Case Study: China's Leading Automobile Manufacturer achieves top-quality programming hires with SHL

China's leading automobile manufacturer hires top-quality talent using AI-powered coding assessments

China's Leading Automobile Manufacturer, a large automotive joint venture in China with 34,000+ employees, needed every new hire to have foundational programming skills to support a broad digital transformation but lacked the tools and expertise to evaluate those skills. SHL addressed this gap by offering AI‑powered coding assessments — notably Automata alongside customized IT Skills Tests — to objectively screen candidates across backgrounds.

SHL deployed Automata and tailored IT Skills Tests with AI proctoring and cloud-based administration, enabling relative grading of code and the ability to score uncompilable submissions. The program evaluated ~1,000 candidates at scale, established a scientific, cheat‑proof hiring process, and delivered an immediate improvement in the quality of hires by quickly identifying the right candidates for the company’s digital initiatives.