Zynga·Product Manager

Zynga Product Manager interview experience

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Posted Nov 2012 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My early screen opened with an HR-and-PM style conversation focused on my background and why I wanted to work in gaming.

It wasn’t just a resume check; they pushed on how I’d explain what attracted me to games and what I wanted to improve as a product. Then they moved into Zynga-specific prompts—what games I liked, what I would change, and what metrics I’d look at to judge whether those changes mattered. After that came more data-analysis and mechanics-style questions that made me think about games as measurable experiences.

The whole feel was pretty direct but also oddly playful at times. The HR portion included questions that challenged how I think about “fun” and even quick game comparisons, alongside

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