I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Epic in Oct 2017
Interview
It started with a phone screening interview which was fairly simple. I got the call 30 minutes after it was scheduled but the call itself only took about 20 minutes. I just discussed a project I've worked on and why I'd want to be a software developer. The recruiter also told me a bout the intern role at epic.
After the phone screening I took a ProctorU technical assessment, which took 2-3 hours. This wasn't really an exam you could study for, as they have a 2 min round of quick questions, then they teach you their internal language and ask you questions about it, and then finally there are a few programming challenges. The only thing to note about the programming challenges is that you are asked to use Java, C, or C++ to code them if you a computer science student. There's no compiler or syntax checking, so you are expected to just get as close as possible to functional code.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Epic (Madison, WI) in Aug 2017
Interview
I applied through their easy-to-use form on their careers website. They notified of the 3-step process for hiring, and called me soon after for a 30-minute phone interview. The interviewer asked simple questions, and asked me to describe one of my projects.
They then helped me schedule a proctored technical assessment; it took about 2 hours. This involved logic, math, and programming questions. After a month (and a follow-up email from me), they have not contacted me again. The next step would have been an on-site interview that lasts most of the day.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Epic in Oct 2017
Interview
The phone screening was very straightforward where I described one project in detail. Then there was an online assessment and a very odd profile building thing (Rembrandt profile) that asked multiple choice questions that would be asked from a psychiatrist or a career match profile. The online assessment seemed very bland. There were 4 not too difficult algorithms that I coded. I had to comment all of the code because there was no compiler and I wasn't sure if those were the correct answers. There was also fast math which was 2 minutes of 10 geometry and algebra questions (can do without a calculator). Finally, there was answering questions on a programming language the assessment made up. This language breaks some of the rules of common programming languages but adds unique and unintuitive features to type parsing, so I needed to be careful. Overall, I did not enjoy the experience, especially having to do this remotely with ProcturU., and not being evaluated live by a real software engineer. I often have a positive learning experience with my interviews, but this is not one of them.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was a project you have done and how did you approach it?