I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Riot Games (Santa Monica, CA)
Interview
The entire process took about a year and a half (yikes!) with MANY phone screens, some online tests, and culminating with a day long onsite interview.
Overall they said they really liked me, the team liked me, they thought my skills were strong and wanted to hire me, but... they thought I was lacking Java programming ability. I'm not a Java programmer and the only time Java was mentioned was by one person during the onsite interview (and he had me do some whiteboard coding problems... I was like "I don't know Java, can I do this in C++ or something?"). The hiring management apologized for the mixup, but it was a bit odd to go through literally a year of interviewing only to be cut out at the last minute because of a previously unmentioned skill requirement.
I really, really liked the company and the people though, and still use things I learned during the interview process. I think they are suffering through some growing pains though.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is one way you would improve this interview process?
I'm sorry to hear about the length of the process, and the ambiguity around Java. It does sound like you've got a lot of experience with our team, so I'd love to hear more of your thoughts if you have the time! I'd be happy to chat via email at sgrobe@riotgames.com