EPAM Systems Lead Software Engineer interview questions
Updated 9 Feb 2026
based on 40 ratings
Difficulty
Average
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
44%
Recruiter
Recruiter
31%
Applied online
Applied online
16%
Employee referral
Employee referral
3%
Other
Other
3%
Campus recruiting
Campus recruiting
3%
In person
In person
Interview search
40 interviews
Viewing 1 - 5 of 40 Interviews
EPAM Systems interviews FAQs
Lead Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at EPAM Systems with 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 46.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Lead Software Engineer roles take an average of 3 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at EPAM Systems overall takes an average of 22 days.
Common stages of the interview process at EPAM Systems as a Lead Software Engineer according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 100%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I applied online. I interviewed at EPAM Systems in Dec 2025
Interview
The interview process consisted of a single technical round conducted virtually.
The interviewer started with basic Java concepts, then moved on to Java 8 (Streams & Collections), followed by a DSA problem, and ended with an SQL query.
The discussion was interactive, with follow-up questions on edge cases, time complexity, and approach.
Overall, the interview focused more on problem-solving and core fundamentals rather than frameworks
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
Java 8 Streams: Group employees by department and find the highest-paid employee per group.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at EPAM Systems (Pune) in Oct 2024
Interview
First Round: it was long. They covered a lot of NodeJs and JS topics. One problem to solve. Answered 90% of the questions.
Second Round: (With Solution Architect) - It went well, he asked about previous project and it's design. I explained and he also covered some NodeJs concepts. Then he asked me if I have worked on this and that (mainly 2-3 technologies that wasn't mentioned in my resume).
After few days I got to know that I was not selected because I don't have hands-on experience with these technologies. Also, that in recent month I have not lead a team, even though I was leading a team for 2.5 years exp before that.
Asking something that is not mentioned in resume and not considering for the role based on that didn't feel good.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design Patterns I know and they asked to explain one
Interview with tech manager focusing on previous jobs and experience. Some C++ questions like:
-diamond problem
-move semantics
-exceptions handling
-STL containers
-alg complexitiy
Additional discussion about future plans and possibilities to grow inside the company,