From Movie Ratings to Tech Talent: How CJ OliveNetworks Revolutionized Hiring in Vietnam

At first glance, these two topics might seem completely unrelated. But how did CJ, South Korea’s leading entertainment company, manage to connect these dots—and even leverage this unique approach to successfully recruit tech talent overseas? Let’s dive into this fascinating story together.

1. A Tech Assessment Passed by Only 2% — “2024 CJ OliveNetworks Vietnam Tech Recruitment”

In October 2024, Codepresso successfully hosted a new tech recruitment assessment event in partnership with CJ OliveNetworks Vietnam and the Ho Chi Minh Computer Association (HCA). Over 150 graduating students from universities in Ho Chi Minh City participated. Through an online preliminary round, 40 candidates advanced to the on-site final round, where only three were ultimately offered full-time positions at CJ OliveNetworks Vietnam.

What was the secret behind CJ’s ability to identify just three “perfectly matched” candidates—especially in a foreign market? The key was Codepresso’s unique tech assessment system, which replaced the usual generic coding tests with a customized assessment designed to mirror CJ OliveNetworks’ actual work requirements. This approach enabled CJ to pinpoint tech talent with real-world skills aligned to their needs.

2. A Secret Project Months in the Making — “Capturing CJ’s Ideal Talent Profile in the Assessment”

Months before the official hiring process began, Codepresso and CJ OliveNetworks’ technical teams held several meetings to prepare. Initially, they tackled the broad question: “What skills should a developer have to deliver immediate impact in the workplace?” This gradually evolved into the more specific question: “What competencies are needed for a developer to excel at CJ OliveNetworks right from the start?”

Through this in-depth collaboration, they designed a customized assessment that perfectly reflected CJ OliveNetworks’ real-world work environment and technical requirements. This meticulous preparation—analyzing the client’s needs in detail and incorporating them into the assessment—laid the foundation for selecting tech talent who not only excelled in hands-on skills but also fit seamlessly into CJ’s collaborative culture.

3, Who Understand CJ’s Business Can Solve”

The most notable aspect of the hiring assessment was that the challenges were directly tied to CJ OliveNetworks Vietnam’s actual business domain. In particular, the “Python library-based data analysis and machine learning assessment” used real movie rating data to evaluate tasks such as user preference analysis, movie popularity trend detection, and recommendation system development.

Additionally, candidates tackled real-world challenges, like analyzing how a movie’s opening day performance affects its overall box office success and interpreting audience rating responses—all based on authentic Korean box office data. By assessing tech talents in an environment that closely resembled the real work they’d be doing, CJ was able to identify not just technically skilled individuals but also those who could truly understand the company’s business and apply their technical skills to solve real problems.

4. Recruitment Is Directly Linked to Performance! — The Secret to Hiring Tech Talents Who Deliver from Day One

This collaboration with CJ OliveNetworks brought a fresh perspective to tech talent recruitment. The secret behind selecting just three perfectly matched talents out of 150 applicants lay in a customized, project-based assessment that reflected the company’s technical requirements and real-world work environment. By designing assessments that mirrored CJ OliveNetworks’ diverse tasks, the process ensured the recruitment of talents capable of making an immediate impact from their very first day on the job.

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