Workplace reviews and discussion: 台灣恩悌悌數據股份有限公司

The HR staff were polite; nothing else.

This was by far the worst and most disrespectful interview experience I've had in over ten years, and I feel compelled to share it.

1. The job description was completely misleading, and the posting had been prepared carelessly.

I was contacted by the company for an interview. The job title suggested a PM/SA role in the R&D department, but the description mentioned backend programming in Node.js and DevOps installation and configuration (that is quite a broad scope...).

Worried that I might have been contacted by mistake and that we would both waste our time, I called HR first to confirm. They said the department manager had reviewed my résumé, so there should be no problem; I didn't need to be proficient in programming, only able to communicate effectively.

I still went to the interview with an open mind.

During the interview, I asked whether the role was more focused on SA or PM, but they replied that it was actually more like a Product Manager role requiring an understanding of the market.

It was roughly half project management and half product management.

Although I was full of questions, I set that aside and shared my past projects during the on-site interview.

The interviewer also admitted that the job description was written that way because they had not had time to update it.

Because my impressions of HR and the interview were not bad, I agreed to a third-round interview.

2. Senior management was extremely self-important, disrespectful, and disparaging toward other companies.

To begin with, HR called on the day of the interview to change the time at short notice, and I cooperated because the HR representative was polite.

To cut to the conclusion: I clearly stated that my previous roles had been PM/SA, but the senior manager bluntly said, “You are not the person we are looking for.”

After being torn apart for about five minutes, I left; HR asked someone to escort me out. Heh.

During those five minutes, the questions were mainly about BD-related matters, such as the revenue of my past projects and how they were promoted.

If sales figures and business performance are important, the position should clearly be advertised as Product Manager—or even BD/BA.

As soon as I entered, the senior manager was already very rude, asking what my previous company did.

They then looked up my previous company on their phone. I professionally explained what kinds of systems and projects we had worked on.

They immediately interrupted and asked, “Has it gone live? Is it internationalized? Did the annual revenue reach 100 million?”

The most disrespectful part was that, while I was explaining two or three systems one after another, they directly concluded that the work had no value and would not succeed.

I do not need to defend my former company's projects, but neither will I disparage projects I once worked on.

Positioning a software product and establishing a successful business model are difficult, but every product development effort I have gone through involved dedication and hard work.

Successful products require teamwork and division of responsibilities. Regardless of any grievances I may have as a former employee, I would not, on moral grounds, directly judge whether projects developed by another company have value.

I feel this reflected an extremely self-important attitude that showed disrespect toward both the interviewee and other companies.

I suggest that the company reach an internal consensus before opening a position.

Otherwise, it is truly just a waste of everyone's time.

And please show some restraint in your words. Every industry and business owner has their own values.

There is no need to make unwarranted comments about other industries.