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Software Engineer Interview Experience - United States

November 1, 2014
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Met a campus recruiter and applied online.

Received email confirmation in a reasonable amount of time asking to set up a phone interview.

This call really isn't an interview; they just wanted to ask:

  • Why Epic?
  • Why software engineering?

They ask a few questions off your resume but let you ask any questions you have of them.

Separate from the phone interview, I was given a ProctorU account and told to take an online skills assessment.

There are four sections on this test:

  • One is a speed section with math word problems.
  • One section they give you a dead computing language and explain how it works, and ask you to evaluate increasingly complicated expressions.
  • Another section is a bunch of math questions which are more like riddles; they were the most interesting part of the exam, so do this section when you want a break from the other more dry sections.
  • Last section is 4 programming questions.

Pretty intense compared to other technical interviews. Most of the programs involved enumerating sets of strings.

Questions

Enumerate all possible anagrams of a random string, where capital letters, numbers, and symbols are not allowed to move within the string.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 687 interview experiences for the Epic Systems Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

4%
Pass Rate

Epic Systems's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive40%
Neutral43%
Negative17%

Candidates reported having good feelings for Epic Systems's Software Engineer interview process in United States.