Workplace reviews and discussion: 台灣微脂體股份有限公司

The department manager was very polite, and the interview was pleasant overall.

I don't know what the HR manager was acting so arrogant about. This was the first time I encountered an HR manager who was ruder than the department manager.

The HR manager was a woman, approximately 40 years old, and was scheduled for the second interview. I arrived on time, but the HR manager was 40 minutes late. After entering the meeting room, she didn't say a word of apology or offer any explanation. Does the interviewee's time not matter?

Throughout the interview, I could even sense this manager's arrogance. While I was answering questions, I could occasionally see her contemptuous smile. What was she laughing at? The interview questions were all standard, formulaic questions, such as “What do you think are your greatest strengths and weaknesses?” and “What is the biggest challenge you have encountered so far?”—the kind of textbook interview questions.

What left the deepest impression was being asked why I wanted to leave my current job. I think more than half of people would answer that they want to pursue a more fulfilling job or a better company. Naturally, I gave the same unsurprising answer. People with extensive interview experience probably know that very few people answer this question seriously, and very few interviewers actually want to dig deeper to understand the reasons. But this HR manager did. She kept coming up with reasons why I could continue staying at my current company to argue against me, debating until I wondered whether she simply did not want interviewees to join Taiwan Liposome Company. Are they actually trying to hire people?

Overall, the department manager was polite and pleasant to talk to, while the HR manager was incredibly arrogant—completely the opposite of most companies. It is a very difficult company to understand.