I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Blizzard Entertainment in Feb 2013
Interview
Submitted my application via the website for the Corporate Applications Senior Software Engineer .NET position and waited only about a week and half before I got my first email correspondence from Blizzard recruiters. After mentioning I'm still interested in the position, we discussed a date (a week later) that would be good for setting up the telephone interview. I got a call by two of the developers that were currently on the Corporate Applications team and that interview went great! They were very professional and the questions were not difficult at all. Just remember that some of the tasks you may perform on a daily basis (and could do it in your sleep), they will probably ask you to explain it; and if you've never had to explain a specific development process, then you may want to freshen up on technical terms and definitions for it. Things like threads, processes, view states, sessions, cookies, SQL injection, etc...
After the interview, they said that HR would be getting in contact with me if I pass that phase of the interview. Well, I passed it and the recruiter emailed me back with a programming assignment. It took me just about 40 hours of development time in total to complete it. I sent it back and got an email a couple days later explaining that I did a great job on my programming assignment and the interview went great as well, but that they are looking for someone with more senior level experience (I only have about 2-3 years of senior level experience). They did mention that they will be in contact with me in the future about any other positions that come available that I may fit the skill-set for. Overall I'm super happy about the interview process and it was a blast from start to finish.
I'm happy that my 13+ years of development experience shined through for Blizzard enough to recognize me and compliment me on it, but now I know that all I really need is more management/senior level experience and I'll give it a try again at a later date or apply for a different position within the company. No big deal :)
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
What is SQL injection and how would you prevent it?
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 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 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
