Interesting projects and great co-workers, amidst massive corporate dysfunction
Interesting projects and great co-workers, amidst massive corporate dysfunction
I have been very lucky to have had the privilege to work with so many intelligent, creative, and passionate individuals on a wide range of projects across several studios at EA.
The enormous layering of middle and upper management creates a vacuum that has a tendency to destroy creativity and idea exploration on game teams. The senior level structure within EA is unfortunately more interested in the preservation of their own roles within the company than in creating really great games. Additionally, this company is extremely risk-averse and beholden to their quarterly reports, which ensures that they will continue to follow trends rather than create them.
Flatten the corporate structure and trim the fat where it’s truly needed so you can get back to focusing on what's important: the games.
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Rather fast. It took one week from the application to the interview. The HR people were really nice and everything went smooth. During the interview, I was asked mainly C++ underlying structure questions.
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Got an HR interview one day after application. They asked me if I could do the interview ASAP. Scheduled an H&M interview one day later. After introductions, I was asked the question: "Why us?" The hiring manager was quite arrogant and not happy
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It was a 3-round process. All rounds were 1 hour. The questions were basic. In the final round, there was a question from system design. Whatsapp design and Google Cloud design. Print ping pong using Go routines.
Senior Software Engineer
July 11, 2023Rather fast. It took one week from the application to the interview. The HR people were really nice and everything went smooth. During the interview, I was asked mainly C++ underlying structure questions.
Senior Software Engineer
April 8, 2023Got an HR interview one day after application. They asked me if I could do the interview ASAP. Scheduled an H&M interview one day later. After introductions, I was asked the question: "Why us?" The hiring manager was quite arrogant and not happy
Senior Software Engineer
IndiaJuly 15, 2022It was a 3-round process. All rounds were 1 hour. The questions were basic. In the final round, there was a question from system design. Whatsapp design and Google Cloud design. Print ping pong using Go routines.
