Quality Assurance Tester? - We want you!

[MrNibbles]

Greetings Paradoxians,

Have you ever dreamt of working in the games industry, and especially for Paradox? Now is your chance as we are looking for people to expand our growing Quality Assurance team.

Right now we are looking for talented, devoted game testers with a passion for our internal titles as EUIV, CKII, HoI4 etc. As a QA tester at Paradox, you will help us deliver the best possible products by testing all our internally developed titles in various stages of development.

Since our strategy titles are very complex, we value previous experience with them highly. Experience from QA testing with other game companies or functional testing with other software companies is also very appreciated, and will be regarded as a great merit.

Key Responsibilities:

• Testing games according to instructions
• Writing bug reports
• Providing input on game design, when requested

Your preferred experience and skills:

• Deep understanding of Paradox Development Studio games such as Europa Universalis, Crusader Kings and Hearts of Iron (this is a must)
• Previous experience with Quality Assurance
• Experience with bug reporting tools such as Mantis or Jira
• A fulfilled game education is highly valued
• Great communication skills
• Fluent in English (both spoken and written)
• Good at working independently as well as in a team
• Analytic mindset
• Strong attention to details
• Knowledge in OS X & Linux environments are a big plus

The role is based in Stockholm so you need to live in or be able to move to Stockholm. Unfortunately we are not able to offer any relocation packages at this moment.


Does this sound interesting? Send us your application as soon as possible! We will interview candidates continuously.

You can apply for the position by following this link: http://career.paradoxplaza.com/jobs/2423-qa-tester

And if you have any questions, post them here or write me a private message if you feel more comfortable by doing so.

Your Evil Overlord,
Mr.Nibbles

 

[Castellon]

Let's keep to the topic at hand in this thread. It is about working for Paradox QA not the existing QA efforts.

 

[MrNibbles]

Just out of curiosity what is meant by "A fulfilled game education"?

Usually we think it is a bonus if people have some kind of game education, either Game Design, 3D art ect, as those kind of educations help you to better understand the games industry. However, it is not a requirement.

 

[MrNibbles]

Well for bug hunting on the PDS titles you could do that right here on the forum. You have CK2, EU4, and HOI3, playing the first two and reporting bugs in the proper bug forums, as they both have had DLC's released Within the last 3 months. Right there if you have / had been doing that is giving you experience with bug reporting.
Being extremely well versed in those same games...
The fact you have 3800+ posts here I think says you at least probably have strong written English skills.


For others of you reading here, ForzaA from PDS QA came from the forum, where from what I can tell, he was active on tech support and bug reporting. Moral of the story is for some that would like this job, but don't have the qualifications right now, be active and helpful, and maybe the next time...

MrNibbles, be thankful RRW and I have kids and amazing women in our lives or we'd be knocking on your door right about now asking when we start and how many couches you have

Haha, how about tricking them over here by telling them you all are going on an extended vacation??

And everything Had a dad wrote is so very true. I've talked to a lot of people outside of the industry, I talk a lot in game development schools when they find it that they need to invite me to talk to their students, and the most occuring thing is that people tend to think they are not qualified, and therefore simply let a huge oppertunity slip them by. If you want to do this kind of work, what's the worst thing that can happen? Most likely you'll get a mail saying that the position has been filled?

And yes, we have quite a few people that we have hired that came from the forums.

 

[MrNibbles]

If only I had qualified experience, i've clocked like three thousand hours on crusader kings two and would say I know it like the back of my hand

Let me put it this way, if someone sent an really nice application AND stated they had 3000 hours clocked in one of our games, I would be more interested in that kind of application than one from say a game development student that might know how the work is done, but has little to no experience in our games.

 

[MrNibbles]

"Definite Requirements" are hard to put down as we try to take in people coming from various fields in order to improve the overall team. One might have worked years with testing but not necessarily within the games industry, while on the other hand the next person might have next to no experience in professional testing, but has extensive knowledge of our games (usually by spending hundreds of hours in them).

I would say, if you are interested, send in an application (people tend to think they have something to loose and do not send in their applications), and if it peakes everyones curiosity, we'll make sure to contact you and see where it leads from there.

 

[MrNibbles]

mmmk, how long will you guys be doing this application thing for? because at the moment i will be out of town till this weekend due to my current work...

The process will be ongoing until we've found the best possible candidates that we would like to see join the Paradox family, so we will have the application open as long as we feel like, but we are looking to fill the slots as soon as possibe. You also have to consider that we need to do all the intervjues either here in Stockholm, or through skype if the first vetting has been passed.

