Zynga·Software Engineer

Zynga Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

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Negative

New York, NYPosted Apr 2011 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I initially approached Zynga through LinkedIn, and after a brief recruiter contact I had a technical phone interview.

What surprised me was how light it felt technically—he didn’t really ask me technical questions during the call.

Within about a day, I received an email saying my skills didn’t match what they were looking for. I pushed back asking what exactly didn’t fit, and what the precise job requirements were. The reply clarified that they were looking for C++ and Java development, which completely clashed with my background as a PHP developer.

It left me feeling really put off. The quick rejection and the mismatch between what I talked about and what they were actually hiring for felt unprofessional,

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