Coding fluency
Implement an LRU cache. Explain your data structures, test capacity one, and walk through an eviction.
What a strong answer demonstrates
Correctness, edge cases, and time / space complexity.
Prepare for Electronic Arts with a focused mix of coding, design, and communication. Start with your job description and confirm the interview loop with your recruiter.
6 Practice picks
3 Interview reports
5 Levels mapped
01 / MAKE YOUR NEXT SESSION COUNT
Your preparation, made concrete.
System design
Design a notification service. Clarify delivery guarantees, model the data, then handle retries and duplicate events.
What a strong answer demonstrates
Clear requirements, a working baseline, and explicit trade-offs.
Behavioral storytelling
Describe a technical decision you changed after receiving feedback. Explain your contribution and the outcome.
What a strong answer demonstrates
Specific actions, honest reflection, and measurable impact.
BEFORE YOU PRACTICE
Ask your recruiter.
Get the details that a generic company guide cannot know.
- Which team and level is this opening for, and what does success look like?
- What rounds, durations, and evaluation criteria should I prepare for?
- Which languages, tools, and AI assistance are permitted?
- Will design focus on frontend, backend, infrastructure, or another specialty?
- Are there accommodations or preparation materials I should request?
Electronic Arts practice problems
Company-linked challenges and related lessons from our library. Not a prediction of your interview.
Challenge
Difficulty 7/10
Maximum Sum of Absolute Difference of Values and Indices
Challenge
Difficulty 7/10
Invert a Binary Tree
Challenge
Difficulty 6/10
How Deep Does It Go? Maximum Depth of Binary tree
Challenge
Difficulty 8/10
Max Rectangle in a Histogram
Challenge
Difficulty 6/10
Generate All String Permutations
Challenge
Difficulty 8/10
Shortest Path Distance in Matrix
Real interview experiences
3 reports from candidates who interviewed at Electronic Arts.
What people at Electronic Arts say
Reviews originally posted on Glassdoor.
Work/life balance. Fun place to work
Lots of freedom, great coworkers, nice work-life balance.
Lots of diversity and opportunities for engineering growth
Discussed events that happened over this summer in relation to diversity.
Great perks Socially-conscious Decent pay, especially with stock grants
Inside the workplace
About Electronic Arts
A day at Electronic Arts