Electronic Arts Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

Vancouver, BCPosted Jun 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through four rounds of interviews and then waited through a frustrating stretch of no communication—about three to four weeks.

I kept following up, and eventually I received a standard rejection email from the recruiter with no feedback.

What was disappointing to me wasn’t that the early rounds were bad; in fact, the recruiter and hiring manager conversations felt positive and constructive. But the later rounds shifted heavily toward memorization-style questions—things like exact definitions and syntax—rather than working through problems or drawing on senior-level experience. After investing that much time, it felt like the evaluation wasn’t reflecting the kind of practical problem-solving I expected.

In the end I

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