I found Gamesys via JobOnline, where there was a post for a QA role. I went onto the Gamesys website to see other vacancies, in case they would have a graduate role. There was none advertised so instead I went for a Business Analyst role. I emailed the recruitment team and not long after, I received a phone call from the recruitment team about my CV. He was really nice, but explained to me I do not have the right experience for the role I am applying for. Instead he explained to me about a graduate scheme that they did and I was more than happy to go for it, as I thought they didn't offer one. After a long search for cool gaming and developer companies, it was extremely hard to find one with a graduate scheme so I was over the moon when he said that Gamesys did one.
I was then invited to an interview/presentation the following Friday. Unfortunately, the interview had to be moved as they were really busy in launching a new game, which is understandable. So instead, the recruiter said that I would be contacted by the Studio Manager for a telephone interview instead, but still have the interview/presentation on another date. But throughout the whole waiting time (roughly 2 weeks), the recruiter that I initially spoke to, answered all my questions I had for the company and the upcoming interview, which I thought was very nice of him.
The telephone interview was more about getting to know a bit about each other. It was very casual, which really made it more of a relaxed conversation rather than an interview. There were basic questions such as "Where do you see yourself in the future?".
Come the interview/presentation day, I had to present my final year project I took in university. I expected there to be two to three people viewing my presentation but instead there were 6! It was a bit scary at first, but as you get into the presentation flow it wasn't as bad as I thought. However, the nerves then kicked in again after the presentation, where the 6 started questioning me about my project. The questions were fairly difficult though, where they sometimes challenged your way of thinking, probably to see not only how you react, but if there was another way you could have approached a problem. Although there was a lot of questions, they all asked and spoke in a very friendly way, which made me a bit more relaxed, feeling more like it was a group discussion at times rather than me being scrutinised.
Overall, it was an amazing experience, unfortunately I can't really compare it to any others as this was my first real interview!