Blind Squirrel Games Interview Questions
& Process

I got a call to set up an interview, and then had a Zoom interview. They asked about my experience with TestRail, but it felt like the interviewer wasn't really listening to my answers. I had scheduled the interview pretty far in advance, and I got the impression they'd already hired someone and were just being polite by not canceling, which was the vibe I got. They barely asked me any questions and within the first 5 minutes, they asked if I had any questions for them.

So the first step was a chat with the creative director. He wanted me to walk him through my work history, like where I've worked and what I did. Then we dove into how I come up with and build levels, and he asked some general design stuff, like which game genres are the trickiest for level design. He also asked about games with great level design and how I'd tweak those designs. It was a pretty chill conversation, all in all.

Typically an interview process for a senior level position. Talking with other art staff was positive and their questions and answers were honest and forthcoming. When talking to some of the production staff and upper management, it was clear their approach to game development was very different from the artists that help create content. At the end of the process I was offered the position at a very fair price, but when looking at their contract and wanting to have more dialogue about their over time policy, I was then ghosted about a week afterwards.

I had a phone interview with BSG. It was one of the worst and most unprofessional interviews I've ever had. It was a 30-min phone interview with the senior producer. The interviewer didn't try to build any rapport and asked closed yes-no questions. He told me he wasn't looking for someone creative but someone to keep the gears turning. I tried to give thoughtful responses and had questions ready based on my research. With only 2 minutes left, he told me he had a hard stop and to make my questions quick.