I met Epic at a career fair on campus. My initial application was nothing more than me giving my SAT/ACT score and GPA to a recruiter.

After that, I took the Rembrandt personality test. Apparently, a good percentage of people don't pass it, but it is very straightforward. There are only 3 types of questions:

1. Rate yourself on a scale of 1-5 for extroversion/commitment/etc.
2. Rank the 5 personality traits in this list, starting with the one that best describes you and finishing with the one that least describes you.
3. Seemingly random math/logic questions.

I couldn't tell if the math/logic questions were simply there to keep you from memorizing your previous answers to the personality questions, or if they were actually scored. Either way, I felt like I answered the logic questions terribly but the personality questions consistently, and I passed.

Then came the phone interview. Again, it was very simple and straightforward. I was asked to confirm my SAT/ACT scores and GPA, was asked why I would want to work for Epic, where I would see myself in 5 years, and then if I had any questions about the company. 95% of the interview time was questions I asked about the QA position; otherwise, the interview would have been 5 minutes long.

Then came the math/programmer test. I'm not sure how I passed either of them, but I did. Virtually all of the math questions are logic/trick questions, so be sure to read them twice and say them out loud. Be sure to be familiar with various operations (factorials, roots, etc.) for solving questions like, "What is the next number in this pattern: 6, 24, 120, ___?" I have no advice for the programmer's test, except that you must be able to keep a large amount of information in your head at all times, so avoid flipping back pages to go over newly presented information. The tests are timed, and you are graded not only on accuracy but speed.

The came the interview at the campus in Verona. The first night, I had dinner with some Epic employees. I was unnerved by the fact that every time I would ask them a direct question about anything negative I had read about the campus, they would smile, give a very evasive answer, and change the subject to how great life in Madison is. I left with a very bad impression after the dinner, but the next day changed that. The campus was very nice, as everyone said, though it impressed me a bit less than other people. The day consisted of tons of IQ/logic tests and interviews. The interviewers would give a page-long scenario and ask you to pick out the most important issues or prioritize them given your hypothetical background and expertise in certain fields. Then, the interviewer would throw in a monkey wrench and ask how you would make contingency plans. By far the most interesting part was when I was given a marker and asked how I would test it to make sure it was a quality product. In addition to several interviews and the IQ tests, I had to give a 10-minute presentation to a panel of Epic employees. You could give a presentation about anything, as long as it filled the allotted time.

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