Electronic Arts Software Engineer interview experience

Got offer

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Vancouver, BCPosted Oct 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I originally got in touch with the recruiter shortly after setting myself as open on LinkedIn, and we started with a video chat to understand the kind of role I was looking for.

The interviews that followed were arranged over Zoom and generally ran in an order that started non-technical and then moved into technical conversations, with meetings that stayed tightly timed—strictly an hour each and right on schedule.

Across the interviews, I met employees directly from the production environment, which made the conversations feel grounded and practical. The questions tended to be thorough and, for me, leaned academic—things that felt closer to what you learn in school—along with scenario-style prompts where I had to walk through how I handled challenges. The interview

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