Vicarious Visions Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process
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First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at Vicarious Visions.
Vicarious Visions
Software Engineer
Entry Average Positive experience Accept offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Take home Recruiter call Technical screen
Interview formats
Coding System Design Behavioral Technical
This was for an 8-month coop. I started with a PDF coding challenge that had some C++ questions, general math, and systems design. It was pretty fun and took me about 6 hours. After that, a recruiter gave me a quick call about the role and set me up to talk with 2 engineers. We talked a lot about my past experiences and personal projects. Expect a lot of technical questions about your projects, so be ready to go deep on what you've built. They also asked some pop-quiz questions on C++, memory management, and similar topics.
Confirmed questions4 questions
- What's the difference between passing by value and by reference?
- How would you implement value types and reference types in C++?
- What distinguishes passing by pointer from passing by reference?
Vicarious Visions
Gameplay Programmer
Entry Average Neutral experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Take home Phone screen
Interview formats
Technical Behavioral
I started with a programmer test that covered basic programming and logic. After that, I had a phone interview with two programmers that lasted about 40 minutes.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Can you describe your previous experience?
Vicarious Visions
Software Engineer
Mid Average Positive experience Accept offer 5 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Onsite Panel Background check Offer
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical Coding System Design Presentation
My interview process was quite long. It started with a 30-minute briefing about the studio and its values, where a leader talked about the company's culture and goals. Then, I had a 1-hour session with a tech designer and a Software Engineer (SE). They asked me about my resume, with the designer focusing on situational questions, like how I'd approach designing a combat system or improving a scripting system, and how I'd help if a script wasn't working. The SE also asked some resume-based technical questions. Next was a 1.5-hour lunch interview with a Senior SE, an SE, and a QA Lead, which was more about getting to know me personally and my interests. Following that, I had a 1-hour meeting with an Engineering Specialist and an SE. This part was more architecture-focused, digging into my resume and asking how I'd build past systems today and how I've grown. They also asked about my mentoring experience and some C++ concepts like virtual functions and pointers vs. references, and gave me one coding problem to reverse a linked list. The final round was 1 hour with 2 Senior Engineers. This was intense as they had a lot of experience. They reviewed my resume closely, and complimented my website and YouTube videos. They were interested in mid-to-low-level details from my past AAA studio work. They gave me printed code and asked for optimizations, similar to a coding test problem. It was an exhausting but enjoyable process.
Confirmed questions0 questions
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Vicarious Visions Software Engineer Interview Questions
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“What distinguishes passing by pointer from passing by reference?”
Read reports →“What is the meaning of the keywords static, volatile, and extern in C++?”
Read reports →“What's the difference between passing by value and by reference?”
Read reports →“Could you write a program that takes in chess moves and determines if the move is valid for a specific chess piece?”
Read reports →“What is the significance of dynamic memory allocation?”
Read report →“How would you implement value types and reference types in C++?”
Read report →“Tell me about the specifics of your resume and projects.”
Read report →“Can you describe your previous experience?”
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