Epic interview questions

I joined Monster.com and was invited to submit my resume. After that came a phone interview followed by a personality test, skills assessment, and an on-site interview. The personality test was weird and psyched me out a little because I tend to over-think things; same with the skills assessment, though I wasn't too worried about it. The phone interview was nothing more than screening questions: what are my goals for this job? Why did I apply? Where do I see myself in 5 years? etc. The on-site interview was something else; they have contracts with hotels and taxi services in Madison, so everything ran very smoothly and all the people I met were very nice and friendly. Since this company hires young/recent grads, I felt more like I was going to summer camp than a job interview. As a writer, I had to take yet another skills exam and talk to someone from about three different departments in addition to sitting through presentations. It makes for a long day. I did have to prod the recruiter at each stage of the process to move it along; sometimes, weeks went between when I completed one part and they started the next and I had to initiate communication each time. I think they only agreed to the on-site interview because I was so persistent, but I wasn't terribly surprised when they ultimately did not offer me a job (and guess what? They waited two weeks after the interview before turning me down). Had they offered me a job, I would have accepted it.

Applied online through my university. A few days later, I took a fairly standard personality test. 2 days later, I received an invite to be interviewed via video chat, although the interview eventually was conducted on the phone due to technical issues. I had the behavioral interview about a week later, and the interviewer mainly just asked some questions that have already been detailed on this site. This lasted approximately 20 minutes. About another week after that, I was informed that a skills test would be proctored at a local library in my hometown. This has been the longest part of the process thus far as the test had to be mailed both to/from as well as scheduling conflicts with the proctor. As others have mentioned the test had 2 parts: a math and a programming section. Another after the test was completed, I received an on-site interview which I will be attending soon. Thus far, the interview process has been handled pretty smoothly and the HR rep that I've been in contact with has been extremely helpful. The only thing I don't understand is why some applicants take a skills test prior to the on-site while others seem to take a skills test while at the on-site interview. Though I suppose if you perform well enough on the skills test, then it won't really matter either way. My GPA is also less than what I've heard Epic "requires", so I don't think GPA would be a reason for an applicant not getting an interview.