 

[DDRJake]

Done. Accept if you never want to win a staff MP session ever again.

 

[ForzaA]

Done. Accept if you never want to win a staff MP session ever again.

Heh.
I see you have not been introduced to our "random country assignment".

 

[ForzaA]

You know he almost pulled off a WC starting as a tiny Asian country?

Not almost.

I am well aware of that.

Being put in an isolated position is not the worst that can happen. Being put in someone's way, now...

 

[Groogy]

Not almost.

I am well aware of that.

Being put in an isolated position is not the worst that can happen. Being put in someone's way, now...

Being put next to Johan and have an Alliance with him means you are dead within first session usually. Not by Johan's enemies but by Johan himself. Nusia knows that all too well. How many times have he fallen for that now? 2? 3?

 

[Nusia]

Being put next to Johan and have an Alliance with him means you are dead within first session usually. Not by Johan's enemies but by Johan himself. Nusia knows that all too well. How many times have he fallen for that now? 2? 3?

I've lost count of it. :/ And I'll probably fall for it several times to come as well. He is very convincing that this time the alliance will be for real. THIS time!

 

[Nusia]

Last time you betrayed me though..

Are you telling me that we are even now?

 

[Groogy]

Are you telling me that we are even now?

Or that Johan's retribution is incoming....
I have to say it would be fun to see DDRJake in the MP just so I can kick his ass :happy:

 

[Johan]

Are you telling me that we are even now?

There is no such thing as even. Problem is that you are not a reliable ally longterm.

 

[MrNibbles]

The lack of a relocation package is a kinda tough for me as well, as I am located in what would be known as a second-world country and my current salary is nowhere near the levels of the EU, however if I get accepted, it's not a really big deal to make a small loan to cover first month expenses and then pay it back if the salary is fair. My advantage is that I have a friend which can host me for the first month until I get settled in. Romanians are everywhere and we're a tight-nit community.

Rant: However this is common for EU jobs, my last offer was for a job for the European bureaucracy in Brussels and I turned it down for similar reasons: having to pay a 2-way plane ticket for the interview. That's the deal-breaker. I don't invest in what-ifs. It's inexcusable that, in 2014-2015, a company doesn't do Skype interviews or Google Docs tests. It means that the company is not ready for innovation so it's not for me.

The part with us not being able to provide with a relocation package is understandably regretful. When it comes to the intervju part (and I think I am correct here, but dont trust me 100% on this part since I do not have the final say on this), we will most likely do the first part of the intervju through skype, and if said candidate is still promising, I think we should be able to bring that person over here for a face to face talk without him/her having to buy the ticket from their own pocket. Yet again, I as wrote above, I THINK this should be possible, but I will need to check things up just to be sure.

 

[MrNibbles]

Well that's not to bad, and on that with the Skype, if someone doesn't have a webcam for their computer (like me) would i have to go buy one? so that you guys know its a legitimate job thing from me?

and also while were at it whats the avg income? do you guys pay in EURO's or Krona's? just kinda curious is all, since being an Australian and only knowing what a dollar is worth ;D

A webcam would be "nice" to have as it is so much better to see one another when talking. On the subject of salery I can't disclose anything here unfortunatly, but we are above the standard when it comes to QA in the games industry in Sweden. And since it is located in Sweden, the salary will be paid out in swedish krona.

 

[MrNibbles]

mmk no worrys, might have to into buying a webcam if you guys want an skype interview LOL

I would say wait with spending money until you hear from the recruiters that there will be an intervju taking place.

 

[MrNibbles]

On that note, is there any estimated time between applications and responses? Of course these things cannot be estimated very precisely, but just knowing if it's counted in days, weeks or months is valuable information, certainly for those who have to contend with the possibility (however remote) of needing to plan in an out of country trip at an unspecified future date.

Well.. let me just say that the ones handling the recruitment are in full swing already. I think they stated they would look at people in Sweden first, and then get in touch with people living abroad. I would presume some applicants not in Sweden should be contacted this week or next (hopefully). But if you applied and do not get any answer during this time, it does not mean anything, as I know they will get back to everyone that applied even if they whether or not they feel said person is suited for the job.

 

[Mrop]

Would this position offer the chance to move onto the development team for future projects? I would totally be willing to move to the other side of the world if it meant I could see my ideas implemented in Victoria III.

Some QA people have moved on to be scripters in other projects, but it is an exception rather than a rule. QA is a specific skill set, so if you feel that QA is not for you it can be frustrating to be "stuck" in QA.