I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Riot Games in Jan 2022
Interview
It was a pretty long interview process that that dealt with craft knowledge in the earlier portion and culture fit for the larger later portion. I had:
- a screening call with a recruiter
- a call with the hiring manager
- a call with another employee (not the same team)
- four different calls with employees (2 craft, 2 values alignment)
- a final call with the main manager
The communication during the process was fine but I still had a lot of anxiety about the waiting. I never felt like the questions were particularly difficult, the hardest question was not even about craft for me but about my personal experience. You may struggle if you're not comfortable in terms of soft skills. The hardest part for me was really just wondering how I measured up against the actual values vs what I perceived in my research.
Every person I spoke with was knowledgeable, enthusiastic and helpful with any questions I had. I never felt nervous and a lot of the craft stuff felt like a conversation.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Describe a time you had a creative solution that failed, and what did you learn from it?
- Describe a time when you worked with someone who had difficulty expressing themselves and how did you deal with it?
- Describe the product process from vision to delivery. (sort of, don't remember the exact language)
Schedule an online interview with a recruiter for screening. Recuriter was late but apologetic, used AI for her notes, runs about 20 minutes. Got feedback in about two weeks didn't pass somehow.
I recently interviewed for a role with Riot Games and was initially in direct contact with an internal recruiter. Unfortunately, after investing time in the process, I received a very generic rejection email — unsigned and without any personal touch — despite having had personal correspondence earlier. I also noticed that the role had been reposted a few days before my rejection, which gave the impression that a decision had already been made before notifying me. While I appreciate that not every candidate can be hired, I believe the candidate experience could be improved by providing more timely, transparent, and personalised communication. I would not apply here again.
Waste of time. So many interviews over several months. Auto reject after 3 months of interviews. The position stayed online for 9 months after I got rejected. Recruiter couldn't give me any more information after being my best buddy for months. Made it to the final round..
