Electronic Arts Software Engineer interview experience

Posted Jun 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My EA interview for an SDE 2 role followed a pretty tight sequence.

First I took an online assessment with two DSA questions. After that, I had a virtual round that was more introductory, focused on my background.

In the virtual conversation, the interviewer asked about my work experience and gave me room to introduce my background, then pushed into a deep dive on my team and my role. The question that stood out was asking for the exact architecture of the microservices—how they were structured, not just a high-level description.

Because the second round was so tailored to my prior experience, I felt like my answers needed to be concrete and accurate,

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