The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Epic in Sep 2009
Interview
Epic recruited at my undergraduate business school. However, no interviews were conducted on campus. After collecting my resume at the career fair, I was invited to take an online aptitude test. After the completion of this test, I was contacted by HR to schedule a "phone interview." This was not an interview at all, but rather a 15 min conversation with a current employee in the same position describing what the job entailed. After this, I was asked if I was still interested in the position and then invited to an on-site interview at the headquarters in Wisconsin.
For the onsite interview, I flew in the day before and stayed at a nice hotel at the company's expense. That night I also went out to dinner with a current employee to talk about the position and see the city. Early the next morning, I went to the campus. First we got a quick tour of the building, got a short demo of the software, and then was given a math, english, and programing test. Following this, I conducted a case interview. Next, I was required to deliver a 10 min presentation I had prepared ahead of time to 5 employees, then lunch at the campus. Following this was a short interview with someone in HR.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Interview questions tended to be behavioral, pretty much same-old from every other interview you've had. A few "trick" questions in the testing, but if you're bright enough to get an offer you should get most or all of them.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Epic (Madison, WI) in Sep 2009
Interview
1.Emailed by HR rep to take initial online Rembrandt personality and math test. (Found it silly but played along--in hindsight, this was a red flag.)
2. Scheduled for a phone "interview," which mainly consisted of the Epic person asking me for dates of when I started/left previous jobs.
3. Flown out for an on-site cattle-call style interview. The Madison cab drivers all shake their heads at Epic candidates because there are THAT many people interviewed each week.
4. Told I would be made an offer or not in 1 week and heard back a few weeks later.
There were about 10 prospective candidates at the hotel and all of us went out to dinner with an Epic employee. This was described as a 1:1 dinner, however there wasn't really much 1:1, since there were so many of us. The Epic employee was nice and had lots of information but had a tight-lipped deer-in-the-headlights look when we asked what the formula was to get hired (It's obviously some SAT+GRE+School Ranking/age formula). Seriously, the guy looked SCARED when we asked about the formula--and we were only kind of kidding...
On site, I was asked to make a 10-minute presentation to 4 Epic employees (PowerPoint not allowed). Not a big deal. And all of my interviews went well. Most of them were the Epic employees following a script describing their jobs and/or asking the same (scripted) typical HR questions. What I found ridiculous was that they flew me out only to put me in a small, creepy office ALONE for 3 hours or so with written tests. These tests were basic math story problems, verbal (more like riddles), and programming tests. I understand that they want empirical evidence that someone is intelligent, but to anyone who is not just out of college... it is incredibly tedious and insulting. Apparently they have not heard the news in Madison that research has shown time and again that these standardized tests MEAN NOTHING. For a company that caters to evidence-based medicine... you need to revisit your tired hiring process. Bottom line: If you really want a job at Epic, get a GRE review book and familiarize yourself with those types of questions. And if you're over 30 years old, forget it. (The age rumors are most definitely true.)
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
What is something that (one of your references) would say you could improve on?
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Epic in Nov 2009
Interview
Met Epic at my university's career fair. Seemed like a pretty neat company. I gave them my resume and I got an email a week later saying they'd like to set up a phone interview, which was short and really easy. Then i had to take a skill-assessment test, which was harder than i thought it'd be, but apparently I did well cause i got an on-site interview. Haven't done that yet, but i'm preparing a 10 min presentation for it. Hopefully it goes well.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
When was the last time you made a big impact in a leadership role?