EA DICE interview, decoded.
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DICE, the Stockholm studio behind Battlefield and the home of EA's Frostbite engine, interviews engineers the way most Stockholm studios do: homework first. Candidates describe a home assignment of about twenty hours over a week, a small C++ project with performance constraints, followed by a technical interview in which three senior developers go through it and question every decision, from design to implementation to readability, asking harder questions until you run out of answers. Around that sit an HR call, a conversation with the team lead and future manager, and for some roles the wider EA loop of coding, game-systems design and a domain round. It is one of the better-rated loops in the city: 73 percent of Glassdoor candidates call it positive.
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Who EA DICE hires
DICE hires C++ engineers for gameplay, rendering, animation, networking, tools and the Frostbite engine, alongside designers, artists, technical artists, QA and production, almost all in Stockholm. EA owns the studio, so engineers sit on EA's level ladder (SE 2, SE 3, Senior SE) and pay includes EA stock and bonus. The studio's head of recruitment has said the best application is your work: put your code or portfolio online, and arrive having played the game.
What is the EA DICE interview process?
Candidate accounts on Glassdoor describe the Stockholm loop; EA's studio-wide engineering loop, documented by interview guides, describes the rounds some DICE roles add. Both are below.
Standard questions on background and motivation, and whether you have played the game; the recruiter's own advice is to arrive having done so.
A small project in C++ with performance constraints, or for some roles a simple game. Graded on design, implementation, readability and how it performs.
Your assignment, line by line. Every decision is questioned and the questions get harder until you cannot answer; that is how they place your level, so running out of answers is expected.
C++ memory and data-oriented design; designing an inventory, matchmaking or entity-component system and defending the data layout; for DICE, the rendering pipeline, multiplayer networking and client-side prediction.
A get-to-know-you conversation with the lead and your future manager: how you work, what you have shipped, fit with the team.
What EA DICE screens for
DICE's recruiter and its candidates describe the same bar.
- Craft in C++ that survives a review by three senior developers
- Judgment under performance constraints, said out loud
- Having played the game and knowing the studio, which the recruiter names as the minimum preparation
- Speaking about former employers without bitterness; the recruiter names it as a fail
- A portfolio or public code that shows what you can build
EA DICE interview questions
Candidate-reported themesThe assignment interview is the questions; the themes below are what the rest of the loop reportedly covers.
Behavioural & motivation
- Why DICE, and what do you think of the current Battlefield?Listening for: Specificity · Connection · Research
- Walk me through your assignment. Why this structure, and what would you change with more time?Listening for: Reasons for each choice · Alternatives you rejected · Honest about limits
- Tell me about a feature you owned end to end and shipped under deadline pressure.Listening for: The feature and the deadline · Trade-offs under pressure · What shipped
- Describe a conflict on a team about a technical approach and how it ended.Listening for: Engagement · Professionalism · Resolution
- What is the worst performance problem you have fixed, and how did you find it?Listening for: The problem in numbers · How you found it · The fix and the gain
Technical
- Practice: your assignment is a small C++ program that must update 100,000 particles at 60 frames per second. How would you structure it, and what would you measure?The home assignment: A small C++ project with performance constraints; design, implementation and readability all questionedListening for: Data layout for speed · Measured performance · Readable, reviewable code
- Practice: when does C++ move an object instead of copying it, and how would you make a class that owns a resource safe to move?C++ in depth: Memory management, RAII and smart pointers, move semantics, virtual dispatch cost, data-oriented designListening for: When moves happen · RAII ownership · Pitfalls named
- Design an entity-component system and defend its data layout.Game-systems design: An inventory, a matchmaking flow or an entity-component setup, with the data layout and update loop defendedListening for: Cache-friendly layout · Update loop · Trade-offs defended
- How does client-side prediction hide latency in a fast shooter?Rendering and networking: Tracing a frame from culling to draw-call submission; how client-side prediction hides latency in a fast shooterListening for: Predicts locally · Server reconciliation · Other players and hits
- Practice: an engine tool that imports assets has become too slow for artists. How would you find the bottleneck and speed it up?Engine work: Frostbite's team sits in Stockholm; engine roles go deeper on tools, pipelines and performanceListening for: Profiles first · Fitting fixes · Keeps artists working
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Levels.fyi for software engineers at Electronic Arts in Greater Stockholm, read on 13 September 2026: the median package is SEK 831K; an SE 2 reports SEK 618K base plus SEK 102K stock and SEK 57K bonus, an SE 3 SEK 825K base plus 225K stock and 124K bonus. Few Stockholm reports sit behind the senior figure. EA stock and bonus put DICE above the independent studios and near King; our Stockholm salary page has the comparison.
