Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: Al Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Getting a job Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1999 10:21:56 +0000 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 103 Message-ID: <383D0DC4.DFF5BFFD@bigfoot.com> 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> Reply-To: admars32@bigfoot.com NNTP-Posting-Host: modem-215-185.vip.uk.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en Hi, thanks for the good luck messages guys. Interview 1 was v informal, teh MD showed me round teh offcie whilewe chatted about what they were working on what games I liked, didn't liek, what programming I had done, I got introduced to various artists and programmers. That somehow lasted 2hrs. It was quite enjoyable actually cos it was pretty much just like an informal chat but got to see up and coming Dreamcast stuff :) Sorry signed non-disclosure agreement :) Actually the only bad bit was when he asked about my maths experience and I told him that I had studied all that stuff, and he then asked me to explain cross product and dot product and when/why you used them. I think he found it funny when i said "errrr I remember learning this for my exams, and I can see the page of Foley Van Dam now, errr... one you add those things and multipy them and get a matrix, and the other you do that that that to get one number, errr but I can't remember which is which"!!! I heard from the agency that got me that interview that they were interessted in me, but gave me an assignment to do. I get the impression that when/if(?) I've finished it, and I do a good job, I get the job. interview 2 (yesterday) didn't go so well :( They asked the usual what games do you like and why. What don't you like and why blah blah. Then they started asking me more techy questions. Easy ones were what's antialiasing, what's alphablending, but then there was som ereally specific name differences between this in C and in C++, when would you do this, why wouldn't you do this. I had to tell them i wasn't sure 'cos I learned C++ on my degree at Essex but used C for Yaroze and OpenGL so i needed to brush up on my inheritence and all that stuff. I decided honesty was the best policy rather than trying to bluff my way through it :) They then gave me a written test which was questions like. this function should print a but prints y, why is it doing that and how would you fix it. Again it was all to do with constyructors, destructors C++ type things I've forgotton :( And yes they are informal clothes wise etc. before the first interview I was told to phone the company up and ask what i should wear/bring. So I phoned them up, and the secretay said, right i'll just put you through to the MD. So I was a bit shocked, but he was cool and friendly and without me asking he said that they were an informal company, suits were banned in the offices so I should not wear one. For my interview yesterday I asked when arranging the interview if I should wear suit and tie, and I was told "you can if you want but you'll probably be interview by ppl wearing t-shirt and jeans" :) I've opted for the "smart-casual" look. i.e. Black black jeans, plus smart denim shirt untucked, hair tyed back nicely and I take out my nose ring. I guessed that way it looks liek I've met a bit of an effort without going overboard. neither have been scary :) they are informal first name basis shake hands and chat type affairs luckily! The other good thing about them has been rather than saying "you will be interviewed at this time" they've both asked "where are you coming from, what sort of time will you get here." interview one even told me to phone them back when I knew what time the train would arrive so teh secretary could pick me up, which was nice of them I thought :) Does anyone know anything about Etchinghill Studios, Kent? they've advertised teh last few months in the Edge for programmers and srtists but I can't find out what they are/have worked on :( Cheers Al Matt Verran wrote: > > > 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... > > > p.s. another mate of mine who works for a company linked with Nintendo > > thinks Jet Force Gemini is really shit! > > Nintendo's bin man? Or Parhaps the bloke who delivers their sandwiches? > > Cheers > Matt >From what I gather he'd rather be doing that than what he does at the mo for the big N :) -- http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/3657/ music 'n' computers 'n' piercing 'n' stuff