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Data Engineer
Entry Average Positive experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Technical screen Onsite
Interview formats
Technical Coding System Design
It was a face-to-face interview process, and the interviewers were really open to discussion. It felt more like a conversation about how I'd approach problems. I had 2 rounds: the first was SQL and a DSA question, and the second was a system design question. Just having your basics solid is enough for the system design part.
Confirmed questions3 questions
- Could you explain the differences between inner, left, and full outer SQL joins?
- What is your approach to solving a DSA problem?
- How would you design a system?
Zynga
DevOps Engineer
Senior Average Positive experience Accept offer 6 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Onsite Technical screen Technical screen Background check
Interview formats
Technical Coding Behavioral
So there were 6 rounds in total. It started with a manager discussion, then a live coding round for DevOps, followed by another F2F manager round. After that, there was a F2F DevOps round, then a round focused on how I'd handle things once I joined, and finally an HR round. The first four were technical interviews.
Confirmed questions6 questions
- Can you discuss your experience with AWS?
- What is your experience with Kubernetes?
- Can you explain your knowledge of Terraform?
Zynga
Senior Technical Project Manager
Senior Difficult Positive experience Accept offer 6 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Technical screen Onsite Group Presentation
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical Presentation Group
The process consisted of several interview stages, including recruiter screening, hiring manager, lead manager, engineering, product management, and other producers. It was a thorough process, but very focused on discovering whether you are a good match with the team and the people you will work with.
Confirmed questions4 questions
- Can you provide use cases that demonstrate your communication skills?
- Can you provide use cases that demonstrate your ability to handle conflicts?
- Can you provide use cases that demonstrate your prioritization skills?
Zynga
Data Analyst
Entry Average Negative experience No offer 1 round
Interview process
Take home Technical screen
Interview formats
Coding Technical
The interview was conducted on a Coderpad platform, involving 2 SQL questions and approximately 6-7 product analytics questions. However, the Coderpad platform had numerous bugs. For instance, an implicit ordering issue occurred because the platform expected a specific output order despite the absence of an ORDER BY clause. A CASE WHEN statement caused the query to fail, but its removal allowed the query to run, pointing to a platform bug with conditional logic. Additionally, a division operation that should have resulted in a float returned an integer, indicating a data type handling problem. It's surprising that in the age of LLMs, syntax matching is still used for SQL testing.
Confirmed questions4 questions
- A new feature launch saw GMV reach 5000 in 2 days; how would you project if GMV will hit 50K in 10 days?
- With a win rate of 35% before a feature release and 39% after (target 40%), what steps would you take to confirm if 39% is actually below 40% and to validate that this win rate is significant?
- What's an effective strategy for a game release, and what would you propose to the CXO?
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