The hiring process was very slow. I attended my interviews in May and got the final result only in July. For getting the final result, I had to email them multiple times regularly. After much assurances and delay, I got the result in July, and the email said they are moving ahead with other candidates.

One thing that I found weird was evaluating freshers and people having 4+ years of experience at the same level. The technical interview panel did not ask any questions related to my work and was more inclined towards asking puzzles. I found this highly unprofessional. Here, college students held an edge because they are more inclined towards preparing for these.

First, I had to take an online test – Rembrandt Profile.

Then, I had a phone interview, which was more about discussing my profile and creating a rosy picture of the work culture at Epic. I did a lot of research about Epic after this interview and saw a huge difference between what the general opinion was and what the guy on the interview was saying. I deemed it an eyewash.

Third round was a written technical and aptitude assessment. I was clubbed with around 45 odd college students and had to take this up at their college.

I got a call the next day from a technical panel for a personal interview. The interview was odd, as the person was more inclined towards asking their set of questions. He had very slight knowledge of what I was doing and what tech I knew. In the end, he asked me a puzzle related to finding the best match/binary sort. I was confused after this round.

After the technical review (which was hardly technical), I met the HR person. He was polite and asked me about the details which I had filled on their application form. I had quoted 85k to 90k annual salary, on which the HR did raise some eyebrows. But later, he said Epic pays handsome salaries.

I was in two minds after this process and didn't give it too much thought. After 2 long months and sending at least 10 follow-up emails, I got a mail that "it was a difficult decision for us, but we have decided to proceed with other candidates".

The whole process is weird. I would not recommend anyone having some experience to consider Epic. The job that they would offer would not be worth it. It might be a good firm for freshers, though. Because it came out clearly from the interview process that they wanted to hire cheap labor in the form of freshers, and the technical panel itself wasn't technical enough to interview experienced candidates.

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