Gameplay Programmer applicants have rated the interview process at Ubisoft with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Gameplay Programmer roles take an average of 24 days to get hired, when considering 16 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Ubisoft overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Ubisoft as a Gameplay Programmer according to 16 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 27%
Phone interview: 24%
One on one interview: 12%
Presentation: 9%
Background check: 9%
Group panel interview: 9%
Personality test: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
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Review the code test before. Point out some places they think need improvement, and ask me how I can optimize them.
Given a scenario, ask me to design the structure that stores the data for the player.
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Given a scenario, ask me to design the structure that stores the data for the player.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Ubisoft (Quebec, QC) in Jun 2025
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General progamming questions and a small project to see capabilities. Diverse coding problems that could be solved with basic data structure knowledge. Different conversations regarding memory layout, memory usage efficiency, etc.
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Determine the time and space complexity of different algorythms.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Ubisoft (Chengdu, Sichuan)
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They will send you a test to do at first. After that, they interviewed me with team members and HR. During the interview, they ask some questions about coding, my project, and some question not related to code.
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There are 9 balls out of which one ball is heavy in weight and rest are of the same weight. In how many occurrences will you find the heavy ball