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  1. Dear Owen,
  2.  
  3. Many thanks for your application for the Game Programmer role at Kwalee. In order for us to fully assess your application please can you confirm the following:
  4.  
  5. - Your interest in mobile games?
  6.  
  7. - Whether you are prepared to relocate to near Leamington Spa if you were successful in obtaining the position?
  8.  
  9. - Why your previous role ended and what you have been doing since?
  10.  
  11. - Do you have the right to work in the UK?
  12.  
  13. - Your salary expectations?
  14.  
  15. I look forward to hearing from you.
  16.  
  17. Kind regards,
  18.  
  19. Veronica Minano
  20. Kwalee Ltd
  21.  
  22.  
  23.  
  24. Owen McConnell <owentmcconnell@gmail.com>
  25. Apr 13
  26.  
  27. to Veronica
  28. Dear Veronica,
  29. Thank you for your email.
  30.  
  31. My previous work at Technology Management was on a contract basis. As much as they were a great company, my passion is in games design, so I began to realise finance with database design was not a path I wanted to pursue. Since my role there, I have been designing Unity Games and Windows Forms projects in c# & cg/hlsl, and in general have been educating myself about the workflow between Unity, Blender and Git. Typically I work with small groups of friends, or alone, to design simple games for Android and iOS, however I want to work on larger projects, with a more substantial team.
  32.  
  33. I am inspired by many games, with "The Legend of Zelda" franchise being among my main influences. My interest in game development started when I was quite young, predominantly due to avidly playing and modding a game called "The Wheel of Time" for PC. I have written several popular mods for it, and designed many maps. Since then I have always felt compelled to attempt modding any game I touch where possible. My main focus is mobile gaming, and I am a fan of the realtime and turn-based strategy genres, so mobile games like "Auralux" and "Uniwar" are particularly entertaining, alongside games such as "Oceanhorn" and "The East New World" due to their Zelda influence. I always gear my projects toward being designed for mobile devices, as I revel in trying to make them feel as intuitive as possible, as the controls on mobile devices are incredibly important.
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  35. Games design is my main passion, so the idea of working with you is really exciting for me! I would certainly relocate if my application is successful, and I have the right to work in the UK. My salary expectations are 20-22K. I really hope you consider me for this position, and I think I would be able to contribute greatly to Kwalee.
  36.  
  37. Yours Sincerely,
  38.  
  39.  
  40. Veronica Minano <veronica.minano@kwalee.com>
  41. Apr 13
  42.  
  43. to me
  44. Hi Owen,
  45.  
  46. Thanks for the information provided.
  47.  
  48. I have one more question for you, you mention several times that you want to work as game designer but this position would be for a Game Programmer. Are you more interested in Game Design than in programming then?
  49.  
  50.  
  51. Kind regards
  52.  
  53.  
  54. Owen McConnell <owentmcconnell@gmail.com>
  55. Apr 13
  56.  
  57. to Veronica
  58. Hi Veronica,
  59.  
  60. Sorry if it was unclear! I really enjoy all aspects of games design, but I prefer programming, and that is what I was hoping to apply for - sorry if there was any confusion.
  61.  
  62. Kind regards,
  63. Owen.
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  77. Veronica Minano <reply+to+kwalee@jobscore.com>
  78. Apr 20
  79.  
  80. to me
  81. Dear Owen,
  82.  
  83. Many thanks for your application for the Game Programmer role at Kwalee.
  84.  
  85. We would like to conduct a 30 minute Skype interview to assess your suitability for the role further.
  86.  
  87. Can you let me know your availability next week?
  88.  
  89. I look forward to hearing from you.
  90.  
  91. Kind regards,
  92. Veronica Minano
  93. Kwalee Ltd
  94.  
  95.  
  96.  
  97. Owen McConnell <owentmcconnell@gmail.com>
  98. Apr 21
  99.  
  100. to Veronica
  101. Dear Veronica,
  102.  
  103. I am free any time next week - when best suits you?
  104.  
  105. I look forward to hearing from you.
  106.  
  107. Kind Regards,
  108. Owen McConnell.
  109.  
