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Updated May 23, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Designer at Riot Games
Posted May 23, 2012
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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 Apr 2011 (took 4 weeks)
The process was pretty standard for a game design position, however, it was apparent that they had high standards when they demand that you be a near expert at their specific game. As opposed to knowing the ins and outs of related games or the MOBA genre as a whole.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Presentation and a Skills Test.
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Production Assistant at Riot Games
Posted May 21, 2012
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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 Apr 2012 (took 1+ week)
Submitted a resume through the website, and was contact a few weeks later to take a simple problem solving test that involved answering as many multiple choice questions (up to 120) as possible within 20 min. I was able to get around 86 complete, and a few days later they contacted me to set up a phone interview. I had heard before that they were a bit slow to respond to e-mails, and I noticed that. It took roughly 4 days from the time I sent them my availability for them to reply back with a time and date to confirm. They were extremely friendly through the whole thing.
As for the interview - I interviewed with 2 producers, an Associate and Mid-Level Producer. The interview focused a lot of my experiences with League of Legends and my opinions on their business directions. Some of them were curve balls meant to throw me off a bit. Overall it was a fairly difficult interview, but it's best to be honest with them.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Game Designer at Riot Games
Posted Apr 23, 2012 — 3 of 3 people found this helpful
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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 Oct 2011 in Santa Monica, CA (took 3 weeks)
Riot takes a very comprehensive approach to employee interviewing. As a design applicant, I was put through multiple design tests, an IQ and personality evaluation, and then two phone screens before being invited for an on-site interview. Initial tests and communications were handled by the hiring coordinator, though my applications had been read by senior personnel within the design department.
The on-site interview was entirely paid for by Riot (plane, taxi, parking, and hotel), and I was set up at a very comfortable hotel for the three days I was in Santa Monica (arrival day, interview day, and departure day). The on-site interview occurred on the second day, starting from 10 AM to 5 PM, where I participated in roughly seven one-hour interviews with various design and production personnel of varying positions. Each interview was geared towards evaluating me in separate areas, including general knowledge, design knowledge, culture fit, personability, and work ethic. By the end of the day, I believe the interviewers had a good understanding of who I was and what I could do.
It's worth noting that (to my knowledge), all significant hires will speak to senior personnel at some point in their interview. The design director took me and several other designers out to dinner that day, and a week later, I spoke on the phone with the CEO and President of the company (both were out of the country during my on-site interview; otherwise, they would've interviewed me on-site). This is a fairly unique privilege given how busy large game developers can be, but it shows how relatively "flat" the organization is when the highest ranking personnel take the time to close the deal on all their new hires.
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Negotiation Details
I received an offer roughly two weeks after the conclusion of my on-site interview.
Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral 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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Human Resources at Riot Games
Posted Apr 30, 2012
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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 Aug 2011 in Santa Monica, CA (took 4+ weeks)
The interview consisted of 6 phone interviews before the actual 1:1 interview. Over the phone, I felt confident that I was liked and had done a good job interviewing and was invited to a 1:1 in California.
Upon arrival to my interivew, it was that I would be interviewing for 8 hours that day, which I understood from the phone conversations. My interivew with the ultimate decision maker, however, was cancelled last minute so I interviewed with all other parties. After the onsite interview, I then participated in 2 more phone interviews.
The company in general seemed really laid back, but passionate about their work. The only thing I did not enjoy was I felt that knowing answers to questions asked made some look at me as a "know-it-all" and that I should've acted as if I did not know the answers on some questions to become more liked.
All in all, the interview process was a learning experience, just very lengthy.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Publishing Function (E G, Legal, Marketing, Business Development, Finance) at Riot Games
Posted Apr 21, 2012 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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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 Oct 2011 in Santa Monica, CA (took 4 days)
Riot interviews focused on a few key areas:
(1) culture fit -- they wanted to know whether I had experience with League of Legends (I did -- though not nearly as almost every one of my interviewers, which really impressed me -- most business people at other game companies tend to less knowledgeable about the products they publish/develop); the team also wanted to get a sense for whether I was legitimately passionate about the business and not just some MBA-type who smelled a gold rush and was fleeing Wall St. for the riches of gaming. This part of the interview cannot be faked, but advice to applicants is to play LoL and get to know it and competitor products.
