Good luck Arttu :D

[Pampers]

a guy i know got word from remedy several months after he sent in his application so don't rule them out just yet

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a guy i know got word from remedy several months after he sent in his application so don't rule them out just yet

Yeah, I was one of them as well! eh eh...

[Hourences]

in #unrealed on quakenet, nickname Piriste, you can tell him I refered you to him. He works as LD for Recoil.

[kleinluka]

that's kind of pathetic though that they take over 2 months to reply to someone...

[Hourences]

My record stands at 1.5 years to just get a reply to my application email. They then did invite me over though, but I didn't go. Screw you if you need 1.5 years to reply:)

[Minos]

My record stands at 1.5 years to just get a reply to my application email. They then did invite me over though, but I didn't go. Screw you if you need 1.5 years to reply:)

lol

I once applied for a company and got a reply in 1.1 years

[Thrik]

If it takes that long to reply they must just be saving applications for when they want to fill that role, or have found a better candidate and want to save you for next time (but for some reason would rather keep you in the dark than just tell you they're not considering you for the time being). Still weird, though.

With that said, it's quite common in many industries to follow up your initial applications a week or so later with a call — particularly in the boring white collar ones. Typically in such a situation you just say something like "Hiya, I'm just calling to ensure my recent application was received successfully" and maybe "An estimation of when I can expect a response would be very helpful", which of course prompts them to actually deal with it and clarifies that you are definitely interested in them and you didn't just send your application to every company in the county.

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With that said, it's quite common in many industries to follow up your initial applications a week or so later with a call — particularly in the boring white collar ones. Typically in such a situation you just say something like "Hiya, I'm just calling to ensure my recent application was received successfully" and maybe "An estimation of when I can expect a response would be very helpful", which of course prompts them to actually deal with it and clarifies that you are definitely interested in them and you didn't just send your application to every company in the county.

Yeah well, Remedy did replied to me once, telling me they were too busy at the moment, and they would be glad to take a look at my application again on march 2008, since I was the only candidate who passed the first "stage".

I sent an e-mail on may, asking if they were still interested, no answer at all so far! (Although the vacancy I applied to is still on their webpage)

I guess I comprehend though, they probably get a shit load of applications, and they can't just reply to them all, otherwise they would need a single person to handle those kind of task.

(Crytek has one by the way, It's called a community manager)

[Steppenwolf]

":1wet0zpz]

I guess I comprehend though, they probably get a shit load of applications, and they can't just reply to them all, otherwise they would need a single person to handle those kind of task.

I think thats the case in many studios especialy of small and mid size. In other buisnesses companys usualy have a personal manager who takes care of this stuff. In our buisness its often art leads. Thats good from the quality point of view but bad when it comes to handling applications of people that you don't want. As artist you certainly want to focus on creative work and not dealing with refused applications (which is also a depressing thing to do).

[dux]

I remember I sent my portfolio to Splash Damage. I didn't get a response for up to 2 months+. Then I eventually get a reply saying something along the lines of "Sorry for the late response your application was found in our spam mail box. Oh and we don't want you. Thanks for the interest!"

Nice.

[hessi]

regarding being dumped into the spam box: when i first applied for internships i received an answer with the topic: "RE: ***SPAM*** Bewerbung"

actually thinking about it, i wouldn't like to work in a company that uses a spam filter that degrades every application to spam, because that's what "Bewerbung" means.

[PogoP]

Beer Bong?

[zaphod]

the only sure way to apply for a company is to camp outside their offices with a cardboard sign that reads "will develop for soda and snacks"

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the only sure way to apply for a company is to camp outside their offices with a cardboard sign that reads "will develop for soda and snacks"

lulz, yeah, and coffee... must not forget, coffee!

[Defrag]

Even companies with dedicated HR people won't necessarily get back to you very quickly. If you know someone on the inside who can take your CV & portfolio directly to the lead/producer/whoever is in charge of arranging interviews for that position, then you will tend to get results much faster. By results I simply mean things move faster and you will know where you stand rather than seeing your email sitting in an HR person's inbox gathering dust, or filed in the "maybe" folder. Or lost in the system. Or, like Hessi said, spam-filtered to oblivion!