Typical 30-minute phone screen, but the assessment seems overkill. The assessment is proctored, and my proctor didn't even show up until 20 minutes later, right before I almost left the session.

In terms of the assessment itself, there are four sections:

1. Math and Brain Teaser Round: This round involves 2 minutes of solving math problems and, I think, a few brain teasers as well. It's very difficult to get all of the problems done, I'd imagine.
2. SAT Math: 45-60 minutes of SAT-style math questions. I think there were like 13 questions total, but there were also some brain teasers involved.
3. Learn a new language: Personally, I think this section was fine.
4. Leetcode-style problems: You're given 4 problems and are to code in a text editor. No syntax highlighting or running the code is allowed, so you better hope your code runs perfectly.

I would have rated the overall experience neutral if the proctor had shown up on time or at least not 20 minutes late. The phone interview was quite positive, and I had a good time talking with the software engineer, but the assessment definitely brings down the experience due to its length, difficulty, and unnecessary use of brain teasers.

Phone interview: Standard questions like experience and why are you interested in Epic.

Assessment: A person buys 1 apple for 5 cents and sells it for 3 cents. After a while, he becomes a millionaire. How does he do this?