I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Big Fish Games
Interview
First was a phone interview, then was a coding interview. I had a good experience during both of those things, as both people I interviewed with gave me positive feedback and were friendly. The reason I rate this experience as being negative overall is because when they rejected me they gave the reason of me not having enough experience. If they didn't feel I had enough experience then they never should have given me a single phone call much less a phone call and then a code interview. I feel I was used to give those 2 employees practice for interviewing actual candidates. This was possibly even done by big fish to try and get H1B1 visa candidates by saying there are no qualified Americans.
I applied online. I interviewed at Big Fish Games (Oakland, CA) in Feb 2017
Interview
The recruiter reached out to me, and I had a standard phone screening with her. After that, I had a 30 minute phone call with their head of Product, where he asked me general questions about my experience.
The onsite process was fantastic- their recruiter obviously put a lot of time into structuring the interviews. First, I met with head of Product, then two of his other PMs. Each of them had a specific problem they wanted me to talk to them about. They would present me with an issue, and then asked me to walk through my thought process, challenging me and asking questions along the way. They also had me have lunch with several other employees, who talked to me about culture and got to know me personally.
The recruiter made sure I understood what was happening between each meeting, so I always felt like I knew who I was talking to.
It seems like a great company, and I was really disappointed to not get an offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They showed me a sample dataset, and asked me to describe hat I thought was going on with it.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Big Fish Games (Seattle, WA) in Jun 2013
Interview
Phone interview, followed by a second phone interview which ended with a request for completion of a sample project. Interviewer was polite and kind, but always a bummer when spec work is required.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you were creating banner ads for XXX what program would you use?