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Epic Games

Develops Fortnite and Unreal Engine, and runs the Epic Games Store for PC games.

Not known4 stage process documentedFounded 1991
Headquarters

Cary, North Carolina, United States

Headcount

1,000 to 5,000

1,000 to 4,999 people
Work model

Not known

Hiring

Not known

Not enough signal to say. Check the careers page directly.
Where to apply

No careers page on file yet. Try their LinkedIn or the job boards below.

Website

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How they hire

No official Epic Games interview guide was found, so this comes from candidate reports. Engine and gameplay roles lean heavily on C++, while platform and web roles may look different.

  1. 1

    Recruiter screen

    Reported
    Recruiter screenRemote

    An opening phone call with a recruiter about your background and interest in Epic.

  2. 2

    C++ take-home assessment

    Unverified
    Take-home assignmentRemote

    Candidates describe a coding task completed over several days, where code quality, documentation and handling of edge cases matter.

    C++
  3. 3

    Technical phone screen

    Unverified
    Technical interviewRemote

    Live coding or theory questions plus a closer look at your past projects.

  4. 4

    Final panel interviews

    Reported
    Panel interview

    A series of interviews with peers and stakeholders, often grouped on one day.

What comes up

Recurring themes from candidate accounts, not a question bank. Nobody is served by leaked question lists, least of all you in the interview.

  • C++ depth

    Unverified

    Candidates report questions on memory management, stack versus heap, smart pointers, virtual tables and performance.

  • Game-specific design

    Unverified

    Design questions are reported to be about game systems such as multiplayer servers or leaderboards, and engine-level object design.

  • Why games and why Epic

    Unverified

    Expect questions on your interest in games and the industry alongside the technical rounds.

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Year and month.

Comma separated topics, not the questions themselves.

Round by round is ideal: what each one was, how long, remote or in person, and what it covered.

Credit

Anonymous is the default. If you keep it anonymous, nothing identifying you reaches the page: it is published as a candidate account and your name stays with me. Never send anything covered by an NDA, and never send a take-home or a question paper.

Universities they recruit from

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Add to the Epic Games page

This library is only as good as what people who have been through it are willing to share. Most of these companies have no hiring process documented anywhere, and one account of what the rounds actually were is worth more than anything I can research from the outside.

What are you adding?

This decides how the claim is labelled on the page. Only someone representing the company can produce an “official” label, and I check that separately.

Year and month.

Comma separated topics, not the questions themselves.

Round by round is ideal: what each one was, how long, remote or in person, and what it covered.

Credit

Anonymous is the default. If you keep it anonymous, nothing identifying you reaches the page: it is published as a candidate account and your name stays with me. Never send anything covered by an NDA, and never send a take-home or a question paper.

How to actually get seen

If you are aiming at engine or gameplay work, make sure your C++ fundamentals, especially memory and performance, are solid, and treat any take-home as production code with clear structure and comments.

Sources

Whole profile last checked 2026-09-22.

Interviewed at Epic Games? Fill in what changed.

Processes change, rounds get added, tests get replaced. If what you went through was different from what is on this page, tell me and I will update it.

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Send me the role, your CV and a few honest paragraphs on why you fit it. Where I know someone inside and your profile matches, I will make the introduction. Where I cannot, I will tell you why and point you at the route that does work. You get an answer either way.

Ask for a referral to Epic Games

A referral only means something if the person giving it can actually speak to your work. I will refer you where I know someone on the inside and your profile genuinely fits the role, and I will tell you plainly when I cannot. Either way you get an answer, and a straight one.

  • I read every request. A reply takes a few days, sometimes longer.
  • I will not refer someone for a role their profile does not fit. It wastes your time and costs me the contact.
  • Where I cannot refer you, I will say why, and point you at the way in that does work.
  • Nothing you send here is shared with anyone without you agreeing to it first.

If you found the opening, paste it. It tells me which team you mean.

A Drive, Dropbox or personal-site link is fine. Make sure it opens without a request for access, or I cannot read it.

At least a short paragraph. This is what I would be putting my name behind, so specifics beat adjectives.

Comma separated, up to six. Things you would be happy to be tested on.

Add to the Epic Games page

This library is only as good as what people who have been through it are willing to share. Most of these companies have no hiring process documented anywhere, and one account of what the rounds actually were is worth more than anything I can research from the outside.

What are you adding?

This decides how the claim is labelled on the page. Only someone representing the company can produce an “official” label, and I check that separately.

Year and month.

Comma separated topics, not the questions themselves.

Round by round is ideal: what each one was, how long, remote or in person, and what it covered.

Credit

Anonymous is the default. If you keep it anonymous, nothing identifying you reaches the page: it is published as a candidate account and your name stays with me. Never send anything covered by an NDA, and never send a take-home or a question paper.

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