I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Activision Blizzard
Interview
I had assumptions from the start about this process because I was not screened at all.
The interview I was set up for felt like it was going to be with the purpose of ruling me out as a candidate and I felt like I walked into a room where there were unvalidated, preconceived notions of my experience based on little to nothing.
I was asked a couple soft questions about what I currently do and then my experience was effectively insulted after 15 minutes.
Now, there are differences between the role I was applying for and the role I currently hold. If the questions had been around that or how I would transition onto a team with different expectations around workflow, that would have been completely valid. I could think of about 5 questions right off the bat that would have created meaningful discourse around my experience and the role. That was clearly not the goal - I was not asked specifics about my work, about the differences in the role and my current role, or evaluated in any way against a competency bar.
I contacted the recruiter afterwards to let them know I was not interested. They contacted me 3 days later to let me know that they were not moving forward with me, but never acknowledging that I bowed out of the process. The recruiter offered to hop on another call and discuss opportunities. I was not interested because I am interviewing for external practice and honestly, this company concerns me with their interview process alone, not to mention all their other interpersonal issues. Yet, at the behest of my current manager, I agreed to have a call with the recruiter who then ghosted me, which I quite frankly expected.
I was prepared for because I know people who have transitioned to Activision and hate it and people who have also been ghosted or mistreated during the interview process; I also know people who were interviewed - only to be down leveled at the offer stage. People describe the interview process as "chill" and when I asked how they were evaluating Agile knowledge and craft competency, I was told they don't (which they clearly weren't in my interview).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell us about yourself.
Why do you want to leave?
What is your current role?
I applied online. I interviewed at Activision Blizzard in Jul 2022
Interview
Three rounds of interviews for an entry level position (seemed more like an associate/mid-level position after learning more about it). First round interview asked all behavior type questions "tell me about a time when..." Did not feel conversational and felt very rigid. The second round interview was with a couple adjacent department team members in which they asked a couple of the same questions as the first one which felt a bit redundant and uncoordinated. In the final interview, I had to repeat one of my questions as the interviewer received a Slack ping and proceeded to read that . I ended up being ghosted after three rounds of interviews, and taking time off of work which was a disheartening.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when you worked on a project with ambiguity.
Tell me about a time when you led a project from start to finish.
I applied online. I interviewed at Activision Blizzard (Londres, Inglaterra) in Aug 2019
Interview
It was an initial HR call followed by a video call with hiring manager as they were in the US. Lastly I was given a presentation to prepare and had to present to the current role holder and the hiring managers line manager.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard interview questions the one key one was how do you forecast.