Interview part 2

For this interview we were asked to go away and prepare for this interview unlike the last time. I chose to apply for a job at Stainless games as an environment artist as this was an actual job advertised at the time by that company. this is what the job advertised.

Environment Artist

We’re looking to recruit a number of experienced artists with a wide range of skills at our studio on the South Coast of England to work on high-profile projects. We offer excellent conditions and a competitive package in a fun working environment.

As an artist at Stainless you will be working with a creative agile team to deliver high quality art assets in collaboration with designers and programmers. Successful candidates will be passionate about making the best games and making them look damn fine at the same time!

Essential Requirements:

• Passion for creating art for games
• Good sense of scale, composition and staging
• Professional attitude and work ethic
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• A desire to learn
• Self-motivated and organised

We require artists with experience including:

• 3D environment creation
• Racetrack / Level Design

The following are desirable but not essential…

• Experience working on games as an artist at any level
• Keen eye for detail and art style
• Strong traditional art skills
• Understanding of open world / driving games
• Formal qualifications in related fields
• Knowledge of additional software and plugins

If you’re interested and also brilliant, please email your CV tojobs@stainlessgames.com – and we’ll also be happy to answer any questions.

I then took the time to go and write out some short answers relating to some of the things stated in the job advertisement. 

Passion for creating games 

I love playing games, my love for playing games drives towards my love to want to create great awesome looking games, I don't necessarily have the experience to go along with myself but I hope that my passion to get into the games industry will lead towards me getting some amazing skills and experience

Good sense of scale 

I've work on different group projects while I was at derby university, we had to work to set scales and had to position our game level for key parts of gameplay and to make it work, look and play well. I worked well in the team and we finished by creating good looking games that were fun to play and also looked really nice at the same time.

desire to learn

 I want to join the industry because of my love for games and my want to create them, but also it would be a massive learning opportunity for me to get into the company and work with people that have worked on many games. this would help me develop my skills and help me get better at creating games.

in the teams I was in for group work we created environments for one of the games and another game we created a racing game. so I have experience creating environments in a game and creating assets for a racing game. 

When i had the interview this week it was a lot easier to answer the questions about the company that i had looked at because i had done some background research into them. also the questions that weren't related to the company were easier to answer because i had more time to think about what i could say this time. overall i think this helped me a lot again like the first time in preparation for a job interview.