LG CNS hires new employees based on computer coding skills

LG CNS Co., the information technology service arm of LG Group, is hiring new employees based on computer coding skills regardless of the candidates’ academic backgrounds or majors at universities.

LG CNS, Korea's largest cloud computing service provider, said on Monday it will host a programming contest called Code Monster and allow excellent contestants to bypass document screening and a written test to sit for a final job interview.

Those interested must apply through LG’s programmer recruitment platform, Programmers, until 2 p.m. on Nov. 11.

Applicants will be asked during the three-hour test to submit programming source codes for four algorithm questions. Preliminaries will be held on Nov. 12 and the final contest on Nov. 26.

Successful candidates selected through Code Monster will be allowed to join the company at the time of their choice within two years of passing their final exams.

They can also choose the divisions they want to work for, such as the AI engineering team that develops systems using artificial intelligence technology; the data science team; and the architecture team that designs IT system structure, according to LG CNS.

The company has been operating the Code Monster recruiting system since 2016 to hire talent with technical expertise.

“The purpose of the recruitment system is to nurture a competency-oriented organizational culture where technology experts are recognized and treated with priority,” said Koh Young-mok, an executive at LG’s human resources department.

Write to Ji-Eun Jeong at jeong@hankyung.com
In-Soo Nam edited this article.