Disaster in hiring senior execs
Disaster in hiring senior execs
Huge companies have many cultural "zones". I used to be in a high-performing team full of motivated engineering colleagues with a high level of pride in what we did.
I knew a lot of great developers and managers that loved their game or feature team at EA and stayed forever. There are surely some good spots in the company, but beware; it's a mixed bag. YMMV.
Upheaval in senior executives brought a horrible phase in 2011-2012 that drove out literally half of my engineering org due to bozo leadership. I have read that a pair of top execs responsible for a lot of this disaster have moved on, so maybe that's a past issue now.
Don't wield the big hammer of fear; respect your teams. Relax the ship date obsession. Products should be great above shipping on time. Watch Valve do this well.
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Initial briefing + 3 round interview. The initial briefing was around 30 minutes and was mostly formalities, intended to inform me of how the rest of the interview would go. Each of the following rounds was about an hour, where the interviewers wou
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Had an interview with 4 different rounds. First round was HR. Then a tech round with the managers, and then 2 panel rounds. It was a bitter ending; I did not get an offer.
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I only completed the phone screening stage of the interview process. The recruiter was friendly and professional. The questions were fairly basic. They asked about my skills, why I want to work at EA, and why I think I’d be a good candidate for the r
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Burnaby, British Columbia, CanadaNovember 19, 2025Initial briefing + 3 round interview. The initial briefing was around 30 minutes and was mostly formalities, intended to inform me of how the rest of the interview would go. Each of the following rounds was about an hour, where the interviewers wou
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Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaNovember 7, 2025Had an interview with 4 different rounds. First round was HR. Then a tech round with the managers, and then 2 panel rounds. It was a bitter ending; I did not get an offer.
Software Engineer (Internship)
Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaOctober 30, 2025I only completed the phone screening stage of the interview process. The recruiter was friendly and professional. The questions were fairly basic. They asked about my skills, why I want to work at EA, and why I think I’d be a good candidate for the r
