I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at EPAM Systems (Pune) in Jan 2021
Interview
Interview Process - Java Backend Developer
Round 1 - Technical 1 - Virtual Video Conference - MS Teams - 1 hour
Round 2 - Technical 2 - Virtual Video Conference - MS Teams - 1 hour
Round 3 - HR - Telephonic
Round 4 - Client Interview - After offer letter release
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Round 1 - Technical 1 (Difficulty: Average)
Q. Write a program - program related to multithreading in which you had to use wait and notify - I am not sharing exact question for confidentiality. (Difficulty: Avg)
Q. Write a program - program related to array/string manipulation - Again I am not sharing the exact question for sake of confidentiality. (Difficulty: Easy)
Q. Thread Dumps.
Q. Java 8 features and writing snippets using Stream and Lambda expressions. - Advice - Be prepared with Streams, Lambda Expressions and Optional Class
Q. Design Pattern - Difference between FP and AFP.
Q. Mock vs Stub
Q. Merge vs Rebase
Q. Asynchronous MS
Q. How to communicate among MS.
Q. @Controller then advantages of @RestController over @Controller
Q. Many more questions that I cannot recall. They were all from my technologies listed in resume.
Round 2- Technical 2 (Difficulty: Easy)
Q. 1 technical/logical challenge in your last/current project. How did you overcome it?
Q. Design Patterns used in your project. Why?
Q. Structure of your CI/CD pipeline in your project. What branching strategies your are following to push your code to the higher environments?
Q. How to mock private methods?
Q. Reason of job change.
Q. Few more that I don't recall.
Round 3 - HR
Q. Salary negotiation - (met my quoted expectation with fixed salary - salary don't include variable component)
Q. Joining date finalization.
The interview process included an online aptitude test, technical coding round, SQL and DSA questions, followed by HR discussion covering projects, problem-solving, communication skills, and career goals before final selection.
First round had 2 coding questions . One was move zeros to the right. Second question was on java 8 streams. Anagarams one. Will update once i have attended the other rounds
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
First round had 2 coding questions . One was move zeros to the right
I applied through a referal. The process took three weeks. I had an interview at EPAM Systems in September 2022. HR screening, coding and talk with manager. People in all stages were friendly
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Java internals - memory management, GC, data structures, built-ins, decorators, performance (big O notation), concurrency, frameworks; go as deep into every topic as you can. live coding and simple algorithm
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at EPAM Systems with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 69% positive. To compare, the company-average is 59.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 161 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 Software Engineer according to 161 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 24%
One on one interview: 21%
Phone interview: 20%
Background check: 8%
Presentation: 8%
Group panel interview: 7%
Personality test: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Drug test: 2%
Other: 2%
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