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Updated May 24, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Software Developer at Epic
Posted May 24, 2012
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4.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2012 (took 4+ weeks)
Sent a quick resume with no cover letter pretty randomly. Got an email a few days later to go online and fill out a form. Phone interview was scheduled and the developer I spoke to was very nice. Had lots of information about the products and the culture. Took the test at a local center. It took me over 3 hours to complete. Most of the questions are variations on the same problems you have probably seen in college. I was a little rusty and couldn't come up with the last answer (4 programming test total) and probably spent too much time trying to figure it out. Got an email about a week later with the standard sorry we are not interested. Fair enough. Only thing is I probably spent 6 - 7 hours on this, a phone call would have been nice or perhaps some more meaningful feedback. I would say this of most places not just EPIC.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Skills Test.
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Word Artist, Quality Assurance at Epic
Posted May 22, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2012 in Madison, WI (took 2 months)
I applied online and received an email from a recruiter with a personality and skills test. After completing that, I received another email a couple days later with an offer for a phone interview and a link to a writing assessment. After the phone interview, I received an invitation for an on-site visit and interview. They flew me out to Madison and I had to go in for a few more hours of skills testing that afternoon, and went for a tour and dinner with a few other candidates and an Epic employee that night. The next day was a full day of 1:1 interviews, tours, and even MORE skills testing. Overall, it was a pretty exhausting experience and the campus certainly was interesting, but I didn't like how disorganized they seemed to be, and there didn't seem to be any opportunities for career growth. They waited the full two weeks to get back to me after my visit, and I wasn't too disappointed when I didn't receive an offer.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Technical Services at Epic
Posted May 22, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2012 in Madison, WI (took 3 weeks)
I applied for a Software Engineer position online after it was recommended for me through Careerbuilder. I then received an email that asked me for more information that I hadn't provided. Once I responded I quickly received a follow-up email asking me to take a personality test. I haven't had to take a personality test before, I thought it was a strange way to evaluate yourself. They list 5 statements and you select which is most applicable to you, the next most, and so on. The statements however are totally unrelated so I found it hard to rank them sometimes.
After I took this I didn't hear anything for about a week. I then received an email saying they had selected another candidate for the position I applied for but they recommended that I apply for another position which actually was more suited to my background. In this same email they asked me if I'd be interested setting up a phone interview for the position they recommended. I set one up for the following week.
For the phone interview I spoke with a woman who didn't have the exact job I was applying for but worked in the same general field. The interview lasted about an hour, the first half she asked me questions and the second half I asked questions. The questions were very standard interview questions. How are you familiar with Epic? What experience from your resume would make you a good fit for this specific position? Where do you see yourself in 5 years? Would you relocate to Madison? Are you willing to travel? They also asked me to verify my undergrad and graduate school GPAs and my SAT and GRE scores. I asked questions about the specific position and the dynamics within the company and she gave me very lengthy detailed responses. The whole conversation felt almost informal and I was very comfortable speaking with the technical services representative. In the end, she recommended me for 2 different positions and she detailed both positions for me. I told her I was much more interested in the one I previously knew about but I was interested in both if they wanted to interview me further for either.
They told me I would hear back within 2 weeks if I was moving on. After about 3 days, I got restless from not hearing anything so I made sure to email a Thank You to the HR rep for the chance to interview. Moments after sending this I received a follow up email saying they would like to move forward and have me complete a skills test. I took the test a week later at a Pearson testing center. The test was a math/logic exam and a programming test. They say you can't really study for these tests which is absolutely correct. The questions are either very basic math or tricky logic questions that you will just get or you won't. No prior programming experience is needed for the programming test. I have had programming experience and I thought the test was easy, but I could see how really anyone could do well on it if you think logically and are a good problem solver. You're graded on both speed and accuracy and they give you more than enough time to complete both.
So far for me it has been about a 3 week process. I'm still waiting to hear back on whether or not I'll be moving forward and they said it would take within 2 weeks to hear from them again. Fingers crossed!
