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During the pandemic, I had a video interview for an etching equipment position at Southern Taiwan Science Park. On the morning of the interview, HR suddenly called to say that the interviewer had a meeting later and asked whether we could move the interview up by 15 minutes. I had no choice but to rush into the interview 15 minutes later. At the beginning, the interviewer was unfriendly and quite rude. Since video interviews can easily experience signal delays or interruptions due to various issues, the interviewer repeatedly said impatiently, “Can you get your internet connection sorted out? I can’t hear your voice clearly at all.” Because I was renting a place away from home, it was really difficult to control the network connection. The interview was still occasionally disconnected, and the interviewer may have genuinely become impatient. They directly asked whether I had taken a test. I said HR had not asked me to take any test, and then they told me to take the test first before discussing the rest of the interview. I was completely bewildered; it felt like they just wanted to brush me off. Later, HR’s interview did not mention anything about a test either. A week later, I received a rejection letter, but I did not feel disappointed at all. After all, if my manager were someone like that, I would not be able to stay there anyway, haha.