I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at EPAM Systems (Sankt Petersburg, ) in Apr 2016
Interview
A recruiter reached out to me via LinkedIn and asked me if I could be interested in the job. So I said yes, and the process started. It was pretty painful, as my recruiter would re-schedule my two rounds of interviews (one technical, one with a manager) 6 or 7 times. Sometimes she would re-schedule when I was at the office entrance already.
Nevertheless I passed it and told them that I'm okay with waiting for feedback as I have ongoing interviews with another company, and I'd have to have all the information to make any decisions anyway. Well, it turned out that they just completely forgot about me - I didn't receive any kind of feedback for 4 months or so.
Then all of a sudden they reached out to me again and told they'd like to have another conversation. Well, okay, I went there. It was another technical interview, during which I was asked questions based on my most voted-up LinkedIn skills - despite saying that that list doesn't correlate very well with my actual knowledge and skills.
Knowing about 'you forgot about me 4 months ago' situation, they promised to get back in 2 days. It has been two weeks until I got a reject letter stating that I'm underskilled for a senior position. And I'm happy about being rejected, because if a company treats its hiring process like that, I wouldn't count on business processes being well-developed overall.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Ratio of non-tricky to tricky questions was about 50/50.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at EPAM Systems
Interview
Totally unknown! Recruiter calls you, talking about your previous experinces. Then one "Lead BA" asks questions. Limited screening, less attitude.. They can't judge if I am suitable or not because he was less experienced than me. It was obvious!
I applied online. I interviewed at EPAM Systems (Denver, CO) in Apr 2017
Interview
The process was straight forward. Met with various people on the team giving them expertise and understanding what they are requiring. Met with both VP's and other related individuals.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked about technical skills specific questions to backend development and how large the projects I managed in the past.