3 technical interview First round by an architect Second round by Director in Germany Third round by Hiring manager (director) Good difficulty level. Many questions on designing, expected managerial round to be non technical but it was most technical. Interview followed a parten and covered lot of topics from network , compute, security, orchestration, DB, redis and what not. Very good behaviour by interviewers , allowed me to ask many questions. Interviews were rescheduled many times due to unavailability of interviewers, I gave up after second interview got cancelled 6th time, but HR keep Schelling again and again. Total process took about 3 to 4 weeks. Offer was released within 1 week after asking to submit documents. Advice to applicants - stick to basics, no fancy rounds, difficult level medium to high.

I applied through LinkedIn and got my interview scheduled within 72 hours. The L1 round was for 90 minutes. I have 13 years of experience as a .NET Full Stack Lead with expertise in Angular, Azure, and DevOps. The interviewer had 12 years of experience. The interview started with an array coding question where I wrote the logic, but it didn’t run due to a syntax issue. After that, for the next 90 minutes, there were 5–6 more coding problems involving LINQ and one SQL problem. I did decently—my SQL query was correct, and 2–3 LINQ queries were also correct. A few questions I was unable to answer included “What is ValueTask?” and “What is .NET Standard?” Apart from those, I was able to answer the rest. When I asked for feedback, I was told I needed to improve my coding skills. Despite a 90-minute technical interview, I haven’t received any rejection email from EPAM. Tips for senior professionals: Avoid applying to EPAM if you're already working at a Big 4 or major tech company. The interviewers tend to have a lot of ego. Even if you have 15 years of experience and are interviewing for an Architect role, be prepared for array and LINQ questions—as they often don’t differentiate between a Lead Engineer and an Architect.