Workplace reviews and discussion: 台達電子工業股份有限公司 _DELTA ELECTRONICS INC.

Non-managerial colleagues are easy to get along with.

After working for several years, I had occasionally heard that the managers at Delta had a “traditional” mindset, but I had never had the opportunity to experience it firsthand. Through this interview experience, I truly came to understand what that meant.

- The first round was an interview with the manager and a peer at the same time, lasting two hours. Everything was fine at this stage, with nothing unusual. At the end, they said I would also need to interview with people from different departments whom I would normally interact with.

- The second round was an interview with stakeholders. Three people participated: SWRD, HWRD, and Marketing. The interview lasted two and a half hours. The people I spoke with at this stage were easy to talk to, and we genuinely discussed how we might collaborate in the future.

- During the HR interview on the same day, they mentioned that Delta’s monthly salary was lower and would be a decrease compared with my current job, but that the annual compensation, including bonuses, would be around 20 months’ salary. They asked whether I could accept that. (I thought: If the colleagues, work environment, and product development prospects were good, lowering my expectations somewhat might not be impossible.)

- This is where the strange part began. After the first two rounds, HR contacted me and said that the manager required me to complete an assignment. At the time, I thought this was very odd—how could the interview process be almost complete before asking me to write an assignment? I assumed there might be a conference call afterward where I would present it. After asking HR, I confirmed that my understanding was correct. However, I also noticed that the same position was posted on other job platforms, and that the assignment was clearly based on a project they were currently working on (which had come up during the interviews). At that point, I already felt uncomfortable, but since I had agreed to do it, I still completed and submitted it.

Two or three days after submitting it, HR contacted me and said that the manager needed some time to evaluate it—approximately two weeks. However, when the two weeks had passed, there was still no follow-up. After I proactively asked about the status, they said that after evaluation, I was not suitable, and the process was therefore terminated. I received no feedback whatsoever; they did not even give me the opportunity to present the logic behind my assignment. This not only raised suspicions that they were using interview candidates to collect ideas for project development, but also showed that after making candidates spend a considerable amount of time, they could not even provide basic feedback. Even after I expressed my dissatisfaction, the feedback HR obtained consisted of only a few perfunctory sentences. It was extremely disrespectful. One can imagine what working together would be like, as well as what the company’s top-down management style would be like.

BTW, my opportunity came through the Delta Research Institute (which I heard is considered a relatively more comfortable unit). Perhaps this was just my personal experience, but I am sharing it for everyone’s reference. Those who are interested should evaluate the opportunity carefully.