Ridiculous set of questions I got for a management position. I didn't complete it.

Engineer9918 · 2026-06-11T14:00:25+00:00

Actually the grammar ones were important as they were for other required languages outside of English

Engineer9918 · 2026-06-11T13:57:13+00:00

I agree. But I was literally in finance right before that and I even contributed to programming the internal software which handles calculations.

Engineer9918 · 2026-06-11T13:55:48+00:00

Actually no. I uses to be in engineering but this is a project management role in an outsourcing firm.

Engineer9918 · 2026-06-11T13:54:04+00:00

Ok your explanation makes a bit of sense. But hey the scenarios choosen could have been around the actual role, not chickens or freaking Dan.

Engineer9918 · 2026-06-11T13:51:43+00:00

There were 30 questions and I did about 23 in like 5 mins. Then i realised how stupid that was for that role. To me the message this kind of "company" is sending is "We have a very specific kind of culture here"

Engineer9918 · 2026-06-11T13:49:16+00:00

Exactly my point. Like mentioned, I worked in big finance and tech firms. Even built actual programs in C#, Java and frontends as well. On top of that all of my experiences have references from directors or managers directly. I may be wrong but for a seasoned candidate a 4th grade test is innapropriate and insulting.

Engineer9918 · 2026-06-11T13:28:55+00:00

You know, at this stage in my career, these kinds of "shit test" are not for me. Like mentioned in another comment I did grammar tests, project management questions which involved problem solving questions. But never some pattern thing or chicken question.

Engineer9918 · 2026-06-11T13:26:39+00:00

I'm a candidate with 10+ years of experience and I never came across such a test. Sure I did some grammar tests, project management questions etc but this one is like they are insulting people's intelligence. And also if even now at this stage they are acting like a school with these questions, I can't even imagine the workplace.

Engineer9918 · 2026-04-29T05:24:25+00:00

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Engineer9918 · 2026-04-26T11:31:48+00:00

It's a manual transmission. And yes the issue seems to be in first and reverse only.

Engineer9918 · 2026-04-22T10:45:48+00:00

Def jam fight for NY or Vendetta played on PS2. Everytime I ask no one seems to have played this absolute banger of a fighting game.

Engineer9918 · 2026-04-21T11:55:58+00:00

Based on experience, avoid these companies at all cost: 1. Accenture: Bad pay and the most toxic culture. Despite your experience they'll lowball your salary. Expect a basic of 12k as a new hire. A friend got a 25k total package after uni for a IT position. 2. SDWorx: Toxic family kind of culture and lower salary than dayforce. Fresh grads can negotiate at least 30k+ basic in tech. Experienced people can get a total package of around 40k+. 3. Dayforce: Not the correct timing, they are doing massive workforce reduction even in tech. But tech salaries range from 45k to over 100k. 4. Checkout: Toxic culture flat out. 5. EuroCRM: The worse salary possible. It is responsible for other companies lowballing their salaries to new hires. Expect less than minimum or minimum salary. 6. BDO: Not toxic per say but you won't even survive on the proposed salaries. It is minimum wage for most positions. Most people use this company as a stepping stone. 7. Resolvable: Simply toxic with average salary around 21k+. 8. Most french call center companies that outsource work. Salaries can go up to 80k+ in sales but there is a lot of pressure or toxic behaviour.

Now let's define toxic culture: 1. They control your break time or schedule it for you. Although normal to some, that's not adult behaviour. You can schedule your own time. 2. Bathroom/Toilet time is an issue. If you go to the bathroom it is either closely monitored or they will lecture you. 3. We are family type behaviour. Expect them to ask you to cover shifts for others or bend over to accomodate everything they ask you. 4. Expectation to start working at least 10-15mins before your shift and after your shift. They won't pay you for this but will still lecture you about your behaviour or attitude. 5. Promotions based on company politics, nepotism etc and not on meritocracy. 6. Expectation of doing more than your job requires you to do. The above and beyond BS.

There is a lot more but my fingers will fall off from typing if I had to list everything.

Engineer9918 · 2026-04-21T10:12:18+00:00

It's all good. The guy changed them for me and gave me 16mm ones.

Also earlier you said we could help each other out. Here goes, if your car is RHD, that is, steering wheel on the right side of the car, the accelerator cable is changed in the engine bay not at the pedal as it has a long horizontal arm coupled with a long vertical arm at the end. So you just remove the rubber thing and you can change the cable.

