I applied online. I interviewed at Epic in Feb 2016
Interview
My interview is currently in progress.
1) As instructed, I applied through both my university's career website and Epic's website.
2) 9 and 1/2 hours later, I received an offer for a phone interview and instructions for taking two main assessments: the skills assessment and the personality assessment. The skills assessment had to be scheduled on ProctorU (In short, you take the assessment on your laptop while someone from ProctorU monitors you). The personality assessment did not have to be scheduled. I scheduled the phone interview and the skills assessment for the next week.
3) My phone interview was about 45 minutes long. I spoke with a current project manager. The interview format gave both of us the opportunity to exchange questions. In other words, I didn't need to schedule a separate informational interview to learn more about the position and the company. Very basic behavioral and background/resume questions. Heads up: they sneak in a question about your age by asking if you took any time off in between high school and college.
4) I took the skills assessment. It was composed of 3 assessments: 1) programming, 2) logic, 3) analytical thinking. These are just descriptive names not the official names of the assessments. All three assessments are timed, though the timer on the programming section only starts when you've been taking too long (as I did).
5) I took the personality assessment. It was interesting... I'm not sure how much I can reveal about specific questions, so I will just leave it at that.
The skills and personality assessments together plus the ProctorU set-up plus the frequent glitches and re-starts took about 3 1/2 hours for me.
The process is very intense. Three or more hours of explanation, exams, and a presentation I had to create. The exams were both logic games and a personality test. I was preparing for weeks.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain a process that you find interesting. This can be any process - manufacturing, distribution of products, or a method to create something.
Not invested in who they're hiring if they rely heavily on multiple assessments for applicants to take (personality quiz, etc). These are unpaid and take hours. A poor use of time.
Intro zoom call, and several hours of tests on a lockdown browser before even getting to have the first ten minute phone interview. Phone interview was basically combing through my resume and any gaps.