Blizzard Entertainment interview questions

The process is fairly standard. I appreciated that the technical interview process used a take-home assessment instead of a HackerRank coding test (those are absolutely dreadful and inaccurate). The number of interviews is very high, and for this position, I found that many of the questions centered around behavior were vague, leading to vague answers from the candidate. I made it through the entire process and the company was prepared to make an offer. However, I was informed very late in the process (as in after all interviews and test submissions were completed) that this role would be a hybrid role, as in 3 days a week in the office. The recruiter told me that in the coming months, there would be "a great push to get back to the office", and it doesn't look good if the lead engineer has a remote only position. I was very clear from the beginning that I was only interested in a remote position, and I even received confirmation that no relocation would be required in one of the early interviews. Despite me warning Blizzard that requiring a relocation would be a deal-breaker, they insisted on all offers being contingent upon relocation. As a result, I refused to hear any offers and went with another company that I'm extremely excited about to be joining. My advice to Blizzard is to strongly reconsider forcing employees to carry their work with them to work while having to fight traffic for two hours to pay for an insanely overpriced parking space that is a mile away from a mediocre office just so that they can sit in an exposed cubicle environment with horrible ambient noise and frequent interruptions from co-workers just so that managers can justify a job of "cracking the whip" and the CEO doesn't have to face the reality that maybe a 30 year lease on a very expensive office floor in southern California might not have been a financially sound decision.

I’ve interviewed twice for 2 different roles in the last two years, and each time the whole process was a nightmare. The first time the recruiter contacted me and I told her my availability, she never got back to me. I found out a week later through the portal that my application was denied LOL. The second time, I went through a week long test, only to be told they’d be hiring internally. Very demonstrative of what kind of work culture and people they have. I’ve discovered the only way in is if you know someone high up who will recommend you.