Job training at Riot Games Inc.

RedDownSyndrom·Apr 6, 2017·3 votes·1,716 views

Hey there,

i just finished my school and thought "Better do something you love or loose at life." So here i am. But instead of just going into work at Riot Games, i would like to get a proper job training etc. The positions i saw at the riotgames.com website in the career tab all seemed to be aimed at already trained/atleast mildly experienced people.

So, i wanted to ask if there is any way for me to get an actual job training in Germany, or are you guys only hiring trained people?

I would be really happy about an official answer,

Good luck in the rift, Pascal Strauß (That means ostrich in german, i also run like one, might come into handy!)

4 Comments

RiotRiotSomeOtherGuyApr 6, 20173 votes

It kind of depends, what sort of work are you interested in? Software engineering? Game design? Playtesting? QA? Art? In general, experienced applicants are a higher priority. However, for most job types, you can do a lot of self-education and build up a portfolio of projects to use when applying. For example, if you're interested in software engineering, you can build personal projects to put up on Github.

We do have some entry level positions sometimes (for example some of the engineers I've worked with came here as their first job after finishing college) but as for training you're kind of expected to self-train and learn by doing. Your coworkers will teach you, but it's not quite like being in school and going to classes.

RiotRiot YuujouApr 11, 20173 votes

To piggy back off of this comment, our open jobs are listed because we want people who will level up our company / organization. We definitely have entry level jobs across a multitude of disciplines, but we expect our applicants to have some kind of knowledge or craft expertise to benefit us. There is on the job training at Riot, but it's more about teaching new hires about the nuance of working at Riot, rather than teaching them their base skills. Taking engineering as an example, we don't teach new hires how to code/program from scratch. We will however teach them how to code/program at Riot which is very different than coding at a past job. There are also guest speakers and world class peers to help you elevate your programming, but the underlying assumption is that you can do it to begin with.

Hope that helps!

Starcraft243verApr 6, 20171 votes

You should ask this directly to a rioter

RedDownSyndromApr 6, 20171 votes

Yeah, i asked in the Help and Support section first. There a rioter asked me to try my luck here. Sadly, on the website there is no direct contact adress for this purpose :/