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The only advantage I can honestly think of is this: On the way to the industrial park, the bus driver was very polite and would go out of his way to stop where you wanted to get off. I love you, bus driver ❤️
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Also, the initial inquiries through the employment website were very polite and left a good impression. Who would have known I was actually being deceived?
1. The receptionist directed me to a small office and said that I only needed to hand her my résumé after filling it out. After I handed it to the receptionist, she passed it to an older woman. The older woman looked over my résumé from top to bottom and gestured for me to wait in the office. As soon as I entered the office, I heard the receptionist and the older woman discussing the contents of my résumé. It was as if they thought the office had excellent soundproofing, but in reality I could hear every word clearly. And in fact, the actual interviewer wasn’t that older woman either 🙄
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2. The final message from the employment website said that I would be interviewed by a certain Mr. [name], but the actual interviewer was a certain Ms. [name]......
I asked the interviewer whether there had been a change.
She replied, “No matter what, the interviewer will be someone from the company. Does it matter who conducts the interview?”
I said, “I just wanted to understand what happened.”
She said, “[Mr. X] is the manager, and I’m the supervisor of the department, so I’m conducting your interview. Is that a problem?”
Her attitude was terrible. If a job seeker were a woman and the person who showed up was a male interviewer, wouldn’t she have questions too? The least they could have done was explain, “Mr. X is unable to conduct the interview today for [some reason], so I’ll be handling it.” That would have made the impression much less negative...... If this woman were my future supervisor, I honestly would have wanted to end the interview right then and there... But I still kept my emotions in check and went through the entire interview process, out of respect for the company.
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3. I felt that the interviewer didn’t know much about the position. She couldn’t clearly explain the job responsibilities, the software used, or even whether the operating system was Windows or Mac. She hesitated and mumbled, and eventually gave me a perfunctory answer: “A bit of everything.”
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4. Regarding salary, she only asked after taking my résumé and starting to leave the room. She also wouldn’t tell me the expected salary range for the position. The interviewer only wanted to hear my answer, so why not ask directly at the beginning of the interview? 🥹