35Video Game DeveloperInterview Questions
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What challenges are you looking for in a position?
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Tell me about a video game you have recently played, and what you believe could have made it better?
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- "Planetside 2, more complex weapons and smother combat."
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What was the last video game you played start to finish?
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What game would you make if money were no object?
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Have you developed or worked on any type of gaming before?
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How well would you rate you know C++?
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When was the last time you had to meet a tough deadline?
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What will you bring to the team?
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- "I will bring a large amount of support to the team, I endeavour to make sure my team reaches the goal they so desperately need. I feel that adding me to the team will bring our performance up a notch."
- "I am hardworking, sincere, polite person with good programming skills. I am patient and hence can bear any hard time with an ease."
- "Everyhing im like the best player in the world."
- "I will brink good information about what games that lids would like to play and hardwork."
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When have you worked an extensive amount of time at once? Tell me about it.
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Video Game developing can be a tiring process, how will you refrain from burning out?
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- "I would probably try to have a good nights sleep the night before and make sure I had breakfast before coming to work."
- "When I start burning out, every hour, y'know, I will get off the couch or chair, and go exercise!"
- "I dont feel that . As I am very much intrested in gaming I will be happy if it takes long time."
- "I really love programing but if I got tired I would take a break and think what I should do next."
- "One way to not get burned out is not being a one man army, you need at least two people to motivate each other."
- "One way to not get burned out is not being a one man army, you need at least two people to motivate each other."
- "I like to think that I am a sort of quality assurance assistant. Know that I am helping to make the game better for everyone would keep me motivated."
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How creative are you?
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- "I think I am decently creative, I can do many things other people can't and that is what makes me special and creative."
- "I'm really good at making stuff and I have a really good imagination."
- "I would say that I am very creative in areas that I am good at producing materials for, and would be more than happy to learn about areas I am not so good at and be more creative in them."
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What's the best game of all time and why?
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- "Minecraft, because there is so much you can do and it is perfect for all ages. Ex: if you like fighting you can play survival and if you just like toi simply build you could play on creative."
- "In my opinion, the best game of all time is Minecraft, because of the endless possibilities. You can build, fight, survive, socialize. Minecraft, from building a little hut to building a giant castle."
- "Mario.... As it was my first game that I had enjoyed in my childhood with my friends."
- "Mario, because that's where all good games originated from."
- "My best game I ever played would be assassin's creed."
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Our atmosphere is really casual, but we expect long hours of work, are you okay with this?
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Give me an example of the most challenging algorithm you've created?
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- "I don't create algorithms, I solve them."
- "I had created a sudoku algorithm that works with probablities of losing."
- "I had created a sudoku algorithm that works with probablities of losing."
- "It would be an open world video game and it has to be mmorpgs. I live actions fantacy and others."
- "I have never created an algorithm to my knowledge."
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How do you feel about overtime?
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Say you are creating a game of tic tac toe, how would you create an algorithm to implement a computer's artificial intelligence for the game?
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Give me a quick algorithm on how you can shuffle a deck of cards?
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Tell me about a bug you've found in a game you recently played?
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Which programming language are you most fluent in?
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What do you test for given that there isn't enough time to test everything you want to?
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Name a language which you aren't that adverse in. What steps are you taking to learn about this language?
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How would you make the games you are playing better?
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Name one thing that may make me regret hiring you?
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How do you extend your knowledge of programming on your own time?
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What was the easiest algorithm you have created?
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What do you know about sales?
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What changes to current video games, do you think needs made?
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- "I would change almost everything in the game line it should be a tower that you have to reach to the top and it had to have levels."
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What is your favorite video game of all-time, and why?
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- "Jedi Outcast, one of the first games I really got into."
- "It would be assassin's creed because it's an open world and you can do what ever you want in there."
- "Halo series."
- "League of legendsBEST GAME EVER!!!!!"
- "Nuff said ^"
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What video games do you enjoy playing the most?
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- "Pirate101, wizard101, Gta, and black op."
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How far do you see yourself climbing, in the video game industry?
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- "I feel like im just going to stay at the bottom and leach of of others income."
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Tell me about a time, when you needed to see the project as a whole, to complete the problem you were on?
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- "If you mean how long it would take me to finish a project it would be about a week or sooner."
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What applicable attributes do you have?
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What is the most extensive program you have written?
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Tell me about the most challenging programming problem you have done? How did you figure out a solution?
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How well do you work in teams?