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I have heard that for a different college, they asked ping pong game program. For my machine test, I got the following question. Using C/C++, draw a simple solar system. The solar system should have a sun at the middle, earth rotating around the sun and a moon rotating around the earth continuously. [Draw Earth, sun and moon as circle] After completing this program, I was asked to make the following modifications to the program stage by stage. [They were checking the code readability and ease of modification] 1) Make earth & moon rotate faster 2) Make moon rotate in opposite direction 3) Draw random stars [one pixel/circle/...] on the screen [Don't draw star inside a planet] 4) Make the stars move from right to left continuously and at no point of planetary rotation should a star appear inside earth/sun/moon Technical interview > Mostly c++ questions, study namespace concept, virtual functions and virtual base classes,... 1) you have a global varible abc & another abc in your function, can you access global abc? if you can; how ? 2) questions about virtual functions [indirectly] 3) What does var<<1 & var<<2 do to var? [expected answer : multiplication by pow of 2] 4) What does var>>3 do to var ?
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Game Programmer

Interviewed at Ruby Seven Studios

3.9
Jun 5, 2016

I have heard that for a different college, they asked ping pong game program. For my machine test, I got the following question. Using C/C++, draw a simple solar system. The solar system should have a sun at the middle, earth rotating around the sun and a moon rotating around the earth continuously. [Draw Earth, sun and moon as circle] After completing this program, I was asked to make the following modifications to the program stage by stage. [They were checking the code readability and ease of modification] 1) Make earth & moon rotate faster 2) Make moon rotate in opposite direction 3) Draw random stars [one pixel/circle/...] on the screen [Don't draw star inside a planet] 4) Make the stars move from right to left continuously and at no point of planetary rotation should a star appear inside earth/sun/moon Technical interview > Mostly c++ questions, study namespace concept, virtual functions and virtual base classes,... 1) you have a global varible abc & another abc in your function, can you access global abc? if you can; how ? 2) questions about virtual functions [indirectly] 3) What does var<<1 & var<<2 do to var? [expected answer : multiplication by pow of 2] 4) What does var>>3 do to var ?

1. Why do you want to work here? (This question implicitly includes, "Why do you want to leave where you are?" if you're currently employed.) This question is an open opportunity to show you've done some research on the company where you're interviewing. All companies and interviewers are flattered when the interviewee knows who they are, knows what games they make, and wants to be a part of their experience. Do your homework and put on a good show! Don't say things like, "I need a job," or "I need to move to Sacramento." Instead, pick a few things that are germane to the company in question. The more specific your reasons are tied to the company, the better. "I want to work on FPS shooters" isn't as good an answer as "I want to work on Game Franchise X because I played the first two games and still see potential for future growth of the product." It's sycophantic, yes, but interviewers are as prone to flattery as anyone else -- although don't give that as your only reason.

2D Game Artist

Interviewed at 1touchsolutions

4
Dec 4, 2016

1. Why do you want to work here? (This question implicitly includes, "Why do you want to leave where you are?" if you're currently employed.) This question is an open opportunity to show you've done some research on the company where you're interviewing. All companies and interviewers are flattered when the interviewee knows who they are, knows what games they make, and wants to be a part of their experience. Do your homework and put on a good show! Don't say things like, "I need a job," or "I need to move to Sacramento." Instead, pick a few things that are germane to the company in question. The more specific your reasons are tied to the company, the better. "I want to work on FPS shooters" isn't as good an answer as "I want to work on Game Franchise X because I played the first two games and still see potential for future growth of the product." It's sycophantic, yes, but interviewers are as prone to flattery as anyone else -- although don't give that as your only reason.

in hr round 3 types of question 1 maths mostly question on average and percentage 2 aptitude 3 6 programs you can write in any language 1. wap to check string is palindrome or not 2 wap to check given number is power of 2 or not 3 wap to calculate sum of hundred number 4 wap to find repeated character in string and print in sort. like agafbbcdee o/p abe 5 find the smallest element in unsorted array one more question i am not remember
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Game Developer Fresher

Interviewed at CreatioSoft

3.9
Feb 7, 2017

in hr round 3 types of question 1 maths mostly question on average and percentage 2 aptitude 3 6 programs you can write in any language 1. wap to check string is palindrome or not 2 wap to check given number is power of 2 or not 3 wap to calculate sum of hundred number 4 wap to find repeated character in string and print in sort. like agafbbcdee o/p abe 5 find the smallest element in unsorted array one more question i am not remember

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