Riot Games Product Manager Interview Questions
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I applied online for a TPM role. The recruiter reached out for a 30 min chat after the mid-year holidays, which went well. They said I passed the first round and scheduled a second interview for about an hour. After that, I got another email saying I passed and to schedule a third interview for the following week. I provided dates but didn't hear back for a while, so I followed up. They asked if I was available the next week, and I confirmed. Then, on Monday, I got an email saying the position was no longer available. It was pretty disappointing because I had cleared the first two rounds and was expecting to do the third interview, with a total of 5 or 6 interviews planned.

So I interviewed for a Technical Product Manager role, and it was pretty bad. The hiring manager was super bossy, which set a really weird vibe. They asked some tough, standard questions, like 2-3 questions crammed into one. The questions were so weird they had to be typed out in the chat. What was really noticeable was that the hiring manager didn't seem to care about me as a person at all. It felt more like an interrogation than an actual interview, with no real attempt to connect. When I asked about the team setup and if there was a scrum master, the answer was quick and kind of rude: 'You'll be the scrum master.' I also had questions about the hours. The response was short: I need you available in the evening for US time and, because we really value in-office work, you need to come to the office three days a week in Dublin time. This basically means a lot of overtime. It also felt like I'd be doing the job of a System Analyst, Scrum Master, Release Manager, and Product Manager all at once. Honestly, the whole interview left me with a bad feeling about Riot Games. The workload and the hiring manager's controlling attitude made it clear this wasn't the right fit for me, so I backed out.

It was a pretty long interview process that that dealt with craft knowledge in the earlier portion and culture fit for the larger later portion. I had: - a screening call with a recruiter - a call with the hiring manager - a call with another employee (not the same team) - four different calls with employees (2 craft, 2 values alignment) - a final call with the main manager The communication during the process was fine but I still had a lot of anxiety about the waiting. I never felt like the questions were particularly difficult, the hardest question was not even about craft for me but about my personal experience. You may struggle if you're not comfortable in terms of soft skills. The hardest part for me was really just wondering how I measured up against the actual values vs what I perceived in my research. Every person I spoke with was knowledgeable, enthusiastic and helpful with any questions I had. I never felt nervous and a lot of the craft stuff felt like a conversation.