Toss Attracts 3,000 Applicants in Three Days for Experienced Hiring Announcement

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Min-young] Viva Republica, the operator of the mobile financial service Toss, announced on the 23rd that the number of applicants nearly reached 3,000 just three days after posting a job opening for developers with less than three years of experience. It is analyzed that Toss's commitment to selecting candidates solely based on skill and providing all applicants with the opportunity to take a coding test were key factors.

On the 20th, Toss posted the '2020 Toss Next Developer Recruitment' announcement to hire developers with less than three years of experience and has been accepting applications. As of that day, 2,740 people had submitted applications. By field, there were 610 frontend developers (official website management and product webpage creation), 130 iOS developers, 250 Android developers, 1,250 server developers, 220 full-stack developers (development of Toss and affiliated companies' intranet, etc.), and 280 data engineering developers. The application deadline is the 29th, so the final number of applicants is expected to increase.

Toss adopted the slogan "Skill over experience" for this recruitment of developers with less than three years of experience. The company is attracting attention in the hiring market with the unprecedented move of eliminating the document screening process. When submitting applications, Toss requires only simple personal information such as name, field of application, email address, and mobile phone number, and grants all applicants the opportunity to participate in an online coding test in early next month. This approach lowers the psychological barrier for relatively less experienced developers, broadening the applicant pool, while prioritizing development skills over academic background or experience in the evaluation process.

Toss plans to secure talent even if it exceeds the initially planned 20 hires. A Toss representative stated, "Since this is not a relative evaluation with a fixed number of hires, if there are many outstanding candidates based on coding test and interview results, we will hire without limitation."

Only those who pass the coding test will be asked to submit documents necessary for interviews, such as resumes and portfolios, and final candidates will be selected through first and second round interviews. The scheduled start date is September.

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