The interviewer was friendly.

They were candid about the working conditions.

The salary is very low. Before I went, HR said that, based on the full salary package, it could meet my salary expectations.

When I arrived for the interview, they said it could only barely reach that level when averaged over the entire year.

Even though I already have several years of sales experience, the manager said that because I had not worked with the same products, I had no relevant experience at all and would need to learn from scratch—ideally starting as an assistant.

They asked several times whether I was willing to start as an assistant, which was astonishing.

Then they dangled the prospect of possibly being assigned to the United States after a few years.

The working hours are extremely long, often until 9 p.m. They said that, because of the Labor Standards Act, they do not encourage employees to work overtime too late (around 7:30 p.m.).

But you are expected to take your laptop home and continue working.