Once you do all the dirty work to get a job interview in the video game industry you’ll eventually meet up for an interview. Now this job could be as a video game tester, an alpha game tester, a graphic designer, or a video game programmer. Anyway, you’ll have to do an interview for your job and I think I should warn you about the danger that exists if you use the wrong words during this interview crucial time period.

For instance one of the worst words you can use in the midst of any negotiation time is “I want” or “I wanted this…. or that…” The Bottom line is that your video game job interviewer doesn’t really give a damn about what you want. At the time of your job inteview you are not even an employee of theirs and they don’t owe you anything. If you come across as a “wanter” who just expects others to take care of him and give things to him instead of him being the one that will provide a valuable service, then they will pretty much flip a switch in their head and they will say “Thanks for coming, we’ll call YOU” But then they probably won’t call you.

The Next Words You Shouldn’t Say In the Video Games Job Interview

So once, they kind of like you as a possible job candidate, you may have to negotiate some of the things in your job like, uh, SALARY, or dumb stuff like that that nobody cares about. But assuming you do care about your video game job salary, if they come up with a figure that you think is kind of low DON’T say ” I expected a lot more” or “You gotta be kidding me”. Both are job interview killers. By saying “I expected” you are putting yourself above them and making it seem as though you have certain expectations that they must measure up to. They will think you put yourself on a pedestal. But remember that you are trying out for a job, you’re not an employee yet, and you shouldn’t disrespect the offer they made you.

But don’t get me wrong. I’m not telling you to behave like a whipped puppy with his tail between his legs.

The Appropriate Words For The Video Game Job Interview (Preparation)

In the negotiation session, if there is something were you must negotiate, and they present you with an offer you believe is a bit too low, the right thing to say is “I was hoping for this figure…..” or “lets see what we can do”. By using these phrases you acknowledge you place as a possible employee and declare that your higher salary is a “hope” which is what it is (not an order or an expectation) so they don’t feel threatened or disrespected by you telling them their offer *sucks*.

Also, By using words such as “lets see what we can do” you are refering to one another as members of a team, and that’s what you want to be. You want to cooperate and be on the same side. This way you are not in an adversarial or tight spot where conflicts can erupt. You are now equipped with some better weapons to face your video game job interview, Visit Success With Video Game Tester Jobs

Insider’s Article: Beta Game Tester Nightmare

In any field, whether it be game testing, the entertainment industry, or any other field, when you get interviewed for a job it probably is going to cause you a little sweat. Unless ofcourse you’re not that excited about getting the job, like if you’re a insurance salesman or somthing awful like that (no offense if you sell insurance, I would just die on that job- and then the insurance money would get cashed in probably).

Anyway, the interviewer is always going to try to overpower you with questions and this sense of how you are totally helpless to his wrath because you are the one going for the job interview. But the truth is that you DO have some power.

You don’t have to act like a whipped puppy in front of its master who spanked it for being bad. If you meet at the person’s office or place of work, you might come across this interviewer with a desk in front of him. The trick here is to not become putty and intimidated because he has a desk and you dont. In fact what you do is TAKE HIS DESK.

Now, I’m not talking about physically taking his desk and lifting it with your super strength. But you definitely have to do something to avoide being a spine less wimp. So what you do is you scoot up onto the desk he has, and now you both have a desk because you share it, its no longer an intimidating environment.

The Where Do you See Yourself in 5 Years Interview Question- Your Response

Its not that interviewers like to F*** with you (well some of them do) but they will ask you questions like the above: Where Do you see yourself in 5 years?

Now this is a trick question because if you tell them something cocky or over ambitious they probably will cross you off the list. And if you tell them that you see yourself in the same entry level position as you are coming, then they’re going to think you’re challenging their intelligence or just plain sucking up to them.

*1* What you really want to say and make clear is that in a few years you see yourself realistically in a higher position, and you will talk about how you will do a great job and work really hard to raise in the ranks.

So you don’t just tell him that you will become his boss or anything stupid like that or he’ll probably kick you out. And you definitely don’t want to say you have no ambition whatsoever and that you don’t plan on moving up.

There you go, some solid advice for some hardcore questions that without this warning you may have messed up really bad. I hope this helped.

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