I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Shiver Entertainment (Miami, FL) in Aug 2015
Interview
I did two steps of the interview process. The first was a take home programming test, they send you a .doc with instructions to your mail. The test is required to long two hours. The second steps was a non-technical phone interview about your resume and your passion for video games. After three day they email me with rejection.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
You have been given the opportunity to do some work on the new TISC (two instruction code) microprocessor, which has been designed to execute at lightning speeds.
The processor implements only two instructions:
STO <register>,<address> ( store from this register to this address )
SUB <register>,<address> (subtract the value at this address, from this register)
It also contains only two 32 bit registers: A and B
The machine you’re working on has two 32 bit ram addresses: 0 and 1
When the machine boots up, assume it magically begins executing your code. The value of A and B are unknown. Write a program to copy RAM location 0 into RAM location 1, and then optimize the program to use the fewest number of instructions possible.
Now assume a doubly linked list header structure defined as:
typedef struct {
DLinkListNode *head;
DLinkListNode *tail;
} DLinkList;
Write a structure definition for DLinkListNode that matches your diagram from the last question.
Use pseudo code or C/C++ to define a function that will insert a new DLinkListNode *node into this list, maintaining alphabetical sorting of the entries in the list.
Use pseudo code or C/C++ to define a function that takes as input a DLinkListNode *node and a DLinkList *list, and removes the node from the list.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Shiver Entertainment (Miami, FL)
Interview
Interviews are fair and to the point. Nobody here wants to waste your time, and if it's not a good fit you'll find out sooner rather than later. You may talk to just the CEO and the Lead Manager, or mostly the CTO, or some variation thereof, but it won't be a lot of wasted time either way.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Optimization and low-level efficiency. How would you squeeze more performance out of a 30 FPS game that can't drop frames.
I was ghosted after completing an emailed test. I committed two hours of my time, the least you can do is respond with a follow up. Also seems like it does not pay well at all for the Miami area and what level of expertise they expect from you. You can do better elsewhere.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Shiver Entertainment (Miami, FL) in Apr 2021
Interview
Sent a worksheet with technical questions, covering color, assembly, c-level optimizations, gameplay experience, and oop.
Then talked with owner and technical staff. Owner asked conversational questions, other interviewer discussed computational geometry problem.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The owner needed to see three things from me, all red flags:
1) Would I work in constant crunch mode (~50 hours a week).
2) Would I accept a verbal promise of a bonus a year later in lieu of a standard salary anytime soon (or, let's be honest, ever), let alone competitive compensation for unhealthy hours.
3) During a pandemic and at a time before I was eligible for the vaccine, would I be willing to move and work in-office.
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Shiver Entertainment with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 26.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 10 days to get hired, when considering 8 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Shiver Entertainment overall takes an average of 10 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Shiver Entertainment as a Software Engineer according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 30%
Skills test: 30%
One on one interview: 20%
Presentation: 10%
Other: 10%
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