interesting quote during the interview:
"i'm not sure which step of the interview process this is"
plenty of rescheduling, lack of responses
1st round: gauge interest and discuss the game at hand
2nd round: high level questions on game economy regarding inflation and sql questions
overall, the process was poorly organized
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
explain how to prevent inflation in game
what would you do if you could control the whole montery system
The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Zynga (Toronto, ON)
Interview
CoderPad exercise with hiring manager simple SQL questions followed by a 5-hour onsite meeting with data scientists, leads and managers. During the onsite was also asked to whiteboard a programming problem and did another SQL test using coderpad.
The only negative thing about the process is not that I didn’t get the job but the fact that no one had reached out to me to tell me they decided to move forward with other candidates.
I don’t mind this when it’s usually a phone screen or even first interview but when you take a day off work to interview for 5 hours, it’s disrespectful to the candidate to not even send them an email to let them know they didn’t get the job.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Would you offer the option for players to purchase a ad-free version of words with friends for life. If yes, how would you price it.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Zynga
Interview
1 phone (zoom) screen and then 3 "on-site" (also zoom) rounds. Mostly leet code easy, one OO design question. Mostly tested my fundamentals and really spot checked me to make sure I didn't lie about any of the skills/experiences I listed on my resume.
Behavioural was quite easy, mostly about your future goals.