I applied for a QA role at Pillway and was asked to complete their “Packfinder” assessment as the first step. The email said it would take ~10 minutes, but in reality, it contained 172 repetitive psychological questions — most of which had zero relevance to the actual role.
To be very honest, I have gone through many technical interview processes in my career, and I’ve never seen a company use such an outdated and irrelevant approach. For a technical role in the software industry, I expected questions that evaluate my skills, problem-solving, or experience — not a personality test that felt more like something from a self-help website.
The whole process felt like a waste of time and gave me a negative impression of the company’s hiring standards. If Pillway truly wants to attract serious engineers, they should rethink their approach and focus on meaningful, skill-based evaluations instead of long, irrelevant psychological assessments.
