Game Dev Job Interview Tips from EA’s Sarah Spiers

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The CG Spectrum Podcast

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CG Spectrum's career-focused podcast features conversations with senior-level creatives and emerging talent in film and games. The CG Spectrum podcast is hosted by Maxine Schnepf, CG Spectrum’s Career Development Manager. Learn about different jobs, what it’s like to work at some of the biggest studios, go behind the scenes on your favorite films and games, and get career advice from the experts! We're dropping new episodes every other Wednesday. Subscribe now to get new episodes delivered straight to you.

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Game Dev Job Interview Tips from EA’s Sarah Spiers

The CG Spectrum Podcast

48 minutes 7 seconds

3 years ago

Game Dev Job Interview Tips from EA’s Sarah Spiers

Find Sarah Spiers at https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahspiers/

Learn Game Development: https://www.cgspectrum.com/game-development

Maxine chats with Forbes 30 Under 30 in Games, Sarah Spiers, the Interim Executive Director of the IGDA Foundation, and Development Director at EA Games. Sarah details her strategy for breaking into the games industry, including how to create a great portfolio, networking, and the value of mentors. Plus, she and Maxine share crucial practical tips for crafting your resume (including one common mistake that could be costing you interviews!), the only three stories you need to prepare for a job interview, and how job recruiting *really* works.

Sarah currently works as the Development Director for EA Maxis, and serves as the Interim Executive Director of the IGDA Foundation. Her most recent producer role was overseeing feature development for Krafton's PU: Battlegrounds. She has helped clients such as Apple, Scholastic, NBC/Universal, and PBS bring their IP to games.

🔗 Episode notes: https://www.cgspectrum.com/podcast/magic-the-gathering-art-eric-wilkerson-ovidio-cartagena

00:00 Intro

01:15 How Sarah got started at the IGDA Foundation

04:10 Moving up to her role as a producer at PubG

08:12 Sarah’s advocacy for mental health in the workplace, the importance of sick days

13:27 Sarah’s long-term plan for breaking into the games industry and how it worked out: including portfolio, networking, and mentors

18:10 Crucial practical tips for creating your resume to get hired

26:04 More tips for aspiring game developers to break into the industry, prepare for job interviews

31:00 Sarah’s tips and answers to common job interview questions

33:23 Stop deciding that you’re not good enough for the job before you’ve even applied

35:26 The “Pony List”: how job applications and recruiting systems work

42:35 Self-advocating as a career tool and how Sarah got on the Forbes 30 under 30 list

46:38 Where to find Sarah

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Sarah:

📍 https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahspiers/

📍 https://twitter.com/sspiers_k

📍 https://igdafoundation.org/

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