  110.  
  111. Veronica Minano <veronica.minano@kwalee.com>
  112. Apr 25
  113.  
  114. to me
  115. Hi Owen,
  116.  
  117. I’m afraid something has come come and I won’t be in the office until Thursday.
  118.  
  119. Could you please let me know your availability for next week?
  120.  
  121. Thanks and kind regards,
  122.  
  123. Veronica Minano
  124. Kwalee Ltd I Recruitment Executive
  125. www.kwalee.com
  126.  
  127.  
  128. Owen McConnell <owentmcconnell@gmail.com>
  129. Apr 26
  130.  
  131. to Veronica
  132. Hi Veronica,
  133.  
  134. I am free any time next week, except on Tuesday before 3pm.
  135.  
  136. Looking forward to hearing from you soon.
  137.  
  138.  
  139. Veronica Minano <veronica.minano@kwalee.com>
  140. Apr 27
  141.  
  142. to me
  143. Hi Owen,
  144.  
  145. Thanks for your email. I’ll get back to you to confirm the date and time once I’m sure when I’ll be in the office.
  146.  
  147. Kind regards,
  148.  
  149. Veronica Minano
  150.  
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  152. Veronica Minano <veronica.minano@kwalee.com>
  153. May 2
  154.  
  155. to me
  156. Hi Owen,
  157.  
  158. I’m back in the office and I was wondering, would you be available for the Skype interview tomorrow Wednesday at 11.00 am?
  159.  
  160. Thanks and kind regards
  161.  
  162.  
  163. Owen McConnell <owentmcconnell@gmail.com>
  164. May 2
  165.  
  166. to Veronica
  167. Hi Veronica,
  168.  
  169. Tomorrow at 11 is great for me, my skype email is owen_mcconnell@hotmail.co.uk.
  170.  
  171. Thanks,
  172. Owen McConnell.
  173.  
  174.  
  175. Veronica Minano <veronica.minano@kwalee.com>
  176. May 2
  177.  
  178. to me
  179. Hi Owen,
  180.  
  181. Perfect, we’ll talk tomorrow then. These are the details for the interview:
  182.  
  183. Date interview: Wednesday 2nd May
  184.  
  185. Time interview: 11.00 am (UK time)
  186.  
  187. Duration: about 30 minutes
  188.  
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  190. It will be a video call with Pedro Caria (CTO) and me.
  191.  
  192.  
  193. Thanks and kind regards
  194.  
  195.  
  196. Veronica Minano <veronica.minano@kwalee.com>
  197. May 3
  198.  
  199. to me
  200. Hi Owen,
  201.  
  202. Thanks for your time in our Skype interview earlier. We’re impressed with your knowledge and attitude and would like to move forward to the next stage of the process, consisting of:
  203.  
  204.  
  205. Pre-interview phase (remotely test to do prior the face to face interview, ideally 1-2 day before the interview). 4 hours):
  206.  
  207. - Remotely Programming test (We would agree on the date and time to start the test, I’d share the document with you and you’ll have 4 hours to complete it)
  208.  
  209. For this test we only need to start during working hours, you can finish later even if we’re not in the office since you’ll have to send me an email with the answer when the time is up.
  210.  
  211.  
  212. Face to face interview (about 3-4 hours):
  213.  
  214. - 45 minute logic test.
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  216. - Personal interview + 10 minute psychological test.
  217.  
  218. - Discussion about Programming test.
  219.  
  220. - Interview with several members of the team.
  221.  
  222.  
  223. Could you please let me know if you’re interested in attending and if so, your availability for both the remote test and the face to face interview?
  224.  
  225.  
  226. Many thanks,
  227.  
  228.  
  229. Owen McConnell <owentmcconnell@gmail.com>
  230. May 3
  231.  
  232. to Veronica
  233. Hi Veronica,
  234.  
  235. Thanks for the interview! I am free any time next week for both the remote test and face to face interview.
  236.  
  237. Thanks,
  238. Owen.
  239.  
  240.  
  241. Veronica Minano <veronica.minano@kwalee.com>
  242. May 3
  243.  
