Senior Software Engineer II applicants have rated the interview process at Blizzard Entertainment with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer II roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Blizzard Entertainment overall takes an average of 47 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Blizzard Entertainment as a Senior Software Engineer II according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 29%
One on one interview: 14%
Skills test: 14%
Presentation: 14%
Background check: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 7%
Group panel interview: 7%
Drug test: 7%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Blizzard Entertainment (Irvine, CA)
Interview
I was initially approached through an employee reference. That was followed by an initial phone screening. A take home programming test was given. That test I expect is a test that changes based on what position you are applying for. Once the test was handed in, I was brought in for an on-site interview.
The On-Site interview was a full day interview process. It was mostly made up of 1 hour sessions with 2 or more people in which they ask you about your qualifications and any questions that are relevant for them. These sessions included technical interview portions as well as "fit" portions to ensure that you fit the mold of the Blizzard culture.
There was about a 1 week delay for each phase of the interview, after the initial phone screening.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
When was there a time in which you had to "defend" the approach you wanted to take in order to implement a feature?
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Blizzard Entertainment (Los Angeles, CA) in Dec 2020
Interview
The interview process took quite a bit of time. There were a lot of pieces involved that had to match just right for both parties involved.
Even though the interviewing process is a stressful event, the people that interviewed me were patient and informative. Our interests and passions aligned quite well which made most interview meetings quite interesting.
The range of discussions was quite broad, from technical questions, problem solving, and design, to chatting about playing and making games,
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Blizzard Entertainment (Irvine, CA) in May 2014
Interview
I applied on the online Blizzard jobs website. I was then contacted by a recruiter who set me up for a 1hr phone technical interview. After the 1hr technical interview, I got a take home test to write. Then, I was asked to fly to Irvine for a full day of interview, which consisted of pair programming for the full day.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
One of the question was to comment and fix a snippet of C++ code