I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at EPAM Systems (Pune) in May 2026
Interview
Total time waste, and highly unprofessional behavior.
The process started with initial discussion with TA/HR. Then was first technical round for 1.5 hours which included my experiences so far, project details, Python questions, advanced concepts of AI, ML, Python and Cloud. Then was live coding - design LRU cache; recursive function problem.
Then I was scheduled after two weeks for the managerial round. However, in that round also they asked full technical questions and did a live coding again (Que- design singleton class; sliding window problem). This round also lasted 1.5 hours.
After 1 week, I was informed that I cleared second round also, and was scheduled for third round (supposed to be managerial). This was rescheduled twice due to managers unavailability and then abruptly cancelled third time.
Now that HR is not responding to my calls, emails and messages.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1st technical round : design LRU cache; recursive function problem
2nd technical round : design singleton class; sliding window problem; system design for Instagram like app. (asked to use Azure services)
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at EPAM Systems (Pune) in Jul 2026
Interview
There were two rounds of interview, first round for 1.5 hours technical round covering python concepts, SQL, Cloud and DSA. Second round was for 1 hour focusing on system design asking to cover end to end application high level design.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Asked majorly python questions related to decorators, generators, middlewares, questions over fastapi.
DSA question
1. Find element in an array with time complexity less than O(n)
2. Two Sum(return True if target exists, then asked to revised the solution to return index of the elements)
Interview with tech manager focusing on previous jobs and experience. Some C++ questions like:
-diamond problem
-move semantics
-exceptions handling
-STL containers
-alg complexitiy
Additional discussion about future plans and possibilities to grow inside the company,
Lead Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at EPAM Systems with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 81% positive. To compare, the company-average is 59.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Lead Software Engineer roles take an average of 23 days to get hired, when considering 21 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at EPAM Systems overall takes an average of 23 days.
Common stages of the interview process at EPAM Systems as a Lead Software Engineer according to 21 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 24%
Background check: 14%
Skills test: 14%
One on one interview: 14%
Presentation: 12%
Drug test: 8%
Group panel interview: 4%
Personality test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Other: 2%
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