Game Technical Designer Interview Questions

Sep 26, 2021

Rockstar Games

Technical Designer Interview

Anonymous Interview Candidate

Application

I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Rockstar Games

Interview

All designers are expected to be programmers as well. After a few phone calls, I had to take a programming test. You can choose a language for it. Received some immediate feedback on the test but never received feedback overall after being rejected.

Interview Questions

Programming test with various prompts--3 coding prompts and 2 design prompts.

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Sep 19, 2020

Rockstar Games

Technical Designer Interview

Anonymous Interview Candidate

Application

I interviewed at Rockstar Games

Interview

Video interview to record answers. Then there was a phone Interview. Then you take a Design test that has a technical portion. Technical Interview. Thats as far as I got.

Interview Questions

What kind of work I wanted to do there.

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Aug 2, 2020

Rockstar Games

Technical Designer Interview

Anonymous Interview Candidate

Application

I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Rockstar Games in May 2020

Interview

Reached out to me after a student game showcase. Got through the phone screening and took a test. Overall, from when I first heard from a recruiter, took about 3-4 weeks. The recruiter was nice, but they don't seem to double-check information too closely as some of my information was incorrect when they had reached out to me. Didn't ask about why they didn't move forward with me, so I don't know if they give that feedback.

Interview Questions

Had to sign an NDA, but the programming test is completed in your own time. They use a program that lets you chose from a couple of different languages to complete it and gives you a score right away, though not all questions are able to be evaluated immediately.

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Sep 1, 2016

Rockstar Games

Technical Designer Interview

Anonymous Interview Candidate in New York, NY

Application

I applied online. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Rockstar Games (New York, NY)

Interview

Phase 1: After around a month, Rockstar contacted me and asked me when I'd be able to take a week long test. This test featured level design, narrative design, and programming questions. Phase 2: Another month after that, they will contact you and inform you to the results of that portion. If you got a phone interview, this is when you'll find out. This one is primarily focused on background information and your own analysis of other titles. Phase 3: Another month after that, they will contact you and inform you to the results of that portion. If you did well in phase 2, they will fly you out for an in-person interview in phase 3.

Interview Questions

What is your favorite game, and how would you make it better?

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Jun 26, 2014

Rockstar Games

Technical Designer Interview

Anonymous Interview Candidate

Application

I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Rockstar Games

Interview

Pretty standard. Kicked them a resume, got a design test, then a phone interview. The phone interview was relatively quick, just running down the resume and making sure I wasn't a complete fraud essentially. After that was an on-site interview, which had a design and a tech section on a whiteboard. Also pretty standard. The whole thing lasted maybe three hours.

Interview Questions

All the technical stuff was psuedocode, and most of the problems were gameplay related, programming interactions that pretty directly impacted gameplay.

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