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Because I did not graduate from a related field and only have nearly one year of marketing planning experience—which I had also disclosed on my résumé and 104—the process began with a 20-minute timed written test, followed by waiting 15 minutes for the manager, who kept me waiting (which made me wonder: what was the point of timing it?). After I introduced myself and described projects I had worked on, the manager asked only about three questions, apart from asking, “Do you have any questions?” When I asked, “If working overtime is the norm at the company, and as far as I know there is no overtime pay, is there an additional bonus system?” that question set her off. The female manager angrily said that this industry operates on a responsibility-based system, that the company has no other additional bonuses, that many people just come to pad their résumés, and that she did not care about [inaudible].

After she calmed down, she did not ask many more questions. In the end, she only said: “If you want to work in this field, you should go and get a relevant degree.”

This made me wonder: if a degree in a related field is required, why contact me in the first place? Could HR please be more careful when reviewing résumés?