i'm scheduled for a full on-site loop for a PM role at EA (one of the sports titles orgs) at the end of July. i've been looking for recent threads and it's a bit sparse.
if you've been through an EA loop in the last 6-12 months, drop what you can: role type, number of rounds, what they actually asked (especially behavioral), how long the decision took, and honestly just anything that surprised you. trying to build a real picture, not the glassdoor stuff from 2022.
i'll post my own debrief after regardless.
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jordan_pm
did a PM loop for an EA Sports org about 8 months ago. 5 rounds total: recruiter, hiring manager 1:1 (more of a vibe check), product design exercise (take-home, 48 hours), live presentation of the take-home to 3 people, behavioral panel. the design exercise was legitimately good: they gave a real constraint and a real user problem, not a made-up widget. presentation matters as much as the slide, maybe more.
apm_aisha
not EA Sports specifically but EA mobile PM a few months ago. they asked a lot about live-service mechanics and monetization even though the JD didn't mention it much. worth reading up on how their games handle seasons, passes, that kind of thing. shows you're thinking like a player not just a PM.
intl_isla
oh that's really useful, thank you. i've been mostly prepping on the product fundamentals side, i'll go deeper on live-service specifics this week.
market_realist
the decision timeline at EA can really drag for PM roles. i got my final verbal 17 business days after my last round. they do let you ask for a status check at the 10-day mark without it being weird, do that.