  244. to me
  245. Hi Owen,
  246.  
  247. I would need to check if it’s possible because I’m not sure, but would you be available to do the remote test this week (Thursday or Friday) and the face to face interview on Monday around 12.00 pm?
  248.  
  249. Thanks and kind regards
  250.  
  251.  
  252. Owen McConnell <owentmcconnell@gmail.com>
  253. May 3
  254.  
  255. to Veronica
  256. Hi Veronica,
  257.  
  258. I can manage to do the remote test on Friday - would sometime after 2pm be alright?
  259.  
  260. Thanks,
  261. Owen.
  262.  
  263.  
  264. Veronica Minano <veronica.minano@kwalee.com>
  265. May 4
  266.  
  267. to me
  268. Hi Owen,
  269.  
  270. That’s ok, you could have the test tomorrow at 2.00 pm and the face to face interview on Monday 8th May at 12.00 pm.
  271.  
  272. Could you please that this would work for you so I can arrange everything?
  273.  
  274. Thanks and kind regards
  275.  
  276.  
  277. Owen McConnell May 4
  278. Hi Veronica, I can confirm my avaliability for those times. Thanks, Owen.
  279.  
  280. Veronica Minano <veronica.minano@kwalee.com>
  281. May 4
  282.  
  283. to me
  284. Hi Owen,
  285.  
  286. Perfect, we’ll meet next week then. These are the details for the interview:
  287.  
  288.  
  289. Date: Monday 8th May 2017
  290.  
  291. Time: 12.00 pm
  292.  
  293. Address: 2nd floor - 168 Parade, Leamington Spa CV32 4AE (the office is above the Pizza Express restaurant on the corner of The Parade and Dormer Place. The blue front door is on the Dormer Place side of the building, by park with band stand).
  294.  
  295.  
  296. I’ll share with you the test tomorrow at 2.00 pm.
  297.  
  298. Thanks and kind regards
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  321. Veronica Minano (via Google Docs) <drive-shares-noreply@google.com>
  322. May 5
  323.  
  324. to me
  325. Veronica Minano has invited you to edit the following document:
  326.  
  327. Owen McConnell - Offsite GamePlay Interview Task
  328. Sender's profile photo Hi Owen,
  329.  
  330. This is the test for the Game Programmer role. You'll have 4 hours from now to complete it so although you can work in the same google document that I'm sending you I need to receive an email with the definite version of your answers by 6.00 pm today.
  331.  
  332. You'll have the chance to present your answers during the face to face interview on Monday.
  333.  
  334. Do not hesitate to contact me if you have any doubt or problem.
  335.  
  336. Good luck!
  337.  
  338. Veronica.
  339. Open in Docs
  340. Google Docs: Create and edit documents online.
  341. Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
  342. You have received this email because someone shared a document with you from Google Docs. Logo for Google Docs
  343.  
  344. Owen McConnell <owentmcconnell@gmail.com>
  345. AttachmentsMay 5
  346.  
  347. to Veronica
  348. Hi Veronica,
  349.  
  350. Attached is my submission for the gameplay interview task.
  351.  
  352. I did not design a UI for restarting the game, instead it simply restarts automatically once the game has finished.
  353.  
  354. I would hope to decouple things a bit more, implement object pooling for the bullets, add a few more interfaces and and make the spawning a bit more elegant, if given more time.
  355.  
  356. Hope you like it,
  357. Owen.
  358.  
  359. Attachments area
  360.  
  361. Owen McConnell <owentmcconnell@gmail.com>
  362. May 8
  363.  
  364. to Veronica
  365. Hi Veronica,
  366.  
  367. It might not have been necessary, but I comtinued with the gameplay interview project a bit last night just to show where I would take it after the 4 hours.Heres the repository, incase its relevant.
  368.  
  369. Thanks,
  370. Owen.
  371.  
  372.  
  373. Veronica Minano <veronica.minano@kwalee.com>
  374. May 8
  375.  
  376. to me
  377. Hi Owen,
  378.  
