More Than 100,000 Hopefuls Sit Samsung Job Test

[hedgehog]

Source: Chosun Ilbo (English Edition)

Samsung administered a written test, the first hurdle to getting a coveted job with the conglomerate, in 85 test centers across Korea, Los Angeles, New York and Toronto on Sunday. The test is sometimes compared to national bar exam because competition is so fierce.

Over 100,000 applicants sat this round, 80,000 for permanent jobs and 20,000 for internships. But the Samsung Group is only hiring 4,000 to 5,000 new staff in the first half of this year.

Many test takers found the test difficult and confusing as the types of questions changed considerably. A Samsung spokesman said, "We reduced the number of questions about simple facts and increased the proportion that test critical reasoning" and broader interests.

Read more: http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2014/04/14/2014041401769.html

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[onehandle]

1. It's a hirer's market designed to drive down salaries and leech money offshore. nt

[tridim]

2. I suppose Samsung doesn't care that this weed-out process will DQ most of the genuises?

DERP

Might was well go full-on Futurama at this point and start installing career chips.

[former9thward]

4. Geniuses don't work well in a corporate structure.

Samsung and other similar companies don't want them.