I applied through an employee referral. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Playfish (Beijing, Beijing) in Apr 2012
Interview
first you are asked a series of questions related to data structures and common algorithms like A*, rendering methods, some brain teasers, if everything goes well at this stage, you will be asked to implement the game "Asteroid" off site in a week, then you should send them your code and they will review it, then they will decide if they want to give you an offer or not.
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Playfish (London, England) in Jan 2011
Interview
I travelled to London and had a friendly interview. Questions were easy, they asked my understanding of Object oriented programming.
First they asked funny questions. They also showed the office. After the interview when I got back home, they asked me to do a small game demo. To show my programming skills.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is your favourite football team?
What games do you play?
Do you want to interfere others peoples work?
