 Later, after "World of Warcraft" was announced, Pardo suggested that Kaplan apply for a recently-posted job for a "WoW" quest designer there; Kaplan realized that the job description was tailor-made for his background, and that his previous visit to Blizzard had been an informal job interview.Kaplan applied and was hired into Blizzard by May 2002.Kaplan's initial work at Blizzard was helping with quality assurance for "" in the weeks prior to its release.