was very good, easy, fun and enjoyable. I liked the people and the boss was very friendly.
offered me options for working at home, with remote days as well as needed
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
what was expectation of a job in a fast paced workplace?
I applied through other source. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Babaroga (Chicago, IL) in May 2016
Interview
this was like 2 years ago.
emailed them asking if they had any internships or entry level art positions. 2 days later i was told to come in the next day at 3pm, and to let them know if i could make it. i emailed them later in the day saying yes.
so i go in and tell this guy i am looking for andreja ( the person that emailed me, i guess he's also the ceo). he said he left and gave me a b.s. excuse. this person then tells me to go into a room. It really wasnt an interview, but he asks me questions about my art, software, etc. we talk for like 10 minutes and then i leave.
never heard anything from them ever again. but looking at the reviews, it seems like i dodged a bullet.
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Babaroga
Interview
I emailed the company asking if there were any open quality assurance or entry-level art positions. A few days later, I received an email telling me to stop by their office (extremely informal email with little information). I thought this was very strange and even a little creepy, but decided to go anyway.
The interview itself was very informal. It was with the owner, a programmer, and an artist. Note, at this point, I still had not been told what position I was being interviewed for. The owner asked if I wanted anything to drink. I refused and he left to go get something for himself. While he was gone, I spoke with the other interviewers a bit and discovered the interview was for a quality assurance position. When the owner returned, he asked what I knew about Babaroga. Having done research on the company beforehand, I was able to give him different details I remembered about the company. He seemed amused by the effort I had put into preparing, but I'm not sure if he was impressed or being mocking with his follow up questions asking what else I knew about the company.
Most of the questions were pretty easy and straight-forward, wanting to know what kind of experience I had or what types of projects I had worked on in school. I left feeling fairly confident I had the position.
I received an email in the next couple of days giving me their offer and asking for my availability (I had a few weeks of school remaining before graduation). There was no pay negotiation and I accepted the offer. The emails were still quite bare of information and very informal, so there was some back-and-forth in order to get all the basic information I needed (such as what day to start, when I should plan to arrive, etc.).
Overall, it was a very strange interview/hiring experience and should have given me a clue about what working for the company would hold.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why apply to a company that makes mobile games instead of one that makes games for consoles?