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Unreal Engine Interview Questions

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What's Covered in This Guide

Core Architecture & UObject

5 questions

Blueprints & Visual Scripting

3 questions

Networking & Replication

2 questions

Performance Optimization

2 questions

AI & Behavior Systems

2 questions

Coding Challenges

3 questions

Take-Home Assignments

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Core Architecture & UObject System

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Blueprints & Visual Scripting

3 questions

Networking & Replication

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Performance Optimization

2 questions

AI & Behavior Systems

2 questions

Coding Challenges

3 questions

Take-Home Assignments

2 questions

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The complete guide with C++ examples and evaluation rubrics

Unreal Engine Interview Questions

What's Covered in This Guide

Core Architecture & UObject System

What is UObject and why is it important in Unreal Engine?

Explain the difference between AActor and UActorComponent.

What are UPROPERTY and UFUNCTION macros? Explain their specifiers.

How does Unreal Engine's garbage collection work?

Explain the Unreal Engine gameplay framework: GameMode, GameState, PlayerController, PlayerState, and Pawn.

Blueprints & Visual Scripting

What are Blueprints and when should you use C++ vs Blueprints?

Explain Blueprint Interfaces and how they enable communication between Blueprints.

What are Event Dispatchers (Delegates) and how do they work?

Networking & Replication

Explain Unreal Engine's networking model: Authority, Replication, and RPCs.

What are the network roles (Authority, Autonomous Proxy, Simulated Proxy) and how do they affect replication?

Performance Optimization

How do you optimize performance in Unreal Engine?

Explain Level of Detail (LOD) and how to implement it effectively.

AI & Behavior Systems

Explain Unreal Engine's AI systems: Behavior Trees, Blackboards, and EQS.

How does AI Perception work in Unreal Engine?

Coding Challenges

Write a function to spawn an Actor at a location and attach it to a parent.

Implement a simple health component with damage, healing, and death events.

Write a function to find all Actors within a cone (for AI vision or flashlight effect).

Take-Home Assignments

Take-Home Assignment: Build an Inventory System

Take-Home Assignment: Create a Dialogue System

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