What do you really need to know to ace your tech interview at EPAM? Today we look behind the scenes to learn what happens during a tech interview at EPAM and how decisions are really made. Our tech interviewer, Illia Sudakou, is a Lead Software Engineer at EPAM Prague. He has conducted more than 200 technical interviews so far. With him we inspect some common tech interview myths and discuss the coding tasks at EPAM.
Timestamps:
- (00:00) – Intro, ‘This or that’ game
- (02:00) – Myth or Truth #1: Java tech interview is a programming IQ test. You just learn top 100 Java interview Q&A’s and you are ready.
- (03:00) – What technical skills and expertise are required for a Java Developer at EPAM?
- (04:00) – Red flags at a tech interview
- (05:30) – Is tech interview a skill?
- (08:35) – Myth or Truth #2: You need to show clean code on a white board.
- (10:30) – How to prepare for a real-time coding?
- (11:30) – Myth or Truth #3: The most difficult Java interview questions are about multithreading and concurrency.
- (13:00) – Advice to candidates who want to join EPAM as Java programmers
- (13:35) – Myth or Truth #4: Main interview stages are: Introduction- Q&A Session-Closure-Feedback.
- (16:30) – Why work at EPAM?
- (18:35) – The timeline of a tech interview
- (19:30) – What’s unique about tech interview at EPAM?
- (20:40) – What happens behind the scenes during the tech interview, how decisions are really made?
- (23:05) – How does it feel to be a tech interviewer at EPAM?
- (24:00) – Myth or Truth #5: You always need to learn new things throughout your life if you are a Java programmer.
- (25:30) – What frameworks and tools are a must in 2022 for a Java developer?
- (27:20) – Who is the perfect match for EPAM right now?
- (28:10) – What’s the Java community like at EPAM?
- (29:20) – Bonus Myth or Truth: IT industry is the only sphere where job interview is harder than the job itself.
- (30:35) – Final recommendations and Outro
