I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Pleasant Solutions in Oct 2023
Interview
I passed the initial online quiz and was then sent a longer online test. They mentioned that all candidates who completed this stage would receive a $50 BestBuy gift card as a token of appreciation. Despite being extremely busy, I took the time to complete the test after a few days. However, it's now been a year, and I haven't received any updates on my application—or the promised gift card. I followed up multiple times, but they never responded. Very disappointing experience.
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Unit testing, database query and schema questions, etc.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Pleasant Solutions in Jan 2024
Interview
This company embodies the absolute worst of the software industry in terms of application processes in the year 2024. I applied and received an OA. Upon reading the description, it said that using the internet in its entirety was allowed for help, but any AI tools are not allowed. This raises serious red flags about the company's stance on AI and its future in the development process. But that aside, I'm assuming its because they want people to write answers in their own words -- which you can still do while using AI. But that isn't the worst part. The absolute worst part, is that they state they have "anti AI mechanisms", to detect the usage of AI. This is literally technologically impossible. There is no software that is capable of telling that something was AI generated. OpenAI themselves tried to create such a tool and failed, scrapping the project.
I applied online. I interviewed at Pleasant Solutions (Vancouver, BC)
Interview
After applying to this company, I was invited to do an online assessment and the duration of this assessment was 1hr 30mins long. About a week after completing the assessment, I was invited to another online assessment and this one was 5 hours long... At the time I was thinking this is ridiculous but it stated in the email that I would be given a $50 best buy gift card as a "token of respect" for my time. So then I thought why not and after I completed this assessment, I was completely ghosted.. It has been well over 6 weeks and I have tried sending numerous follow up emails and no reply. Do not waste your time with this company!!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Whiteboard questions, database schema questions, unit testing etc.