The Brutal Truth About Getting Hired at AAA Game Studios

Описание: You’re skilled. You’ve got the experience.
So why do AAA game studios keep ghosting your applications?

It’s not your portfolio.
It’s not your resume.
It’s not even your network.

It’s the hiring process itself. And if you don’t understand how it works from the inside, you’re flying blind.

In this video, I’ll walk you through the entire AAA hiring pipeline: from headcount approvals to the final sponsor round. So you can finally stop guessing and start landing interviews with confidence.

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Timestamps

00:00 – Why AAA hiring feels impossible
00:40 – The headcount politics no one tells you about
01:36 – Why hiring managers hesitate (and stall)
02:18 – The bloated job descriptions trap
03:00 – What the AAA interview gauntlet actually looks like
03:28 – The sponsor round: final gatekeeper or silent killer

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