Technical Game Designer applicants have rated the interview process at Rockstar Games with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 44.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Technical Game Designer roles take an average of 75 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Rockstar Games overall takes an average of 33 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Rockstar Games as a Technical Game Designer according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 18%
Skills test: 18%
Presentation: 18%
Background check: 9%
IQ intelligence test: 9%
Phone interview: 9%
Personality test: 9%
One on one interview: 9%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Rockstar Games (Boston, MA) in Apr 2020
Interview
Rockstar has a 10 step process. 1-5 is just applying and meeting with recruiters. Then you take a online programming test that is medium difficulty. Then you start meeting with people on your potential team.
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Whats your favorite game and why? What made you really want to do video game design? Is there a particular game mechanic that you didn't understand how to implement that really inspired you or that you thought was amazing? Think about the first time you played portal.
Phone interview, then a coding / design test, then zoom interview. Good communication on their part. Whole process took a while however. Took about a month and a half. Employees were wonderful.
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Why do you want to get into the game dev industry?
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Rockstar Games (San Diego, CA) in Dec 2020
Interview
It was a 5 stage interview process. The first stage you have to answer questions from a prompt and while you're being recorded. The second stage you speak to the recruiter a bit about yourself and the role. Third stage you have write a pretty hefty design document. 4th stage is a technical interview, and the final stage you speak with the leads of the department.
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They might ask questions regarding how one would go about designing a certain feature, what factors you would take into account and what your design process would be like.
The first step was to provide a pre-recorded interview through their website where they asked you to answer 3-5 questions, and if you were selected, they would have a phone interview which acted as a screening process.
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What is your favorite game? What are its best qualities and some flaws?