  379. Thanks for both exercises, I’ve shared both of them with Pedro and you’ll have the chance to talk about them later today.
  380.  
  381. Kind regards
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  383.  
  384. Veronica Minano <veronica.minano@kwalee.com>
  385. May 9
  386.  
  387. to me
  388. Hi Owen,
  389.  
  390. First of all thanks for your time yesterday. It was nice knowing more about what you’ve done and what you’re looking for.
  391.  
  392. We’ve been reviewing you application and think you have skills that could be a great contribution to our team.
  393.  
  394. You did a good work with the code but we have some concerns about the final result. It’s probably because of the short time given to do it so we’d like to ask you if you could take a few days to spend as much time as you want to improve it, to make it funnier and to get a more complete and playable demo.
  395.  
  396. If you’re happy to do it you could send me the extension of the test by the end of Thursday 11th May and I’ll get back to you on Friday about the final stage of the process.
  397.  
  398. Please, let me know if you’d like to complete the extension of the test.
  399.  
  400. Thanks and kind regards
  401.  
  402.  
  403. Owen McConnell <owentmcconnell@gmail.com>
  404. May 9
  405.  
  406. to Veronica
  407. Hi Veronica,
  408.  
  409. Thank you - I'm glad you think that!
  410.  
  411. I can have the demo done by the end of Thursday - I was hoping to do some more work on it anyway.
  412.  
  413. Thanks,
  414. Owen.
  415.  
  416.  
  417. Veronica Minano <veronica.minano@kwalee.com>
  418. May 10
  419.  
  420. to me
  421. Hi Owen,
  422.  
  423. Perfect, thanks. I look forward to see what you can do :)
  424.  
  425. We’ll talk on Friday then.
  426.  
  427. Kind regards
  428.  
  429.  
  430. Owen McConnell <owentmcconnell@gmail.com>
  431. May 12
  432.  
  433. to Veronica
  434. Hi Veronica,
  435.  
  436. My demo can be found here. It's called Vertex Flight.
  437.  
  438. Hope you like it!
  439.  
  440. Regards,
  441. Owen.
  442.  
  443.  
  444. Veronica Minano <veronica.minano@kwalee.com>
  445. May 12
  446.  
  447. to me
  448. Hi Owen,
  449.  
  450. Many thanks for the effort put in this new demo, we’re very impressed with the result and would like to arrange a final interview so you can meet David Darling.
  451.  
  452. Could you please let me know your availability over next week?
  453.  
  454. Thanks and kind regards
  455.  
  456.  
  457. Owen McConnell <owentmcconnell@gmail.com>
  458. May 12
  459.  
  460. to Veronica
  461. Hi Veronica,
  462.  
  463. I'm really glad you like it!
  464.  
  465. I am free any day next week for the interview, but I would prefer after Tuesday if that's possible?
  466.  
  467. Thanks,
  468. Owen.
  469.  
  470.  
  471. Veronica Minano <veronica.minano@kwalee.com>
  472. May 12
  473.  
  474. to me
  475. Hi Owen,
  476.  
  477. The best day for us would be on Tuesday either at 12.30 pm or maybe early afternoon (around 3.00 pm?)
  478.  
  479. Please, let me know if this would work for you.
  480.  
  481. Thanks and kind regards
  482.  
  483.  
  484. Veronica Minano <veronica.minano@kwalee.com>
  485. May 12
  486.  
  487. to me
  488. Sorry Owen, I hadn’t realised there’s a meeting at 3.00 so it would have to be at 12.00 pm it that’s ok with you?
  489.  
  490. Thanks and kind regards
  491.  
  492.  
  493. Owen McConnell <owentmcconnell@gmail.com>
  494. May 12
  495.  
  496. to Veronica
  497. Hi Veronica,
  498.  
  499. Tuesday at 12.30pm is best for me.
  500.  
  501. Thanks,
  502. Owen
  503.  
  504.  
  505. Veronica Minano <veronica.minano@kwalee.com>
  506. May 12
  507.  
  508. to me
  509. Hi Owen,
  510.  
  511. I think that my last email crossed with you, could you make it at 12.00 pm instead so David has enough time to get to his meeting at 3.00 pm?
