The hiring process was very slow. I attended my interviews in May and got the final result only in July. For getting the final result, I had to email them multiple times regularly. After much assurances and delay i got the result in July and the email said they are moving ahead with other candidates.
One thing that i found weird was evaluating freshers and people having 4+ years of experience at the same level. The technical interview panel did not ask any questions related to my work, and was more inclined towards asking puzzles. I found this as highly unprofessional. Here the college students held an edge because they are more inclined towards preparing for these.
First i had to take an online test -Rembrandt Profile.
Then i had a phone interview - which was more about discussing my profile, and creating a rosy picture of work culture at Epic. I did a lot of research about Epic after this interview, and saw a huge difference between what the general opinion was and what the guy on the interview was saying. I deemed it as an eye wash.
Third round was a written technical and aptitude assessment. I was clubbed with around 45 odd college students and had to take this up at their college.
I got a call next day from a technical panel for a personal interview. The interview was odd, as the person was more inclined towards asking their set of questions. He had very slight idea of what i was doing and what tech i knew. In the end he asked me a puzzle related to finding the best match/ binary sort. I was confused after this round.
After technical review (which was hardly technical), i met the HR person. He was polite and asked me about the details which i had filled on their application form. I had quoted 85k to 90k annual salary, on which the HR did raise some eyebrows. But later he said EPIC pays handsome salaries.
I was in two minds after this process and dint give it too much of a thought. After 2 long months and sending atleast 10 follow up mails, i got a mail that "it was a difficult decision for us but we have decided to proceed with other candidates".
The whole process is weird. I would not recommend anyone having some experience to consider EPIC. The job that they would be offering would not be worth it. It might be a good firm for freshers though. Because it came out clearly from the interview process, that they wanted to hire cheap labour in the form of freshers and the technical panel itself wasnt technical enough to interview experienced candidates.
