Zynga Software Engineer interview experience

In my first technical interview, I mainly got simple algorithm questions, especially around search and sorting, plus at least one logical-style problem to reason through.

The second interview leaned into games. I was asked to design a game concept and talk through how it would work, so I had to draw on a basic understanding of game design rather than only pure coding. One prompt focused on a prediction-style cricket experience where players forecast upcoming match outcomes, and the scoring depends on the results—where earlier guesses are weighted differently than later ones. I felt like this