Linguistic text on Excel and then interview in house with questions about the company and games. In the interview you should show your knowledge of videogames and translation, as well as competences in problem solving.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What kind of videogame character would you like to be?
I applied online. I interviewed at Keywords Studios
Interview
It was a nice interview, they asked a few questions about me, they told me about their company and then they asked about my past experience as a tester, about my gaming history and translation history. Overall a very good experience and they made me feel comfortable.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What experience do you have with QA and translation?
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Keywords Studios
Interview
Asked questions about how you understand the role - you would want to express that you understand this role to be different from translating and that you enjoy testing and evaluating the quality of the translations in-game and that you have basic game function testing skills. They will also ask if you enjoy playing games. You would want to prepare a list of games you like.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- What do you know about game testing.
- What games do you like.
- What languages are you fluent in.
- How different is Localization QA testing from translation.
- Are you flexible with hours and available to work 7 days in a week.
- Are you flexible with shifts.
I applied online. I interviewed at Keywords Studios (Montreal, QC) in Jun 2020
Interview
The process took too long and I went through several assessments just for them to ghost me. They kept in contact saying they would contact me with a new opportunity and then they disappeared after a while and nothing has happened.
Localization QA Tester applicants have rated the interview process at Keywords Studios with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Common stages of the interview process at Keywords Studios as a Localization QA Tester according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Presentation: 20%
IQ intelligence test: 20%
Personality test: 10%
One on one interview: 10%
Group panel interview: 10%
Skills test: 10%
Phone interview: 10%
Other: 10%
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