Acing a recruitment task? Get ready to be rejected!
I'm done, guys. In April, I sent an application for a Fullstack Python Developer internship at Samsung R&D.
After (allegedly) reviewing my CV, they decided to invite me to a test assessing my technical skills:
Great! I indeed got the e-mail with the invitation link soon after:
So I managed to find some time and solved the test the same day, fully focusing for ~90 minutes.
Here are the results I got:
Please note that correctness was the only and key factor in the assessment.
It was explicitly stated in the test description that nobody was going to review my code.
I cannot provide a screen as it's not available to me already, since I completed the assessment.
Happy that I did it, I waited the next 18 days to get hit with this:
Seriously, Samsung? 100% being "not sufficient"?
Can you believe I had to write this e-mail?
-- bswck
Take the perspective of the employer. Think about how the test and scoring is implemented and how different candidates might respond. Keep in mind 'correctness test cases' are just one part evaluating your responses. Put that "100%" into context. It's "100% test case correctness" -- a box that consists of probably less than half of everything that is being evaluated. You may pass all test cases, but that's almost certainly not the whole picture here.
It could also just be truly bad process at Samsung, which is just as likely. Maybe they sent you the skills assessment before even actually reading your CV. Maybe you're overqualified for an intern position.
They should do a better job of explaining their process and decision and probably shouldn't even show a results screen like this.
Good luck.