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Technical Services at Epic
Posted May 22, 2012
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2012 in Madison, WI (took 4+ weeks)
One of the recruiters emailed me that they interested in me and asked me to apply. The sent me a Rembrandt test (Pretty easy) to undertake. In a few days, I got an email suggesting that I was selected for a 1:1 phone interview (again very chilled out) no technical questions as such. After this got a call for Skills test, still waiting for a reply.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and an IQ/Intelligence Test.
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Project Manager/Implementation Consultant at Epic
Posted May 21, 2012
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2012 in Madison, WI (took 4 weeks)
I applied through their online application. About a week later I got an email to do a personality assessment. The next day I scheduled a phone interview for the next wednesday. It was general overview of resume and she basically went over the role, then didn't even ask if I had questions or anything, she was in a major hurry or something. I felt that I was already screened out. Two days later I got an email to schedule a Math/Logic assessment, there happened to be one at my school so I took it Tuesday, they emailed me the next day telling me to expect to hear from them within two weeks. Two days later they called and emailed about the next step of the on site interview. I flew out to madison on a wednesday, evidently madison is a regional airport so to get anywhere you have to have connecting flights, kind of a hassle. 7 hours later I arrived in madison, walked around for a while exploring around my hotel. Met with a project manager for dinner with 3 other candidates. She took us to dinner and we walked around downtown madison for about 3 hours. Great experience with her, she answered every question we had. The next morning I arrived at Epic and then we had a tour, a brief overview of how the software works, a one on one with the position I was applying for, then I gave a 10 minute presentation, had a case study interview, had a one on one HR interview then went to lunch and had a final wrap up interview (beware you may think you are done, but this is where they catch you off guard and ask the tough questions). Then lastly, I took a verbal assessment. I feel that they weigh heavily on your assessments, so if you are generally smart, well learned in math then this might be an easy on board job for you. I am currently waiting to hear back to whether or not I get an offer.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Presentation, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Interfacing Wizard/Technical Project Manager at Epic
Posted May 19, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2012 in Madison, WI (took 5 weeks)
I received an email from HR of epic, said they found my resume on monster.com. And they suggested me to apply the "Technical Services" role. Then I applied on epic's job page and received an email later that day to complete a Rembrandt assessment online within the next 24-48 hours. Assessment consisted of personality questions interspersed with easy math/logic problems and lasted about 25 minutes. This is a personality test and my result was just ok for epic. Then I received an email about 3days later asking me to switch to apply "Interfacing Wizard / Technical Project Manager" instead. Well I didn't really know the difference so I just set up a phone interview with an "Interfacing Wizard / Technical Project Manager" a week later. The guy on the phone is very friendly. We talked through my resume and I asked about the typical day and responsibility of this role. Just about twenty mins. Easy one.
Then I have got the email to let me schedule a Pearson VUE skill test. I scheduled one week after. My test has two parts, single choice and programming. They were all testing my programming skills. The later one is harder, You can choose your favorite language.I forgot some commands in Python, so I have to guess and comment it.
Two days later I have got an email from epic said they have received the test score and they need one week to decide if we should continue for an on-site. Still waiting for epic's response.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Project Manager at Epic
Posted May 17, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2012 in Madison, WI (took a day)
My university has a resume book that employers can peruse. Epic found my resume and sent me an e-mail telling me they thought I'd be a good fit for the Project Manager position. I replied that I did, and they responded in about a week telling me to take an IQ/Intelligence Test. From there I did a super easy phone interview and a week later got invited to do the day long campus interview.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Presentation, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Applications Developer at Epic
Posted May 15, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2012 in Madison, WI (took 3 weeks)
Epic contacted me after seeing my Resume on Monster. The phone interview went just fine, then they setup a skills test, had to take the test at a local university. I feel I did well on the first two sections of the test, but not so great on the programming section, I have not done any coding for over 3 years as I have been serving in the military, prior to military I was a software engineer for 5 years at a major competitor of Epics. I feel like a face to face interview for the coding/problem solving would have been a better way to show my abilities rather than a college like test.
