I applied online. The process took 8 months. I interviewed at Electronic Arts in Apr 2021
Interview
I send an online application and I got invited to take an online assessment, which I took within the stipulated timeframe. I heard back only a month after taking the test asking for my availability for an online interview, to which I said yes. The interview took place over Zoom and there was the linguistic team leader and two other game testers of my native language. The interview was not good, they didn't seem to like my answers at all and they looked awkward and they also made me feel awkward with their silly grilling question. They promised to give me feedback after the interview but I never got it and according to LinkedIn, they hired a non-linguist native speaker instead (I'm a linguist with a degree).
After five months they posted the same job opportunity but they never asked me about my availability until after two months from the repost when the hiring manager rushed back with a number of calls and an email finally asking me if I was available. Obviously I wasn't interested any longer.
The hiring process wasn't professional at all and I never felt good or an interesting candidate for them at any point of the process until they ran out of suitable native speakers. I recommend looking into this and making some changes if they want to have a supply of suitable native speaker candidates in the future.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would you do if the company gave you a physical game to test during the working hours and you lost it?
I interviewed at Electronic Arts (Shanghai, Shanghai)
Interview
The online assessment was easy, only with theoretical software testing questions.
The first interviewer was nice, the second one was unconcerned.
No online coding was required in the whole process.
I interviewed at Electronic Arts (Bucharest, Bucuresti)
Interview
First you get called to schedule an interview and some details about the job, such as salary and work hours. The interview is a 30-minute video call on Zoom where you get asked some simple questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You are asked about which games you play, whether you've found bugs in them, and some hypothetical situations related to what you'd do if you caught a bug in a game. You also get asked about your computer's characteristics because they expect you to work on your home PC.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Electronic Arts (Bucharest, Bucuresti) in Apr 2025
Interview
Initial HR screening talking about experience and personality, followed by a technical interview with someone from QA strictly about what games I play and what bugs have I encountered and if I reported them. Bad offer, long shift with long commute, no remote possibility, bad pay and no benefits.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What bugs have I encountered in games? Talk about testing methods, functional testing, visual testing.
Game Tester applicants have rated the interview process at Electronic Arts with 1.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 64% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Game Tester roles take an average of 8 days to get hired, when considering 14 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Electronic Arts overall takes an average of 22 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Electronic Arts as a Game Tester according to 14 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 28%
Phone interview: 24%
Skills test: 16%
Presentation: 12%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
Group panel interview: 4%
Other: 4%
Background check: 4%
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