Electronic Arts Interview Questions & Reviews in San Francisco, CA Area
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Updated Mar 21, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Director at Electronic Arts
Posted Mar 21, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 in Redwood City, CA (took 2 weeks)
Interview process was normal but the company puts a lot of emphasis on culture and being able fit their culture.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Software Quality Engineer at Electronic Arts
Posted Mar 9, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 in Redwood City, CA (took a day)
Consisted of 3 phone interviews, of which one was behavioral and remaining 2 were technical. I did not like the software quality engineering position but wanted an interview practice, so attended it. I was not offered an onsite interview, since I was not very interested in the position in the first place. The interviewers were cordial and work with you to get the answer they need.
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What is the difference between semaphore and mutex?
What is deadlock? how can you debug it?
What is livelock?
What is the difference between a map and hashmap?
What is your favorite data structure?
What is the difference between vector and array?
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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UI Software Engineer at Electronic Arts
Posted Sep 20, 2011 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 in Redwood City, CA (took 2+ weeks)
A recruiter called and mentioned that she saw that I had a skill set that they are seeking. She asked if I could send her a portfolio of my work and if I would be available for a phone interview the following Monday. She was very expeditious in arranging the interview. The interview was with a senior engineer who was extremely nice. Following the initial interview, the recruiter requested that I proceed on to a more technical interview with a systems engineer. That interview was also quickly scheduled. The technical interview went fairly smoothly. The interviewer asked only moderately tough questions but didn't seem too impressed with my responses. Later that day, I got another call from the recruiter requesting an on-site interview. The on-site consisted of a series of 1 on 1 interviews from team members and management. Some of the 1:1 were relaxed, others were more intense with the interviewer asking me to write routines on a whiteboard to solve specific problems. The next day, the cruiter called again and said that they want to give me a "homework assignment" for the weekend. At about 3:30 that day (Friday) I received an email with the assignment details. The recruiter "checked in" over the weekend and asked if I was going to be abl,e to complete the homework by Monday. I mentioned that I had additional prep work for another interview and asked if Tuesday would suffice. I sent in the homework on Tuesday and received another call from the recruiter on Weds. stating that they would like to make me an offer. She called on Thurs and provided me with the offer details (verbally) and I received the official hard copy offer on Friday.
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Reason for Declining
I had a competing offer that was much more attractive
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Skills Test, a Group/Panel Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Software Engineer at Electronic Arts
Posted May 23, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2009 in Redwood City, CA (took 3 weeks)
The interview process involved 6 interviews with two interviews each from three different studios in the campus. Each studio sent a software engineer to test the technical ability and a senior manager or producer to test the cultural fit. the questions ranged on trees, performance optimization, to 3D space problems. Overall the experience was interesting as it was a good mix of technical questions and interesting debates about Artificial intelligence approaches to the different kinds of games.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Game Programmer Interview at Electronic Arts
Posted Mar 19, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 in Redwood City, CA (took 3+ weeks)
2 on 1 interview at an on campus recruiting event. Some basic fit questions and some basic programming problems. Asked about my projects in school.
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Reason for Declining
Got an offer that fit me better elsewhere
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Software Engineer at Electronic Arts
Posted Mar 8, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2011 in Redwood City, CA (took 2 weeks)
They called me a couple of weeks after submitting the resume in their jobs website. The day after I did a phone interview that went for 1h. I talked to one of the tech managers and an engineer, both of them were quite nice and made quesitons that made a lot of sense. They weren't algorithm or structures questions, it was more about my experience with other projects with a lot of details.
I received an email 2 days after that to set another interviews at the HQ. Needless to say their offices rock! Big campus, arcade, soccer pitch, in office Starbucks. They showed me around and then took me to a room where I spent 4h talking to different engineers and managers, one by one, all of them very nice guys.
They called me 2 days after that to agree on an offer.
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Negotiation Details
They offered me the money I asked them for. Tried to get more vacation but they didn't move a bit.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Background Check, a Group/Panel Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Financial Analyst at Electronic Arts
Posted Jan 19, 2011 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2010 in Redwood City, CA (took 3 weeks)
4 interviews
First one was a phone interview with a Director - was asked about previous roles, what is important in being a good financial analyst, why interested in company, etc. (Very general/typical questions)
Second one was 3 1:1 interviews with 3 people - Director of actual team, analyst working on team and director from phone interview
Third one was also 3 1:1 interviews with 3 people - 2 managers and 1 business partner. This was supposed to be part of the second round but the 2 managers were traveling abroad.
Fourth one was a presentation and 1:1 interview with another business partner. Presentation was to present recent quarter's performance and summarize earnings call.
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Negotiation Details
Not really able to negotiate as they claimed any higher of an offer and it would not be on par with other analysts at the firm. Received decent package however - bump up on salary from current one, some stock options, sign on bonus.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Presentation.
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Procurement Manager at Electronic Arts
Posted Jan 20, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2010 in Redwood City, CA (took 2 weeks)
Initial phone screen was somewhat vague on key details, but the subsequent in person interviews were straightforward and communicative. The hiring manager was direct about expectations, desires and concerns. It was a great conversation, but not the right fit for me.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Systems Engineer at Electronic Arts
Posted Oct 7, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed May 2010 in Redwood City, CA (took a day)
I had a phone interview with EA-Redwood city. The interview was pretty much based on analytical skills.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Finance Manager at Electronic Arts
Posted Jul 21, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2010 in Redwood City, CA (took a day)
HR was great and very helpful. However the hiring manager was clueless and very unorganized. Didn't even know what questions to ask.
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