I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at DreamWorks Animation (Los Angeles, CA) in Aug 2015
Interview
Long, over two hour, interview, with logic puzzles and technical aptitude tests. Several different teams took thirty minutes each to ask various questions, personality tests, logic puzzles and technical questions. Overall a very casual, relaxed process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would I solve a rendering problem where frames are rendering black.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at DreamWorks Animation
Interview
Included initial screenings with recruiter, then several rounds of interviews with different members of the production specific team. This included a section about career experience, a technical problem solving section, and a final round with supervisors.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is your least favorite DreamWorks film and what would you do to improve it?
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at DreamWorks Animation
Interview
Was cold called by a recruiter to see if I was interested in hearing more about positions. Replied with an interest in hearing about them. Was never contacted again. Would of been nice to get a reply or some information, and not just thrown to the side. Especaially after them initially contacting me,
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at DreamWorks Animation (Pittsburgh, PA) in Sep 2016
Interview
They did a short interview on our campus, during which they only looked at my resume (no time to show a portfolio) and asked a couple technical graphics questions as well as a brain teaser question.