Workplace reviews and discussion: 無限創意科技工程有限公司
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I’ve never even been to the company, so I don’t know.
They just sent me a job opening out of the blue. When I replied asking for more details, they immediately sent me a test and dumped it all on me. They also imposed a deadline, asking me to finish it by the end of the weekend (they sent it Friday afternoon and said they hoped I could complete it before Monday), without even asking whether it was convenient for me.
After I completed one Codility test, they sent me another conventional IQ test to do. What exactly is an IQ test supposed to tell you???
As for the Codility test, it had three questions. The position I originally viewed was for a “front-end” developer, requiring React, Vue, and Angular skills. However, the Codility test asked a bunch of questions related to jQuery, which has been outdated for hundreds of years. The final question was a hands-on coding test that required implementing AJAX with jQuery. Since I felt this differed from the job requirements, I wrote a React version instead (the system couldn’t install Node.js/npm packages ... making me wonder: are you actually looking for a front-end developer?!). I also clearly informed HR by email that the code could not run on their system because I had written it in React, and asked them to try testing it locally.
The company then directly rejected me for an interview on the grounds that I had failed the test. This shows that the company did not seriously review the applicant’s test responses at all; it only checked the score shown by the Codility system and completely ignored the content of the answers. (Because Codility cannot run Node.js/React code, judging solely by the test result is inaccurate.)
A company that claims to be a startup in the gaming and gambling industry, and to be open-minded and innovative, uses such an inappropriate testing method even for a front-end position. Not to mention the rude HR: they indiscriminately send out tests, then just as indiscriminately reject people based solely on the test results. The experience was truly awful—and frankly, ridiculous.
The company is already far behind other companies in front-end skills alone. (Can someone tell me who is still writing jQuery in 2020?!)