Overview - The process seemed ok initially but things turned south even after clearing the whiteboarding round. Gave me a feeling of in team ego clash and a lack of trust amongst the hiring team as well. Seems like a toxic work place. You can feel the ego in the "#interactions" with the interviewers. Process - The rounds consisted of : 1. An introductory round - Where you share your Portfolio / Case study presentation in depth. 2. A whiteboarding round - Where you have to select a problem statement and demonstrate your thought process in creating a solution live. 3. Personal interview - Which didn't really feel like one. It was again a full process case study review. Additionally I was asked to add more material and provide more case studies within two days as it needs to be shared with clients. Key moments - A problem statement never starts with "How do we". (A senior designer) "I have not seen your session recordings yet will see and decide". "In EPAM we can add our projects to personal portfolios" Concerns: 1. Please don't push the agenda of immediate joining if the recruitment teams themselves are working in silos. 2. As Sr designers we often work on client laptops loaded with DLPs there is no scope for us to extract in detail documentation even if that's not the norm In EPAM. 3. If you have doubts with someone's candidature even after going through an hour of successful whiteboarding session all you need to know him/her better is ask the relevant questions in given technical rounds. 4. If there is a lack of trust amongst your recruitment teams, kindly let them take a combined session. Saves time. 5. Asking for additional case studies at the end of an interview process is extremely unprofessional. 6. No updates from the team even after submitting additional work. Conclusion Every interview engagement is an effort for both the parties which involves time. A dysfunctional hiring process is the last thing I want to experience from a Ux team that seems to emphasize on "Empathy and IA ". Big red flag.

First round was technical round. Duration of the interview was 1 hr 30 min. The interviewer asked to showcase the design portfolio and walk through. Asked some scenario and challanges faced. Also how did we overcome out of it. Many questions related to UX research & methodolgy. Asked for best and worst project and the reason why. He told the reult will be informed in 2 days.