I had a negative experience when applying for Upskills (Vietnam). It's not because how difficult the test and the interview was, it's because I was really disappointed with the unprofessionalism of both HR, and Upskills's process. What I am about to say below is true, which is also what I have witnessed in real life, and I will tell you how Upskills disrespected candidates.
I applied for Upskills via email in the beginning of May 2022, and then they replied me and asked me to take a online test, including Math, Finance, Logical, Programming, and Email Etiquette in 1.5 hours.
Review the 1.5h test:
Honestly, the Math test is not easy to pass as it requires you to have knowledge about logarithm, factorial, integral,.., which we studied in high school (only in Vietnam). I think that some people already forgot these knowledge since they graduated high school many years ago. For Finance test, it includes those knowledge that you learnt from University (pricing stocks, call, put options, derivative contract,...). For the remaining tests, they are not very difficult.
Finally, I passed the online test, and went on to the first round of interviews. HR (based in Singapore) connected with me via phone and messages, and then she set up an interview meeting with 2 senior BAs in Singapore.
Review interview:
The interview went very smoothly and insightful. They asked me some questions about bond, programming, as well as my working experience. Luckily, I answered very well. After the interview round, they also sent the feedback to me. They said that I was suitable to this position at Upskills. Besides, HR told me she would set up the second interview for me with hiring manager in the following week. I was really excited when hearing that news, and believed that I would got this job soon. "Now I just need to pass the second interview, and I will have a chance to learn, or improve my programming skills, and finance knowledge".
Well, you know what? It was just my imagination, and now I will let you know how they extinguished my hope.
I prepared very well for the next interview, and waited for the HR to send me the interview schedule, but in the end I didn't receive any email or interview invitation, so I decided to remind them about the interview schedule via messages. However, they told me that they stopped hiring for this position because there's already an internally selected person for the position. My feeling was like ??:D??.
Okay, so if they already decided to choose a internal person, why did they ask me to do the test, and set up an interview??? It's so nonesense. Frankly in speaking, it was a real slap in the face when they said that they would not proceed me to the final interview even if I had passed the first 2 rounds. At least, they should let me know that they've found someone better suited for the job than me, and shouldn't keep me waiting a week for an interview, so I will have time to do other important tasks. They didn't send me an official email or drop a message that they already chose another person. I'm so disappoited about Upskills' HR.
HR team is considered to be the face of the company. What they did is unacceptable. It makes me feel that they disrespected the candidate (me). If a company doesn't respect candidates, how do you know whether or not the company respects their employees?
Therefore, pls don't waste your time at Upskills,