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Project Manager/Implementation Consultant at Epic
Posted Apr 13, 2012 — 7 of 7 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2012 in Madison, WI (took 4 weeks)
Applied though their website on the recommendation of a friend. Received an email later that day to complete a Rembrandt assessment online within the next 24-48 hours. Assessment consisted of personality questions interspersed with easy math/logic problems and lasted about 25 minutes. Received and email on Monday of the following week asking me to schedule a phone interview for the following week.
Phone interview occurred on a Monday afternoon and consisted of basic questions. Why Epic? Walk me through your resume? What experiences on your resume do you think would help you succeed at Epic and why? How do you feel about travel? Are you willing to relocate to Madison? Then there was time for me to ask question (about 50/50). Interviewer was honest and gave very detailed answers. I would recommend having a lot of question prepared as the interviewer was done with his questions 15 minutes into the 30 minute interview. Did not send a thank you note but still received an by Friday of that week asking me to schedule a time to take a series of skills assessments at a nearby Person Vue professional testing center.
Did my assessments Monday morning at a community college about 50 miles from my campus (closest one, Epic didn't offer to reimburse for gas but I also didn't ask so no big deal). One 14 question math test with very difficult GMAT style problems (minus data interpretation). Was allowed to use a basic 4 function calculator. One 'programming' that asked difficult logic questions based on a simple introduction to a fake programming language. Tests are evaluated based on both speed and accuracy (I took 120 or the allotted 160 minutes). No studying can be done for this test but I think they cut you some slack on the programming test if you've never programmed before as there is a preliminary question asking for your programming experience. Received and email Wednesday (I had noted that I had another offer pending so they sped up the process for me - very very accommodating thoughout the whole process) to schedule my on-site visit to Epic in Verona (Madison suburb).
Epic paid for absolutely everything on this trip (flights, nice hotel, cabs, food). I arrived in Madison on a Monday morning and spent the day napping, wandering downtown, and preparing my presentation (part of the on-site process). Had a very informal, purely informational dinner with two Epic employees and one other recruit that night. Woke up around 6AM the next day to get ready for my 7:30 departure from the hotel to Epic's campus. Dressed in khakis and a sweater (it was cold even in April!) but at no point felt underdressed at the interview. Day was long and consisted of (in order for me):
1. Short info session and tour (group of 10 or so recruits)
2. Epic software demonstration (group of 10 or so recruits)
3. Role description with a PM/IC (group of 3 recruits)
4. Presentation (10 minutes) in front of a panel of three employees (solo)
5. Case (with one other recuit)
6. Lunch with an Epic PM/IC (group of 6 recruits)
7. Thirty minute interview with a PM/IC (solo)
8. Forty-five minute interview with a member of HR (solo)
9. Fifteen question verbal assessment evaluated on both speed and accuracy (solo)
Nothing too complicated overall. Long day but everyone is friendly and outgoing, even we recruits talked amongst ourselves. Be youself, be outgoing, show desire to work for Epic, enjoy your time on their beautiful/crazy/eclectic campus.
Received my offer the next day (because of my other pending offer) and immediately accepted it.
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Didn't negotiate as the offered salary and benefits seemed more than reasonable and were considerably better than those of my other offer.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Project Manager/Implementation Consultant at Epic
Posted May 12, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2012 in Madison, WI (took 2+ weeks)
People and culture seemed nice, but overrated. Everyone is very happy and appears to love Madison..not sure how genuine they are about working for Epic. Interview process:
1. Phone screen
2. Personality test
3. Fly out to Madison (all expenses paid)
Interview in Madison:
Went out to dinner with Epic employee the night before
Presentation of Software and Overview of company
Tour of campus
Group discussion about the position
1 on 1 interview with employee
1 on 1 interview with HR rep
Simulation/Case study
Lunch
10 minute presentation
Very long skills test (math, verbal, software)
It is extremely exhausting, by the end of the day I could barely think. I am very surprised they leave the testing until the end for that reason.
Overall, it was generally a good experience
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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