Got an email from a recruiter. She asked something about the current work and asked me to rate my expertise in the programming languages. She the had an interview set up. Interviewer called and used collabedit. He asked me to analyze an algorithm. After oding that his internet connection went down and he asked me to write finding a value in the binary tree. I wrote findValue(Node root) and he asked about the complexity i.e. O(logn) and he was okay.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Analzying the following code and answer the complexity of this algorithm
public String getString()
String s= "";
for(int i =0 ; i < LARGE_NUMBER ; i++) {
s += "a";
}
return s;
}
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Zynga
Interview
Started with an initial phone screen by a Central Analyst. This took about 20 minutes. He asked questions like:
-Why Zynga?
-Give me an example of when you used data analysis to make a decision
Then followed up with a on-site interview with 4 1:1 interviews. Each interview went along the same lines:
-Why zynga?
-Give me an example of when you used data analysis to make a decision.
-Pick one of Zynga's mottos and tell me when you clearly exemplified this in previous work.
-What are your excel skills?
-How would you try to make a compelling argument to the development team to put in the work necessary to fix a bug that only affects a small percentage of our users?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Zynga (San Francisco, CA) in Jun 2012
Interview
1st Interview: Phone interview. Asked the usual introduction stuff, why zynga. what interested me about the position,etc.etc. Then I was questioned on my past experience with working big data and asked to give examples of what types of analysis I conducted. Then i was asked what skills in excel I had developed to clean data sets.
2nd Interview: Panel Interview. I interviewed with 4 different members of the CRM department. I was thought this would be more of the meat and potatoes section of the interview, but they threw me a curveball and asked to list the "motto's" of Zynga( Be your own CEO, Move at Zynga Speed), let's say i didn't expect them to ask to that degree. Then I was asked, in great detail, about my past experiences analyzing data and to give examples of when my analysis had helped to make clear decisions. I was quizzed on some statistical concepts. All four interviewers followed the same type of format. They all said the same thing, that I am more than qualified for the position with my work and educational background, but I was not offered the position.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Please list Zynga's Mottos and give an example of how you represented that in your past work experience.