Electronic Arts

Software Engineer II Interview Experience

October 1, 2015

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Applied through the University Career Site.

Got a reply within 2 weeks for a 45-minute technical phone screen interview.

There were 2 coding questions:

One based on BST
One based on Large File IO

Cannot disclose the exact questions as they make you sign an NDA.

Was rejected 2 days after the interview as I messed up the File IO-based question.

Questions

Cannot disclose

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 21 interview experiences for the Electronic Arts Software Engineer II role.

Success Rate

48%

Pass Rate

Electronic Arts's interview process for their Software Engineer II roles is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive76%

Neutral5%

Negative19%

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

Electronic Arts Work Experiences

Good Work-Life Balance

Software Engineer II • Current Employee

Redwood City, California, United States

Pros: Benefits, great culture, work-life balance. Prioritizes employee satisfaction and happiness. Overall, a great place to work. Opportunity for growth.

Cons: Pay can be better when compared to the industry.

Good Work-Life Balance

Software Engineer II • Current Employee

Redwood City, California, United States

Pros: Benefits, great culture, work-life balance. Prioritizes employee satisfaction and happiness. Overall, a great place to work. Opportunity for growth.

Cons: Pay can be better when compared to the industry.

Decent experience, excellent colleagues, and good work-life balance

Software Engineer II • Former Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

Pros: - Excellent colleagues (knowledge-wise and fun-wise). - Decent work; it can get repetitive at times, but you end up with something new every time. - Good work culture. - If you are a good performer, you do end up getting nice stock options.

Cons: Can get monotonous work at times (totally depends on project though).

Decent experience, excellent colleagues, and good work-life balance

Software Engineer II • Former Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

Pros: - Excellent colleagues (knowledge-wise and fun-wise). - Decent work; it can get repetitive at times, but you end up with something new every time. - Good work culture. - If you are a good performer, you do end up getting nice stock options.

Cons: Can get monotonous work at times (totally depends on project though).

Game teams are great, but non-game teams are not so

Software Engineer II • Current Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

Pros: Some game team individuals are really great; we can learn a lot. Some studios have free food (corn flakes, bread, milk, sandwich makers, fruits, etc.).

Cons: Some non-game teams are pathetic with ego and have a torturous work culture.

Game teams are great, but non-game teams are not so

Software Engineer II • Current Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

Pros: Some game team individuals are really great; we can learn a lot. Some studios have free food (corn flakes, bread, milk, sandwich makers, fruits, etc.).

Cons: Some non-game teams are pathetic with ego and have a torturous work culture.

Good Work-Life Balance

Software Engineer II • Current Employee

Redwood City, California, United States

Pros: Benefits, great culture, work-life balance. Prioritizes employee satisfaction and happiness. Overall, a great place to work. Opportunity for growth.

Cons: Pay can be better when compared to the industry.

5.0
Good Work-Life Balance
Software Engineer II • Current Employee
Redwood City, California, United States
July 18, 2025
Pros: Benefits, great culture, work-life balance. Prioritizes employee satisfaction and happiness. Overall, a great place to work. Opportunity for growth.
Cons: Pay can be better when compared to the industry.

Decent experience, excellent colleagues, and good work-life balance

Software Engineer II • Former Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

Pros: - Excellent colleagues (knowledge-wise and fun-wise). - Decent work; it can get repetitive at times, but you end up with something new every time. - Good work culture. - If you are a good performer, you do end up getting nice stock options.

Cons: Can get monotonous work at times (totally depends on project though).

4.0
Decent experience, excellent colleagues, and good work-life balance
Software Engineer II • Former Employee
Hyderābād, Telangana, India
March 22, 2015
Pros: - Excellent colleagues (knowledge-wise and fun-wise). - Decent work; it can get repetitive at times, but you end up with something new every time. - Good work culture. - If you are a good performer, you do end up getting nice stock options.
Cons: Can get monotonous work at times (totally depends on project though).

Game teams are great, but non-game teams are not so

Software Engineer II • Current Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

Pros: Some game team individuals are really great; we can learn a lot. Some studios have free food (corn flakes, bread, milk, sandwich makers, fruits, etc.).

Cons: Some non-game teams are pathetic with ego and have a torturous work culture.

3.0
Game teams are great, but non-game teams are not so
Software Engineer II • Current Employee
Hyderābād, Telangana, India
June 17, 2014
Pros: Some game team individuals are really great; we can learn a lot. Some studios have free food (corn flakes, bread, milk, sandwich makers, fruits, etc.).
Cons: Some non-game teams are pathetic with ego and have a torturous work culture.

Electronic Arts Interview Questions

Is Subsequence

Determine if one string is a subsequence of another. That is, check if you can form the first string by deleting characters from the second string without changing the order of the remaining characters.

StringsTwo PointersDynamic ProgrammingBinary SearchGreedy Algorithms

Relative Ranks

Given an array of scores, assign medals (Gold, Silver, Bronze) to the top three scores and rank numbers to the rest. Return the rank list as an array of strings.

Wiggle Subsequence

Find the length of the longest subsequence within a given sequence such that the differences between adjacent numbers alternate between positive and negative.

ArraysDynamic ProgrammingGreedy Algorithms

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