Elite Software Automation is a boutique consulting and technology firm focused on delivering the most incredible innovation to help our clients achieve very strong results in their business.

This is a very difficult endeavor and requires not only a very specific skill set, but also a very tough mindset and attitude. There is no way for us to run our organization without a strong commitment to discipline, hard work, and dedication to overcoming whatever difficulties may come.

In order for us to get extraordinary results to our clients, we need to put in extraordinary work, and we have built our organization with individuals who not only tolerate, but actually enjoy the difficult challenges we solve, and appreciate the no-nonsense production focused working environment. Just like only a small proportion of individuals have the right match of capabilities and mindset to serve in elite military units, our organization is only a fit for a very particular kind of people.

We service elite clients. Our clients expect results. Our clients became wildly successful due to their ability to sacrifice short-term comfort and pursue success at any cost. Considering the fact that our clients are elite, we expect our team members to possess similar disciplines, attitudes, and a ruthless will to to evolve into the best versions of themselves.

This is exactly why we have designed a hiring process that focuses on filtering and vetting in only the strongest, most capable, and toughest individuals that possess not only the strongest skills needed for the job, but also the right attitude needed to overcome problems and deliver the innovative solutions we deliver. Over the years we have had over 30,000 candidates go through our process, and our process has successfully selected the strongest and most capable people among them. For the people who make it through and actually succeed on the job, we focus on providing exceptionally growth-focused opportunities, paying above market average and providing substantial and consistent pay raises well beyond their starting pay.

In the recent years our hiring process has been subject to a lot of social media attention, originally sparked by an out-of-context screenshot of a rejection email received by one of the candidates in the hiring process. A large amount of Reddit users have criticized the refusal of our company to accept any excuses from candidates who fail our online test, as well as other features of our tough hiring process.

Excuses are something that is of no value to the world. You cannot take excuses and deposit them in the bank. You cannot take excuses and serve them to a client. There is nothing useful you can do with excuses. If you were our client and hired us to help you with your business, you wouldn't want us to produce you excuses, instead you'd want us to produce results. As such, we make it very clear from the beginning that we do not and cannot tolerate excuses from anyone early on in our hiring process.

Our online test is an on-demand self-service test that a candidate can take at any time. They aren't required to take it at any specific time, and can take at their best convenience. That is why we do not accept any excuses for failing it and do not grant retakes. The candidate can do whatever is in their power to plan their test taking in a way that will prevent them from being affected by any personal circumstances that may prevent. If the candidate is not feeling well on a particular day, the candidate won't have to take it on that day, they can take it later. If the candidate is in a place with unreliable internet, the candidate can go to a place with reliable internet and do it there. When we get any such excuses, it is clear to us that the candidate is either incapable of self-management, or the excuse is made up. As such, we do not accept these excuses, and we do not accept people who make them.

We also do not accept duplicate applications from people, and strongly advise them of that, in part to avoid wasting any more of their time. We value time and do not want to lead anyone into a deception thinking that they can spend time reapplying and somehow benefit from it. That is why we make it very clear that upon being rejected, one will have to wait 2 years to reapply. Any fraudulent retakes using alias names do in fact lead to a permanent blacklisting of the violator and we have very good technologies in place to detect violations of our hiring process integrity. We advise people of that very clearly during the hiring process.

Our overall hiring process is very rigorous. This doesn't only apply to our initial online test, but also the subsequent steps such as the interviews and further practical evaluations. Our interviews are tough and designed to quickly identify the true depth of the candidate's knowledge about the job. Our practical evaluations are difficult and intentionally place candidates under pressure to perform and show their best abilities. We are hiring the toughest and strongest people, which is why the vetting is so hard in our hiring process. Unlike other companies that put candidates through many rounds of interviews spread over many weeks and make hiring decisions based on superficial factors, our company exercises an approach that is focused on direct practical vetting of candidates' abilities, knowledge, and attitude.

Naturally, our hiring process is abrasive and leads to a lot of people being declined very quickly. The people who we advance in the process only get advanced because they demonstrated qualified ability through their actual conduct, and not because they claimed to have some ability on their resume. Our process is intentionally made difficult for the candidate and is structured much like an obstacle course that only the most capable candidates can complete, with other candidates quickly getting declined in this process. We understand that there are people who get upset about being rejected in such a direct manner, some of them even choose to retaliate by making slanted, exaggerated, or outright false social media posts about us. We don't pay attention to any of that. Our company isn't for everyone, and we aren't trying to appease everybody. 

If you are a prospective candidate considering applying for one of our positions, we strongly recommend that you deeply familiarize yourself with the detailed job postings that we have shared and only proceed if you believe that this is a good fit for you. Our positions are very demanding and challenging, and our hiring process will push every candidate very far to demonstrate top abilities and performance, to ensure that only the strongest and most capable candidates can join our team. If you'd like to be part of such a team and are willing to overcome all the difficulty on the way there, then you should consider moving forward, and if you pass, we'll see you on the other side.

Be Great and Enjoy The Day!

Team at Elite Software Automation