Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Activision Blizzard with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 20% positive. To compare, the company-average is 54.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 16 days to get hired, when considering 10 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Activision Blizzard overall takes an average of 29 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Activision Blizzard as a Software Engineer according to 10 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 22%
Skills test: 22%
Phone interview: 22%
One on one interview: 17%
Background check: 11%
Personality test: 6%
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Activision Blizzard (Los Angeles, CA) in Apr 2021
Interview
They give you a take home assignment and then review it with you. They also add technical and syntax questions during the interview, although the interviewer may not always be clear with what they are looking for with their question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a game with a few rooms, each having a few doors and follow a path and count number of rooms you went through.
Had a screening with manager discussing my experience and fit, than I was sent a technical test on HackerRank, with tests written by Blizzard development. After than than technical interview with the whole dev team, plus interview with product manager and director
I applied online. I interviewed at Activision Blizzard
Interview
Began with a recruiter screening, followed by a technical coding interview. Final rounds consisted of several virtual interviews covering system design, debugging strategies, collaboration, and discussions surrounding previous engineering projects and technical experience.
I interviewed at Activision Blizzard (Los Angeles, CA)
Interview
including an initial HR screening, a technical interview with coding challenges, and a system design discussion. The interviewers were professional and courteous but didn’t provide much feedback or guidance during the process, which left some ambiguity.