Electronic Arts Data Scientist Interview Questions
& Process
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and how the experience turned out.
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First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at Electronic Arts.
Electronic Arts
Data Scientist
Mid Average Neutral experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Panel
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical Coding
First, a 30-minute recruiter call to go over the interview process. Then, a 45-minute meeting with the hiring manager. Finally, there are three 45-minute panel interviews with different stakeholders, typically including a director, a non-technical stakeholder, and one or two team members. Each person on the panel will ask questions relevant to their area, covering communication, product understanding, or coding skills.
Confirmed questions3 questions
- Tell me about yourself and your experiences.
- Can you write a SQL query to achieve X?
- How would you approach a product-related problem?
Electronic Arts
Data Scientist
Senior Average Negative experience No offer 1 round
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical
So the first part of the interview was just explaining my current role at a high level, which was fine. Then they said we'd do behavioral, but it wasn't really behavioral, just questions about travel and relocation. The technical part was more trivia, like random questions about transformers and RNNs, even though deep learning wasn't in the job description. They asked about L1/L2 regularization without giving a scenario. It felt like the interviewer wasn't prepared for the role.
Confirmed questions7 questions
- Can you describe a solution from your current role?
- Can you describe your current role at a high level?
- Are you open to 10% travel?
Electronic Arts
Data Scientist
Entry Average Positive experience Decline offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen
Interview formats
Technical Coding Behavioral
Got an email from a recruiter about my resume and they wanted to interview me. Had a quick 10-minute phone chat, and then they scheduled a technical interview with two data scientists. Both interviewers called at the same time, which was a bit uncoordinated. One started by explaining their projects. I then briefly talked about my projects and skills. After that, they asked several machine learning questions, which were straightforward and I tied them to my past projects. Then came one algorithm question on arrays. I offered three correct solutions, but they were looking for an O(n) solution that I couldn't think of right away. The interviewer was quite friendly.
Confirmed questions3 questions
- general machine learning questions
- an algorithm question about arrays
- an o(n) solution for an algorithm question about arrays
Electronic Arts Data Scientist Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Electronic Arts interview reports.
“What are some common Python syntax errors?”
Read reports →“Which Python packages are most useful for data analysis?”
Read reports →“What is the SQL Architecture of Hadoop?”
Read reports →“Can you predict the winner of an online soccer game between two players before the match begins?”
Read reports →“Can you differentiate between a list and a dictionary in Python?”
Read report →“What are the three primary benefits of using Transformers?”
Read report →“Why would L1 or L2 regularization be better for a scenario?”
Read report →“How would you approach sorting data that is larger than available memory?”
Read report →“Could you tell me about different machine learning algorithms?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 22 Electronic Arts interview reports.