Also : "they were hired into art positions from QA because they happened to chat with a senior in the cafeteria" Well, there is absolutely nothing wrong with that *if* they demonstrated all the required skills.
The recruiter approached me for the senior role after the rejection for the junior role and said I'd be a good fit for the senior position. I assumed that they were aware of my rejection for the entry level role. But it seems like they were clueless about it. I'm not sure what the recruiter made of what I answered since…
"I answered that I had applied and been rejected for the entry level character artist role but seeing as I was now being assessed for the senior character artist role which wasn't available at the time, maybe that is why I was rejected for the entry level role." Hello - to be perfectly honest, if you indeed told them that…
I wanted to share a recent experience that proves that hiring doesn't always come down to ones portfolio or profile and transparency in a company's standing and hiring process could be improved. Its a challenging time in the industry so even if there's interest it may not necessarily mean that the company is actually…
I think they see it as entry level by their metric. I'm not really sure why this is, but its flexible atleast in my experience. Like at EA, I was one of 5 people hired and we all have differences in required exp and portfolios and all of us were given the same art test, had interviews and were hired for base pay at…
Yes this was in 2024, Pandemic was a better time for hiring, I do hope there's more of a balance going forward. I can see more hiring in outsourcing companies, which is probably the way to go since its cost effective for AAA studios looking to have more lean production teams. And its true about feedback from studios being…