I received a direct message on Linkedin about this job, as a Foreign Language Specialist. I was told they are looking to employ 100 people, and other informations that were very encouraging, so I thought it was a great opportunity, because I have a very high profficency in that language. I got in touch with the Innodata recruiters via email, they immediately responded positively and sent me a 90 minutes assessment in English, underscoring their urgency to be in the next 24h. Note that I was applying for a foreign language job, but later got to know I would have to take 2 assessments in 2 different languages, for not such a high pay. 90 minutes per assessment for a job you don't know if you're going to get, and for average pay, seems like a high ask to me personally. It sounds more like they're collecting responses (and maybe data) to train their AI model, and then reject you. Ok, I did take time off my day to prepare and to respond to the test in English. I will say it was well structured, but many questions were extremely confusing and not well written. It was hard to really understand what they're asking for the two mini-essays that were included. Many of the instructions were contradictory, in my opinion, probably to subjectively test your logic and train of thought? Unfortunately I was told days later that I didn't pass the English test, so they automatically removed me from their list, which, again, was for a foreign language. I felt it was unfair to eliminate a candidate to Foreign Language Specialist without assessing that foreign language. I would think they would assess English, assess the other language and take an average, or take their conclusions later. I am a fast learner and hard worker. Didn't seem like they were judging anything technical, so I just needed to be taught about their work processes to be a good addition. I will say that their communication to me was responsive and positive (the Innodata contact was good communicator), but no hints about my biggest mistakes in the assessment. In the end I felt kind of scammed, for all these factors: I was directly messaged, I had a lot of matching skills, they supposedly had 100 openings, nothing too technical, specific required language was not assessed, and average remuneration.

The entire interview process lasted a total of 8 minutes for one interview. Should have been a red flag. There were no follow-up interviews. The man who interviewed me also had "Open to Work" on his LinkedIn profile and was very unenthusiastic during our conversation.