(2) capabilities assessment -- they wanted to know if I could do the job, asking me a mix of case-study style questions that covered everything from quant skills (e.g., how would you estimate the number of players League of Legends could attract in country X) to soft skills (e.g., dealing with an underperforming employee, negotiating delicate situations with a partner company). I felt that this was pretty thorough, though I've been through other interview processes that were far more difficult and thorough (an interview with McKinsey comes to mind, here).
(3) team fit -- they wanted to assess whether I could get along with the team and the people I would be working with. Though Riot focuses in a big way on hiring top talent, they don't want to hire jerks or dicks. The management team I interviewed with has a ton of humility despite their incredible successes to date and they are looking for more uber-competent types who don't let their success or credentials get to their head. To assess team fit they took me out for meals and met with me in more social settings, and made sure that I had a chance to talk with everyone I'd be working with on a regular basis.
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Negotiation Details
Be honest/straightforward with your needs and don't play games.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Background Check.
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Marketing Manager at Riot Games
Posted Apr 20, 2012 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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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 Nov 2011 (took 4+ weeks)
Submitted resume, got email back same day asking to set up a phone interview. Conducted phone interview a week later with the head of the department, who laid out what the process would be for me moving forward at the start and gave a great intro about his role and what my role would be.
Successfully passed through the first phoner, and set up a second with a fellow manager who I'd be working closely with. At the same time, I was given a couple of writing assignments, with about a week to complete it. Second phoner and writing sample went through smoothly. Had a great conversation with the fellow manager. Received a call a couple days later asking for me to come in and do an on-site interview.
I had a bunch of traveling for my previous job, so they worked around it and brought me in for a full-day on-site interview a couple weeks later. Met with a variety of people (8 interviews with a total of 9 people), including people outside of marketing (i.e., production, recruiting, HR, community), since my role would have interaction with them. Later found out that's also how they check for culture fit. Riot doesn't like to hire people who are technically excellent, but are not easy to work with or stiff in their way of thinking/working. In advance of the interview, I prepared a presentation (on my own volition) to bring into the meetings, which I heard earned some brownie points.
Each interviewer was very different in style. Majority of the interviews were great conversations, and they asked me very different questions. It was nice not answering the same 10 questions over and over again (has happened to me in the past at interviews for other companies). Also took me out to lunch with a few different Rioters, where we got to delve deeper into some questions. Toward the end of the day, the interviewers gathered and did a quick round-up discussion on me, any concerns or deeper questions they had, which the last interviewer shared with me. Getting real-time feedback was helpful, and let me clarify/course correct on some stuff.
After the on-site, I had three more phone interviews -- first with the VP of People, then with the CEO and president. Marc and Brandon typically meet with every candidate (or at least for management roles) to do a final read before an offer gets extended. I got the offer fairly quickly afterward.
Great overall process, although it was a bit frustrating at times due to the sheer number of interviews. Guess from the other side, it makes total sense -- Riot doesn't bring in people who aren't super passionate about joining. Recruiting dept. contact was amazing and always on top of the process. Really liked that it wasn't copy/paste interview questions over and over again.
Negotiation Details
They were reasonable. The salary they offered was already a significant jump up, but I was able to negotiate for a little bit more. Also received stock options.
Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Skills Test and a Background Check.
