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Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience

June 1, 2013
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Process

I was contacted by telephone by HR and programmed for an online interview.

I had 30 minutes for two problems:

  1. An inorder traversal of a binary search tree.
  2. Given two rectangles intersecting or overlapping together in any corner, how do I determine the total area for the two rectangles without the overlapped (intersection) area?

After the online test, I went for an onsite talk.

First, I had a small chat with the HR lady who questioned me about my current job, my plans, and my salary expectations.

Second, a technical interview; some of the questions were:

  1. Hardest bug you ever encountered.
  2. OO concepts (inheritance).
  3. Nullify an integer in C++ using just while and increment operators.

Last, I had a chat with two managers about my work experience, and they presented the company culture, etc.

Questions

Nullify an integer in C++ using just while and increment operators.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 20 interview experiences for the Electronic Arts Senior Software Engineer role.

Success Rate

10%
Pass Rate

Electronic Arts's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive50%
Neutral25%
Negative25%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Electronic Arts's Senior Software Engineer interview process.

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