I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Electronic Arts (Redwood City, CA) in May 2010
Interview
15 levels of interview, mostly on past achievements, challenges, and how I had handled them. Responsibilities handled. I felt that my manager was trying to get a consensus built.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Electronic Arts (Redwood City, CA)
Interview
Submitted resume to an external recruiter on LinkedIn Jobs. They responded in after about 2 weeks.
The recruiter arranged for a 30 minute phone interview. The recruiter conducted a thorough interview. The questions covered background, experience leading people and knowledge about managing operations teams. There was a focus on Incident Management and Problem Management.
The next interview was arranged with the EA team, a 1 hour team interview. The team was comprised of the managers that would report to the director. It was a standard well conducted interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There were no especially tough questions most were based on the ability to manage teams and customers. "How would you handle a customer in a given situation?" being the toughest.
