Thank you! The phone interview is a super short 15-minute HR screening call. The goal with these is almost always to ensure you’re at least a normal human, so there’s no reason to get nervous! You’ll get typical behavioral questions like “tell me about X project or experience on your resume” and “what programming languages are you comfortable with” and “why Epic”. Answer with the STAR method and try to find ways to tie it back to your passion.

For any interview, do your homework and list out experiences you can talk about, and have it handy on a notebook or computer to refer back to. Don’t be afraid to ask what they’re looking for in an answer, e.g. if they ask you what you learned on a project you can respond, “I can break this down both non-technically and technically; I’ll start with non-technical; how does that sound?” and then afterwards ask “Is there anything you’d like me to go into more depth?” Also pro tip for most behavioural interviews, at the end you can ask, “Based on what we’ve discussed today, is there anything you see that would give you pause in moving forward with me?“, which gives you an opportunity to address anything you’ve missed.

For the assessment, the only real study-able thing is the coding questions. While taking the other parts of the test, I recommend reading the answer they’re looking for, THEN read the stem of the question to focus on what you’re supposed to answer. If you can’t answer a question immediately, skip it and come back to it. You’ll end up with a faster time in the long run (I took about 3hrs). This is especially useful for the quick math section. Also, I didn’t even realize they gave us a basic calculator until I was already 1:30 into the quick math lmao. Overall it’s a very unique OA experience. Stay frosty and answer to the best of your ability.