I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Epic (Madison, WI) in Apr 2012
Interview
Invited to do the Personality profile online first, then after a couple of days I was emailed by an HR type that would guide me through the process, she set up a phone screen. I use the word screen because although they said it was a phone interview with one of the other PM's, it was actually a different HR person who asked me to "talk through my resume" and she asked for dates/scores/job descriptions that were all listed on the resume in the same exact verbiage that they were already listed in (odd to say the least). Then a couple standard phone interview questions: why epic, have to move to Madison, where do you see yourself in 5 years? etc etc. She said she would share my responses with a few of the PM/IC's and I would be contacted to go further in the process. I was then invited a couple days later to go to a testing site and take a logic exam and a programming exam. I contacted them and said I have ZERO programming experience and asked how much programming was a part of the job (wasn't on job description)—they said none directly, but its important have a minor understanding so you can work with the developers. The test did ask directly if I had any programming experience. HR lady also said, it would not count against me.
Anyways, I did good on the logic test because of GMAT practice, but the software programming was a pain in the a** and Im sure I didn't answer a lot of those correctly because it was in a language I had no understanding about whatsoever. Go figure they email me back a week later and said thanks but I wasn't being considered for the position anymore.
Kind of Cult like vibe when I talked to them about moving to Madison, (wife was against reloc. anyways). Seems kind of hard to build sales rapport without having people based in territories but who knows, that might change for them when they start going after medium sized fish for business. They're still catering to the Kaiser's of the world.
TO sum it up: A much more intensive interview process, with much less personalization or 1:1 focus. Felt very much like a fresh out of college, huge corporate filtration hiring selection. And, the Logic puzzles gave me a headache after 45 minutes.
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Epic (Madison, WI) in May 2012
Interview
First there was a personality test, which went fine. There were basic personality questions and also simple logical/math test.
I got through that and the next round consisted of a phone interview. The interviewer was very impressed with my computer science background. But I clearly told him that now I have an MBA degree and I am not looking to code. The interviewer told me that this job would not have any coding and it would be training people to use software. I thought that was a fun job.
I cleared the interview and later there was a skills test. I had to go to a center to take the test. All the questions was based on coding! The questions listed multiple scenarios and asked me to code in any programming language. Though I knew the logic/algorithm behind the code, I'd forgotten all the syntax as it has been a while since I coded, so I wrote the code in a pseudo-programming language. I am sure the algorithm/logic was right. I did not worry too much about the result of this round as I had made up my mind to reject their offer even if I cleared. Why did the interviewer lie and mention that there would be no coding? I would have saved myself a lot of time if he had been clear earlier.
To top it all, they promised to reimburse the cab cost to the test center and when I emailed them the receipt, there was no response and I got no money. Horrible experience.
I applied through other source. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Epic (Verona, WI) in Mar 2012
Interview
I received an email from one of their in house recruiters stating that I was a potential fit for an opening they had in the finance/accounting department. I completed an application. One week later I was given a time to take an online test. Two weeks after the completion of the test, I was given a time to complete a phone interview. Several weeks later I received a rejection letter. The online interview was given by, what sounded like a newbie robot. Had no interest in the type of job I was interviewing for or my qualifications. In rote monotone asked what was your next job, and what did you do there, when did you leave, why...Using up our alloted 30 minutes...Finally ...Thanks you will be contacted soon....
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
On the phone interview all that was asked were dates and times of employment and reasons for leaving.