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How to prepare for an EA DICE interview
- Treat the home assignment as twenty hours of your best code. Readable names, small functions, the performance constraint met and measured, and a short note on what you would do next. Three senior developers will read it; write it for them.
- Prepare to be questioned until you fail. For every decision in the assignment, know the alternative you rejected and why; when the questions pass what you know, say so plainly. That edge is how they place your level, not a mark against you.
- Drill the C++ they ask about: ownership and RAII, move semantics, virtual dispatch cost, cache-friendly data layout. Engine and gameplay rounds are built on it.
- Be able to trace a frame and explain client-side prediction. Rendering and networking are the DICE domain rounds, and a shooter's feel depends on both.
- Play the current Battlefield, and put your code where they can see it. The studio's recruiter has said both, in those words.
This guide covers EA DICE's engineering and research hiring. For management and leadership roles the loop is similar but the bar shifts to people, delivery and strategy, so pair it with the leadership interview prep hub. The bar for your exact role comes from the role-by-role guides, and the prep that actually transfers is spoken, so run a mock interview before the real one.
Also interviewing at Paradox Interactive, CD Projekt Red or Supercell? Their guides follow the same format, from the first screen to the offer.
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What is EA DICE's interview process?
Candidate accounts on Glassdoor describe the Stockholm loop; EA's studio-wide engineering loop, documented by interview guides, describes the rounds some DICE roles add. The stages, in order: HR screen; Home assignment; Assignment interview; Technical rounds, some roles; Team lead and manager.
What does EA DICE look for in candidates?
DICE's recruiter and its candidates describe the same bar. Craft in C++ that survives a review by three senior developers; Judgment under performance constraints, said out loud; Having played the game and knowing the studio, which the recruiter names as the minimum preparation; Speaking about former employers without bitterness; the recruiter names it as a fail.
What questions does EA DICE ask in interviews?
The assignment interview is the questions; the themes below are what the rest of the loop reportedly covers. Technical themes: The home assignment; C++ in depth; Game-systems design; Rendering and networking; Engine work.
How do I prepare for an EA DICE interview?
Treat the home assignment as twenty hours of your best code. Readable names, small functions, the performance constraint met and measured, and a short note on what you would do next. Three senior developers will read it; write it for them. Prepare to be questioned until you fail. For every decision in the assignment, know the alternative you rejected and why; when the questions pass what you know, say so plainly. That edge is how they place your level, not a mark against you.
- 01Glassdoor, DICE Sweden software engineer interview experiencescandidate accounts of the home assignment of about twenty hours over a week, a small C++ project with performance constraints, the technical interview with three senior developers questioning every decision until you fail, the HR video call and the meeting with the team lead and future manager
- 02Glassdoor, DICE Sweden interview experiencesthe 72.7 percent positive rating, 2.95 out of 5 difficulty, and the 54-day average across reported interviews
- 03techinterview, Electronic Arts interview guide (2026)EA's engineering loop of a 60 to 90 minute phone screen and a four to six round onsite with two coding rounds, game-systems design, a domain round and behavioural; the C++ topics; the DICE-specific rendering, networking and client-side prediction themes; four to seven weeks
- 04MCV/Develop, recruiter hot seat: EA DICEDICE's head of recruitment on putting your code or portfolio online, arriving prepared and having played the game, not speaking badly of former employers, and relocating international hires through the same test and interview process
- 05Levels.fyi, Electronic Arts software engineer pay in Greater Stockholmthe SEK 831K median package and the SE 2, SE 3 and Senior SE 2 medians with base, stock and bonus
- 06Wikipedia, DICEthe studio's history, Battlefield, and the Frostbite engine
Interview processes change. This reflects widely-reported and sourced conditions as of 2026 — confirm specifics with your recruiter, and treat it as a map rather than a guarantee.
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