Congratulations Dan on the job interview and possibility of joining EA.
I would only hope if you are successful and join EA, that your influence helps bring ratings realism to the ratings, perhaps you influencing how the formulas are applied, so that pure speed alone isn't enough, where football IQ and position-specific attributes have more influence, and that you are strong in resistance against this
PR pressure to bump up high profile players, and thus making a mockery of the "realistic ratings" that is the gist of your work.