Eat Sleep Play interview questions

I heard through my network grapevine that Eat Sleep Play (ESP) was looking for a game designer to join their team. The application was informal, basically emailing the head of HR. After about a week, I followed up with ESP via email and they responded very quickly. After my follow up email on Monday, I was contacted by ESP Tuesday morning and asked to come in for an interview Thursday. The Interview took about two hours. I met with eight of the current employees, including the CEO and the Operation Manager. Te interview went very well. Considering that they are a smaller studio, they are always looking for people who can wear multiple hats. My background in game development ranges from IT to design and everything in between. As I said before, I interviewed with eight of ESP's current employees. They all grilled me on topics in each of their departments. Questions concerning art, tech, design, IT, Audio...etc. All of the employees were very professional even though the interview was casual. (NO SUITS!!!) After my interview, that I felt went very well, I was told that the studio would follow up with me in the next day or so. It took about four hours. I got a call the afternoon, right after my interview, with a job offer. I took it.

The interview was very brief. They did not seem as concerned about personality as they were regarding skills and experience. The main concern they had was if a candidate actually wanted to live in their city.... inferring that it had been a "major roadblock" in the past. The interviewees didn't seem to have a very high perspective of the business, its direction etc.