The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Epic (Madison, WI) in May 2010
Interview
The questions asked during the phone interviews and on-site interviews were very behavioral in nature, very few technical ones. The on-site visit was great. They roll out the red carpet for potential employees.
Interview process consisted of:
45-minute HR-type phone interview
On-campus math/programming skills assessment (basic programming logic)
3 interviews on-site with managers/ staff
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Here's your task list for the day. How would you handle these issues, and in what order?
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Epic (Madison, WI) in Dec 2010
Interview
I met with one of their current employees at a scheduled interview time, assigned by the university. We chatted briefly about GPA and test scores. There was no behavioral questions.
Afterwards, I was asked to complete a personality assessment, which was sent to my emails. Next, I was informed that a skills assessment would be waiting for me at the career services center. I completed the test, which consisted of a math, english and programming section. I was contacted a week later about coming to visit their facility in Wisconsin.
At Epic, I learned more about the company and an interview with a current Technical Services employee and a member of HR.
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.