Workplace reviews and discussion: 昇恒昌股份有限公司

1. The interview was scheduled by HR for 1:40 p.m. I arrived early at 1:20, and the first-floor receptionist said that the staff member was currently out having lunch and would return to the office before 1:30, asking me to wait nearby for a while. Sure enough, when it reached 1:40, HR promptly came to take me to the conference room, where the written test began, so I didn't have to wait very long.

2. HR spoke very fluently and clearly explained what I needed to do next, which felt quite professional.

3. The office employees I saw that day were required to wear uniforms, giving the impression that the company was well organized.

The position I applied for was related to internal office work. Halfway through the process, I kept thinking about withdrawing. It was a terrifying interview experience that I will never forget. Here is what happened:

1. At the beginning, HR gave me three documents to complete. The first was a personal-data consent form, which only required a signature. The second was a personnel information form covering education and work experience, similar to those used by other companies. The third, however, consisted of 10 questions. It stated that these were common questions for accounting, finance, auditing (and possibly general affairs) positions. For example: “What has given you the greatest sense of accomplishment at work?” The allotted time was about one hour.

2. After I finally finished those three documents, HR gave me another set of professional questions for the position I had applied for. Again, there were about 10 questions requiring written answers, such as: “If a supervisor suddenly assigns you a task while you also have routine work to do, how would you allocate your time?”

3. I waited for about half an hour before the supervisor came in for the interview. I initially assumed that HR or the supervisor had been using that time to grade the tests. Unexpectedly, the supervisor had not looked at them beforehand at all. Instead, they read through the two sets of answers—20 questions in total—on the spot, asking questions and pointing out mistakes while reading. Their attitude was also extremely rude, mostly questioning how I could have written my answers that way. After the interview, the supervisor said it would take approximately seven business days to get a result. By the time I left the Gloria Outlets building, it was almost 5 p.m. ............

I’m not very familiar with, nor do I want to learn about, the salary and benefits that everyone cares about, because merely filling out those boring situational questions completely made me not want to work for this company. I have 10 years of work experience and have interviewed with quite a few companies. Nowadays, personnel information forms can be completed electronically and returned before the interview. During the interview, it should be enough to test English, professional knowledge, or personality. These things take at most an hour on average. I have never encountered a company where the process took more than two hours. Moreover, I would recommend asking situational questions orally, as that can reveal an interviewee’s communication and ability to adapt on the spot. Why would they want to conduct this as a written test? I really don’t understand.

Also, as soon as the supervisor entered the conference room, they arrogantly said that the company had a lot of money, so it would absolutely never go public. They also said that this position was open because the business volume had increased and the company needed to hire someone. There were simply too many things to criticize, so I’ll just describe the main points. Overall, the entire interview made me feel as though they did not treat people like people—as if being invited to interview was a favor bestowed upon me because I had accumulated merit in a previous life.