Very disappointed.....

I will just share my on-site interview experience. The procedure to reach the on-site interview is similar to what other people have mentioned. I was interviewed for a software developer position at Madison last week. Immediately after one day, I got a phone call where my recruiter said that they were moving forward with other candidates. I am still confused what actually went wrong from my side.

There were two dinners with Epic developers as hosts during this process. The hosts were really nice persons. There were a couple of other candidates along with me interviewing for the same position. In the whole group, I was the only non-American. Most of the time, they were talking about mostly American things—sports, lifestyle, etc. I hardly understood what they were talking about. Most of the time, I was just putting a fake smile on my face. I just request to the future hosts: please talk about something which everyone in the group can understand.

My another bit of bad luck: I had never gone to such a restaurant before. I guessed and ordered the food. I couldn't eat even half of it. The host saw it and seemed very unhappy about it. I don't know if the discussions with dinner hosts count in the hiring decision.

On the D-day, there were presentations about the tools Epic has developed. Also, a lunch session with a developer. These discussions went really well. I asked a few questions, and they promptly answered. There were three main interviews.

The technical presentation interview was a very bad experience. The interviewer did not seem to be interested in the interview. Over the 45 minutes, he didn't even smile once. I was giving a presentation about my favorite project and was very enthusiastic about it. But the interviewer wasn't just interested. He looked a bit tensed since the beginning and carried the same expression throughout the interview. He asked a couple of simple questions—just for the sake of formality. I was thinking what I should do so that he would be happy about my interview. A request to Epic: if someone is not interested in conducting the interview, please don't force them.

Even when the second technical interview (case study) started, I was still thinking about the previous interview. I thought I was losing my opportunity, but I somehow recovered. This guy was a nice one, very friendly. We discussed a problem, and I had to write the code. This interview went fine. Actually, towards the end, he said that he was expecting a different approach to the code than mine, but overall I convinced him about my overall logic and procedure.

The HR interview went really well. Jeff was very friendly. After general discussion (Madison city, the interview experience, desired compensation, etc.), he asked me where Epic could improve. I mentioned a few things, and he seemed very happy.

Overall, all the people (except the first technical interviewer) were nice. For future candidates, I will just say: apart from technical preparation, please also pray for luck to be on your side. If your interviewer is not interested in the interview, you can't just do anything.

I was really interested in working at Epic. I am still not sure what exactly was the reason for my rejection.

Technical Project presentation: Writing code for a simple case study.