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Support at Riot Games
Posted Apr 13, 2012 — 1 of 2 people found this helpful
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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 Aug 2011 in Santa Monica, CA (took 4 weeks)
While the interview process was a bit gruesome, it at least assured me that everyone else within the company would be just as competent (provided they were given an offer). My best advice for those would be to be very prepared and make sure you're a cultural fit.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Systems Administrator at Riot Games
Posted Apr 7, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 (took 2 days)
I have interviewed with Riot twice with a 1.5 year gap between both,the first interview wasn't an interview it only consisted of one question followed with "I'm sorry I need to go back to work there is an emergency!!") and that was it.
The second interview a year and a half later started top to bottom (executive then team) with 2 rounds nothing in comparison with the first one, Answered all the technical questions in both rounds and that was it.
I was asked alot about the game (do you play,what's your level....etc) and my answer was yes with details and apparently it meant nothing in both interviews.
My overall opinion is: It is understandable to have a distinct and different personality from other companies but not at this very early stage when alot of people don't know much about you.
Removing professionalism out of the equation and being rude wont result into anything positive nor will it benefit the foundation and reputation required for this stage. On the long run, This will effect corporate growth and repel professionals from joining your company.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Support Manager at Riot Games
Posted Mar 19, 2012 — 0 of 4 people found this helpful
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2012 in Los Angeles, CA (took 3 weeks)
After submitting a resume online, the following occurred:
1) Set Up of Phone Interview:
- Riot HR contacted me the day after submitting my resume and asked me for a phone interview the next evening with the Director of Support.
2) Phone Interview:
- Besides the person being on a cell phone from their car, and distracted - pretty standard phone interview. (i.e. why are you interested, what would you add, what are your values, describe your history)
3) Phone Interview Follow-Up:
- HR reached out to me the day after the Phone Interview and asked me to come for an on-site interview.
------ at this point the entire hiring process fails -----
4) Set Up of On-Site Interview:
- It takes over 2 weeks for us to schedule the on-site interview. The HR department delays 4-5 days in between each correspondence. Finally a date/travel plans are set.
5) Expectation Setting for On-Site Interview:
- The day before I fly out, HR asks me to create a 30 minute PPT presentation on Support Innovations - they inform me to keep it very high level, and that I will review it with some of the Riot support staff.
6)On-site Interview:
- The entire support organization shows up for the first interview, over 40+ people in the room. Admittedly I'm caught off guard, as I prepare differently for a medium/large size group then I do for a small personal interview.
- The conversation is NOT high level - my support logic is "countered" with conversations about limitations of their system, their vendor set-up and other granular information speciifc to Riot (information I had requested prior to making the deck, but was refused as I was told it was "high level only")
- The 2nd and 3rd interviews are pretty typical (i.e. tell me about yourself, what do you think of etc..etc..)
- The 1:1 interview seems to be focused on making sure I'm a good follower and can listen to Director; odd line of interviewing, but I believe this is based on Riot being made up of primarily junior people in the industry.
Summary:
- Cool people... but I expected that, they are gamers at heart.
- Horrible HR, expectation setting was worse I've seen with over 10+ years in Support Industry.
- Horrible Infrastructure, apparently the reason for the 4-5 day delays was due to exchange issue sthat took over a month to resolve. Any other corp I've worked for would have gutted that team for a month long issue.
- Overall Horrible experience. They should have rescheduled the interview once they realized they were having internal issues and information was not making it to me correctly (i.e. being asked the night before my interview to do a PPT presentation). As I wouldn't consider giving one intervewer 2 weeks prep and another 1 day prep an equal opportunity.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation and a Personality Test.
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Quality Assurance at Riot Games
Posted Mar 1, 2012 — 0 of 1 people found this helpful
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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 Jan 2012 (took 2 weeks)
I had to complete a problem solving skills test. I didn't finish it because there were ~100 questions and I completed ~80 of them. The questions were either find the next number in the pattern or find the synonym. I got a response a few days later saying I passed and would get a phone interview. I got asked about myself and a few of those logic puzzles. Few days later I had another phone interview and was pretty similar. However, this interviewer seemed as if he was just reading off of a list of questions which was a bit unsettling. Not sure what went wrong.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Skills Test.
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