Workplace reviews and discussion: 綠動未來股份有限公司

Mainly provides services for electric vehicle accessories; the industry outlook is promising.

First of all, because I am a foreign national, I may not have been familiar with the interview process at local companies, so my description of the overall interview experience may be somewhat biased.

I received the interview call after dinner. Since the location was close to home, I thought I could drop by to take a look and have a chat, and that would be fine (I feel the other party may also have thought this was the reason).

The interview took place inside a private residence. After entering through the main door, there was an area resembling a living room, with two employees working there. The interview was conducted less than one meter away from the employees. The interviewer sat on a sofa, I sat on an office chair, and there was a coffee table between us.

(Before coming to Taiwan, I was also a supervisor, and interviews were a common part of my work. The usual practice was to find a separate space so that the interviewee and the company’s employees were separated. This was the first time I had encountered a situation where employees could witness the entire interview and hear every word of the conversation and discussion.)

They carefully asked about the positions I held and my work responsibilities at every company I had worked for. The interviewer was particularly interested in the details of my work and marketing strategies at the last company I worked for before coming to Taiwan. Finally, they asked what I did with Suger CRM. I said it was a customer relationship management system, and the interviewer then asked what it was used for.

(I felt that the question about what CRM is used for was deliberately intended to test me.)

There was an on-site test of Zhuyin typing and basic English listening. The computer speakers were somewhat quiet, and after they were adjusted, the test was not restarted, which wasted some time. The interviewer was also on the phone the entire time, and I could hear the discussion clearly: “The person we interviewed before had decent English. Can we put him under someone’s supervision?” and so on. (Yes, the interviewer’s volume affected my English listening test.)

After I finished the test, the interviewer looked at the results and said in front of everyone, “You’re just average.”

At that point, because of the details described above, I had no intention of working for this company.

The interview was more or less over. When I returned to my seat, the interviewer asked, “When can you start working?”

I immediately answered, “What about the salary?”

The interviewer replied, “I’ll notify you by phone later.”

(Even if the job posting lists the job responsibilities, wouldn’t they normally explain them in more detail during the interview? The salary information in the job posting only gave a range, and they had not settled on an exact figure yet, but they still dared to ask someone to start work? Not to mention overtime or holiday arrangements.)

Just as I was about to leave, the interviewer also signaled to an employee to give me the interviewer’s business card. I assume they were also treating me as a potential marketing target—what if I became a potential customer in the future!?~!~

Throughout the entire interview, I did not feel that the interviewer presented any vision for the company’s future. After all, from beginning to end, I did not hear even a word of introduction to the company. I cannot say that the company is bad, since I only went for an interview and do not understand its internal operations. That is all.