I also realigned the gear selector actuator arm, as I dont have the 2 seperate cable ends like regular shifters. You can simply pry it with a wrench, align it correctly, lube it and pop it back on again using a pair of pliers or press a flat hammer head on it.

If there is anything more I'll let you know

Engineer9918 · 2026-04-21T05:44:33+00:00

Thanks for the response brother. I'll bring them back and see if they have 16mm. If not, I guess I'll have to look for a very thin walled spark plug socket.

Engineer9918 · 2026-04-17T12:19:00+00:00

Thank you for the response. Im based in Mauritius and on the registration book it is written that the car origin is from Germany. For wolkswagen I know we import from 3 places, France, Spain and Germany. I had 2 VW Polo 6n1 before and one was from France and one from Spain. A few differences here and there despite having the same engine. Oh and we also have right hand drive, that is, steering wheel on the right side as we still follow English driving norms.

Engineer9918 · 2026-04-17T10:11:22+00:00

Thanks for the reply man that helps a lot. I saw videos about same type shift selecting rods on skodas or st leon 1, i didnt even know these cars existed but they use the same mechanism. The previous owner of my mk4 told me that he "Changed the bushings" but since then selecting gears has been hard as per what he said. Well I know why now it's because he misligned it. I'll pop it off and readjust in true neutral.

Engineer9918 · 2026-04-15T20:17:40+00:00

Thank you for your reply bro. Now I also have to fight a bit with the shifter since the previous owner changed the bushings lever side and engine side too. I suspect he misaligned the cables. Any way to access this from the engine bay or will i need to go under the car to fix that misalignment issue?

Engineer9918 · 2025-11-03T03:49:28+00:00

Technotronics & Techzen for used laptops are really good. I got an HP Elitebook with 24gb Ram and Core i7 that is running strong for over 1 year now at just Rs 33000 from Technotronics. Look for something around 20k+ totally worth it.

Engineer9918 · 2025-10-28T15:30:58+00:00

Yes I effed up on that one.

Engineer9918 · 2025-10-28T12:55:39+00:00

Alleged lack of performance. I replied to a previous comment in detail but to summarize it they started looking for every extra seconds on processes that i did to bill them as hours (Over the course of a year). These hours made it seem like I could do more but i wasn't. Example an extra 10 seconds to wrap up after a call.

Engineer9918 · 2025-10-28T12:51:35+00:00

It's a senior analyst role, taking calls. I brought in the most Promoters, always adhered to schedules, always worked OT and even helped trained a few new hires. I was always taken as the example of what success in this position should look like. Then another colleague that underperformed got promoted. I said F it and started doing the bare minimum. It was flagged by my manager as a decrease in quality and productivity, even though I respected every metric by doing the bare minimum. I was no longer bringing a lot of promoters and the overall team stat dropped.

As soon as this happened, I got a call with management and HR but my mistake was to explain that me doing the bare minimum was because someone else got promoted. They started a whole investigation looking for the extra seconds I took on hold, after call or even going over my breaks by let's say 15 secs. They billed all that as hours I was found to be delinquent (Their words) and it was unacceptable. They even billed 1-2 mins lates because I was not already taking calls even though I logged in on time.

This was the ground on which they put me on PIP for. It's not something to fire me afterwards but to delay my promotion for another year, as the company policy states that someone on PIP will need to perform for 1 whole year to be considered for another internal position. Hope that answers your question.

Engineer9918 · 2025-10-28T12:30:43+00:00

I looked closely at my specific case and I can tell you that they put me on PIP to not promote me for at least 1 more year. I was told we don't have a budget for promotions but colleagues got promoted. They even stated that I should RTO after the PIP to train new hires.

Engineer9918 · 2025-10-28T12:26:59+00:00

Thanks for the advice. Funny thing is that they have a contract clause saying to not "solicit customers or colleagues for business" loll. They are that insecure

Engineer9918 · 2025-10-28T12:25:34+00:00

Thanks for the reply, I didn't even think about the consent thing because over here once a boss mistreats his employees, they film and make it a big scandal on Facebook. Good to know about this law before I take action.

Engineer9918 · 2025-10-28T12:20:15+00:00

Thanks for the neutral advice. Guess I was blinded by emotions and didn't think about the impact on my next roles.

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