Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "Steven Lewis" Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Getting a job Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1999 19:19:36 -0000 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 42 Message-ID: <81k1v9$gal3@chuka.playstation.co.uk> References: <813bnb$2ce2@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <38370e5f.14870272@www.netyaroze-europe.com> <81788l$d422@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <3837ef59.820808@www.netyaroze-europe.com> <383B111F.89B050D6@bigfoot.com> <81hgde$cs01@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <383D1DC8.D3C1B2B9@dcs.gla.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: p90s07a03.client.global.net.uk X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 Congratulations on getting a job with Codemasters. I hope it works out for you. By the way, what were the written tests like? Thanks Steven David T Johnston wrote in message news:383D1DC8.D3C1B2B9@dcs.gla.ac.uk... > > > I've got my 2nd interview tomorrow since finishing Uni end of > > > September. I'm getting more and more pissed off with the "thanks but no > > > thanks, we want some-one with experience" letters I'm getting :( Maybe > > > I'm jsut sending my demo disc to the wrong companies or your timing is > > > better than mine ;) > > > > Good luck with the interview! What kind of things are you getting asked in > > a 'games job' interview. Is it *really* informal chatting about games with > > people in jeans, as some developers claim, or are they pretty much standard > > suit-tie 'what can you bring to this company?' type affairs? I suppose > > this depends on the company too though... > > I had an interview at Codemasters recently and that's exactly what it was like > (the people in jeans option). The main part of it was the written tests, I > think > the interview was just to make sure I wasn't a complete tosser. > > I got the job BTW :) > > David Johnston >