Rockstar Games Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

Negative

San Diego, CAPosted Mar 2015 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My first step was an email questionnaire with technical programming questions.

The early ones were easier—things that felt like they’d come from standard college-level material—but the set got tougher as it went on.

After that, I had a phone interview where they explained a bit about how the company was structured and then asked more basic programming questions. I felt like they were trying to verify fundamentals and how I thought through things rather than testing me with obscure trivia.

Then came an onsite round. They were willing to fly me, but since I was nearby I drove in instead. After a quick tour of the offices, several different teams rotated interviewing me,

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