Zynga Software Engineer interview experience

One stage was essentially a quiz about computer science terms, and it didn’t resemble the practical skills involved in day-to-day software engineering work. There was even a link to a coding environment included, but it never actually got used.

In another part of the same overall experience, the interview content still didn’t map well to the role. I had questions that leaned toward general topics and algorithms rather than anything tied to the real interview experience I expected for the job. The environment also carried a sense of dysfunction: positions getting cancelled, unclear direction,