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From: "Dave Smethurst" <dave@ulthwe.freeserve.co.uk>
Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english
Subject: Re: interviews
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 23:48:57 +0100
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wicked nun wrote in message <3702f1c3.4789563@news.playstation.co.uk>...
>Hi,
> I'm going for an interview at a games company on friday and I

>was wondering about a few of points.

BTW seeing as though no one else seems to have said:
Good luck =)


> 1. has anyone here got a job through yaroze demos
Err .. no (I didn't have any ready)

> 2. what was the standard of those demos (be modest! :) )
N/A

> 3. did the interview scare the hell out of you.

Yes it did. Though having had an interview with them before I knew what
to expect ! I think the most nerve racking bit was the second interview I
had
to do. Generally the first one was to find out about me & my background with
programming etc the second one was a formal introduction to the company and
a tour of the offices, which at the time seemed pretty big and had some
interesting
projects on (they still do !!)

In hindsight I think you can't help but be scared of an interview like this,
especially
if it's what you want to do ! Generally all I can say is be yourself.

Mind you I can't believe it's been a year since I got a job with a games
company now !!
Plus the first title I worked on should be out soon *fingers crossed*


> 4. is working for a professional developer anything like doing
>    yaroze stuff.

> 5. what are the differences between the pro kit and the
>    yaroze.


These two can be answered together I think.
As george put it, yes they are similiar - though there is alot more
to the professional kit than the yaroze libs.
Yes, the professional dev kit is faster ...

Dave
p.s Gremlin btw !! - or should that be something else now ?