Initial recruiter phone screen then hour long phone interview with two engineering leads.
Two on-site visits each of 4-5 half hour sessions with 1-2 people from different areas; engineers, QA, project management, VP software. Some were conversational, some whiteboard coding problems and puzzles. Some specific C++ and multi-threading questions, others about figuring out algorithms. Also questions about previous work and responsibilities, how projects were tackled etc. All interviewers were pleasant, open to questions and I'd say I learned a few things from them too.
Software departments are two blocks down the road from the main (and fancy) buildings and I got the impression that it would be a bit isolated from the main part of the company. Got the impression that the job would have a fairly narrow focus and there would be limited variety.
Campus is accesible, but not convenient, from public transportation.
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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 Group/Panel Interview.
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