The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Epic in Dec 2010
Interview
Attended an informational session after a job fair at school. I gave my resume to the presenter and was called a week later by a HR recruiter. I had a phone interview about a week later which was then followed by an on site interview a couple of weeks later. The on-site interview consisted of a tour of the facility, a series of one-on-one interviews and two skills tests.
The company culture is very casual and laid back. Interviewees were dressed ranging from casual to business casual. I did not see anyone dressed professionally (interviewers nor interviewees). I would recommend being very comfortable about talking about yourself during the phone interview and be prepared for role playing scenarios in the one-on-one interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would someone you know describe you in five words?
I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Epic (Madison, WI) in Oct 2010
Interview
Started out doing an online personality test and then the phone interview was very easy, the person who called was a mechanical engineer graduate like myself, very young and could relate extremely well. A little too well.
Flew in to Madison for two days. The first night was just a dinner with a current Tech Services Engineer. He was a middle aged guy who had been working there for 12 years. Some of the perks of the company seemed to contradict his actual choices - he said every 5 years you get a month off for whatever you want to do. But he hadn't taken advantage of it even though he now has 2 months for some reason which seemed kind of fishy... He seemed overworked but liked his job regardless.
The campus is nice but I think lacks things like a gym or a day care center for employee kids because it is alone on a farm out of Madison. The receptionists are a little too nice, there responds are polite but robotic; honestly felt like I was in the twighlight zone.
All the employees are straight of college and turning rate is about 2 years. Interviewed with 3 different people one on one and did a programming test which was really easy.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Had to write some pseudo code for a recursive method.
They give you a scenario example like you are the rep for a client who is about to start using your system. A day before the start date they email you saying they want to add a feature. What do you do.
The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Epic in Feb 2011
Interview
I was contacted by Epic in December and was asked to submit an application for their project manager position. A month later I was given a phone interview, about two weeks later I was offered an in person interview in Madison. They flew me across the country and put me up in a nice hotel downtown covering all my expenses. The day of the interview I woke early and was taken by Cab to their headquarters, which is about 30 minutes away from downtown Madison. It began with a tour of the campus followed by a demonstration of their software after which we each began our interviews. The first interview was position specific, I cannot disclose the actual questions, but I can say you should treat the day as a marathon test but should not pose serious problems for those qualified. They followed up the first interview with a presentation to a group of young employees (most employees are young) which was basically to prove your communications skills. Lunch gave us a break followed by another round of interviews with HR, after which at the end of the day we began the exams, which last approximatively two hours. These exams make the interview process incredibly unique as after years of college and great grades (you need at least a 3.3 to even be considered) you must prove your intelligence they don't take it for granted. Finally you hand in your exam and they call you a cab. The whole day takes about 7 hours, and they say they will contact you in a week possibly two with their decision. Its been two full weeks for me and am still waiting for an answer, so don't expect a quick response they do have many, many candidates to consider.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
When would you be ready to start working if offered the job?