DeepSpin interview questions

I saw their ad from LinkedIn, then redirected me to their on-line application portal. About a month after I applied, I received an automated e-mail from their HR person, who gave me a 30-minute on-line technical assessment. On this e-mail, I was asked explicitly to "take this challenge seriously, as most people fail this". These questions covered the absolute rudiments on programming. About half of these were high-school level programming trivia. Someone with basic experience with git and undergrad level numerical methods will have no trouble answering all the questions correctly. While these questions were insultingly simple, I did appreciate that they didn't take so much time (I finished early) and they did not try to use this assessment as pretext for getting free work done. I finished the test and informed the HR person. After about a month of radio silence I received an automated rejection e-mail, for the reason that I "don't have the required qualifications". Perhaps my answers didn't match what they had. However, judging from the two month turnaround time for a half-hearted initial screening, maybe they were just window shopping for a purple unicorn. Or they didn't think I took the test seriously enough. Speaking of which, if these questions seriously indicate the technical expertise of this outfit, they will need a lot of purple unicorns. More likely, the test might just be an honest reflection on how seriously they take their applicants themselves.

Not much, just an initial test of 25 min. The experience was very dry, gave me the impression that just sifting through, and no feedback given on the test either. Just another wanna hit jackpot start ups out there.