I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Epic (Madison, WI) in Oct 2019
Interview
I applied during a career fair. I had a phone interview a month later, and then Epic asked me to complete Rembrandt Profile, the skill assessments, and the UXD Design Exercise a few days later. Two weeks after my submission of the design exercise, I followed up with them but they told me to wait a few weeks. I followed up three weeks (for this one I didn't get a reply) and four weeks after the first follow up. And they finally informed me, "we have already filled the job for which you applied".
The phone interview was casual. The interviewer first introduced the company (about 15~20 minutes), ask me a few questions, and then asked me if I have any questions.
Although the design exercise was called "UXD Design Exercise" in the instruction document, they said it was a UI Design Exercise in the emails and that they would pass the mock-ups to the UI team. I'm not sure is UX or UI more of their focus. They asked me to complete this exercise within one week and plan to spend no more than 10 hours on it. It was hard for me because I was not familiar with the design subject at all. They said we could create up to five high fidelity mock-ups, but I only completed two under the time constraint.
The interview process consisted of an initial recruiter screening, followed by a hiring manager interview and several rounds with cross-functional team members. The discussions focused on my product design experience, design thinking process, collaboration with engineers and product managers, and portfolio case studies. I was also asked to explain how I approach ambiguous problems and measure the impact of my work. The process was professional and well-structured, and communication was timely throughout.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I walked through a recent project from problem discovery to launch. I explained how I conducted user research, identified key pain points, explored design concepts, collaborated with engineers, and validated solutions through testing. I also shared measurable outcomes and reflected on lessons learned during the project.
Got to the phone call interview stage.
Along with the phone call, I had to complete a virtual skills assessment that testing math and problem-solving skills (applying layered logic from a fake coding language).
Received an initial call about the position, finished a couple of assessments, completed a take home design exercise, and in the process of the final 4hr interview. The design exercise is given with a prompt in which you must fulfill the requirements in 5 hours or less. You have a week to finish the exercise, but for the most part, it was pretty fun.
