The application process was very streamlined, and Epic HR is very good about maintaining communication. There are three stages:

• Phone Interview
• Online Skills Assessment
• On-Site Interview

Phone Interview: The first part of the application process. It's basically a ~30 minute phone call with an Epic engineer, talking about some of your previous experience, some code you've worked on, projects you've done, and your interest in Epic.

Skills Assessment: A ~3 hour online skills assessment in which your mathematical and programming skills are tested. The test is proctored digitally so that you may only use what you already know. Any code written (any language) must be from your head and not from API or online code examples. The programming section, which is by far the hardest section (math was very SAT-like, straightforward), has 4 open-ended programming assignments that must be completed. Several of the questions had to do with string manipulation. Very little data structures knowledge was needed to complete the assessment, though recursion was useful.

On-Site: Epic flies you out, dines you, and gives you a tour of the (incredible) campus. Most parts of the on-site interview are pretty stress-free; a lot of it involves speaking with various employees and engineers. Two "tests" of the interview include a 30 minute presentation of a previous project you've worked on to an engineer, as well as answering some of his questions, and a short HR-oriented talk.

A man has just finished painting his house and goes to the store to buy something to complete the job.

He asks the employee how much one costs, and the employee responds with, "$3."

The man says, "Okay, I need 600," and hands the employee $9.

What did he buy?