Riot Games Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process

The interview process begins with a screening by the Riot Games recruiter, and then a series of 2 interviews, one personality screening with the team's producer and a second technical interview with a programmer on the team. The technical interview is preceded by a programming test which was a fairly simple task, and in the technical interview we discussed various topics relevant to Riot Games products at a high level. After the initial test and set of 2 interviews, I was invited to an additional panel of 5 interviews, with a subsequent programming assignment of higher complexity. In this second set of panel interviews, there were 2 technical interviews which were very friendly, low-stress and positive. There were also 3 personality-focused interviews, with the interviewer reading from a series of pre-prepared questions and then having me answer them.

It was a pretty long process with 2 interviews. The first was more personal, and the second was technical. They were really nice and asked a lot of questions to get to know me, and they wanted to know about my career goals and how I'd fit into the company.

The interview process is quite extensive, but each individual interview stage felt reasonable. Before the final interviews, there's a values interview, a short take-home assignment, a technical interview focusing on the take-home, and a communications interview. The final round consists of two technical interviews and another values interview. The recruiter was very helpful, indicating general areas to focus on for each stage. Riot places a higher emphasis on values and soft skills compared to other companies I've interviewed with, which is a plus, but it's crucial to have concrete examples from your work experiences ready for the soft skills interviews.