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The HR attitude was okay.
I interviewed for an e-commerce position, but the department manager seemed to have very little experience with e-commerce. It also felt like they had not reviewed my résumé beforehand. I brought my own portfolio, but they only flipped through it casually, which felt very disrespectful. During the interview, I asked about the department’s cross-functional collaboration, and was told that everything has its difficulties and I should find a way to overcome them myself—otherwise, why hire people?! Their e-commerce knowledge was very superficial, so there was no way to have an in-depth discussion; it felt like they did not really understand it either. It felt as though they were simply looking for cheap, highly exploitable disposable labor. There was also no advertising budget, they competed with the physical stores for customers, and products could not be promoted, so how were we supposed to generate sales? ^_^
I advise against wasting your time interviewing. It feels like a terrible position; anyone with an e-commerce background will know exactly what I mean after talking with them.