  512.  
  513. Thanks and kind regards
  514.  
  515.  
  516. Owen McConnell <owentmcconnell@gmail.com>
  517. May 12
  518.  
  519. to Veronica
  520. Hi Veronica,
  521.  
  522. Yes 12pm is fine.
  523.  
  524. Thanks,
  525. Owen.
  526.  
  527.  
  528. Veronica Minano <veronica.minano@kwalee.com>
  529. May 12
  530.  
  531. to me
  532. Hi Owen,
  533.  
  534. Perfect, I’ll see you again then on Tuesday 16th May at 12.00 pm.
  535.  
  536. I understand that you have the details to get here from your first interview, if you don’t just let me know and I’ll send them again.
  537.  
  538. Thanks and kind regards
  539.  
  540.  
  541. Owen McConnell <owentmcconnell@gmail.com>
  542. May 16
  543.  
  544. to Veronica
  545. Hi Veronica,
  546.  
  547. Unfortunately there has been a bomb scare in Aston, and all traffic and trains in my area have stopped. I'm still looking for an alternate route, however right now it seems impossible to make it to the interview on time - would it be possible to reschedule?
  548.  
  549. I can walk and arrive at 3pm, if that time slot was still avaliable.
  550.  
  551. Apologies,
  552. Owen.
  553.  
  554.  
  555. Veronica Minano <veronica.minano@kwalee.com>
  556. May 16
  557.  
  558. to me
  559. Hi Owen,
  560.  
  561. Ok, don’t worry. It must be hard to get an alternate route today.
  562.  
  563. We could reschedule the interview for tomorrow if you’re free. We could meet at 2.00 pm if that’s ok with you?
  564.  
  565. Thanks and kind regards
  566.  
  567.  
  568. Owen McConnell <owentmcconnell@gmail.com>
  569. May 16
  570.  
  571. to Veronica
  572. Hi Veronica,
  573.  
  574. That would be great thank you! I'll be there.
  575.  
  576. Apologies again.
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  594. Veronica Minano <veronica.minano@kwalee.com>
  595. May 18
  596.  
  597. to me
  598. Hi Owen,
  599.  
  600. As discussed today, we think you have an impressive set of skills and attitude and could make a great contribution to our games.
  601.  
  602. Therefore, we would like to offer you the following position:
  603.  
  604.  
  605. Job title: Junior Game Programmer
  606.  
  607. Provisional starting date: Monday 22/05/2017
  608.  
  609. Salary:
  610.  
  611. * £22,000
  612.  
  613. Benefits:
  614.  
  615. * Inclusion in company royalties scheme.
  616. * Private healthcare (BUPA).
  617. * Company pension contribution (Royal London, 2% employer contribution).
  618. * Life Assurance (Lutine, paying 3 x annual salary).
  619. * 25 days paid holiday.
  620.  
  621.  
  622. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to email / call me.
  623.  
  624. If you’re happy to accept the offer I would need you to send me you full name and address so we can start preparing the contract.
  625.  
  626. I look forward to hearing from you.
  627.  
  628.  
  629. Owen McConnell <owentmcconnell@gmail.com>
  630. May 18
  631.  
  632. to Veronica
  633. Hi Veronica,
  634.  
  635. Thank you again for this opportunity - I am pleased to accept the position.
  636.  
  637. My full name is Owen Thompson McConnell, and my current address is:
  638.  
  639. 153 Kingsbury Road,
  640. Erdington,
  641. Birmingham,
  642. B248QX.
  643.  
  644. I am really looking forward to working with you guys!
  645.  
  646. Thanks,
  647. Owen.
  648.  
  649.  
  650. Veronica Minano <veronica.minano@kwalee.com>
  651. May 18
  652.  
  653. to me
  654. Hi Owen,
  655.  
  656. That’s great news, I’m glad you’ll be joining the team :)
  657.  
  658. I’ve forwarded everything to Tom Aherne (our Finance Manager) and he’ll send you the draft of the contract today.
  659.  
  660. Thanks and kind regards
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