Legacy reviews: 7
Convenient transportation
The job posting says backend, but they want to use backend as an excuse to pressure applicants into doing full-stack work.
The company CTO only knows how to cut costs and asks strange questions to belittle applicants, which is very disrespectful.
None. The other party showed no reaction at all, so there was no way to know.
Interviewed for the iOS Sr. Engineer position.
I went in with the mindset that this would mainly be a casual conversation, but we could barely discuss anything at all.
The team leader is fairly well-known in the industry, but I was very disappointed by the actual interview.
At the beginning, there were two interviewers: one team leader and one senior engineer.
They started with brief self-introductions, followed by technical questions and answers.
The entire interview process consisted of them asking questions and me answering. After I finished each answer, both interviewers would respond with a nasal-sounding “嗯” (“mm-hmm”),
then continue with the next question. At one point, I couldn’t take it anymore and asked:
“Could you please give me some feedback? You’re the ones asking all the questions, and after I answer, you just say ‘mm-hmm.’
I’d like to know whether I got anything wrong, so you could point out where I made a mistake, or if you have a better perspective, you could share it with me as well.”
As expected, the response I received was still just “mm-hmm.”
This made me wonder:
1. Are the interviewers lacking in ability? They listened to my solutions but provided no feedback at all. Was I there to solve your problems for you?
2. If I joined the company, would the managers and colleagues be difficult to deal with?
Next was the HR interview, which was entirely in English. My English is quite poor: I understood about 70–80%, but I’m not very good at speaking it.
They basically asked how I felt about the interview process, then explained the company’s four core values and asked which one I would choose as my main focus.
Then they rejected me the very next day.
Applied for a Test Engineer position
They should be supervisors, I suppose. Currently, it mainly consists of interns and one full-time employee. The supervisor is quite easy to talk to, so you don't have to worry about awkward silences.
The interview questions were mainly about how to respond as a QA, I guess. There weren't any particularly unusual questions.
This doesn't really count as a drawback, but the second interview is with a senior executive, who is very busy.
The main task is to set up automated testing. I suppose that initially, they want to find someone to take the lead and get a feel for the situation.
After you submit your resignation, this “great company” secretly leaks your personal information and fills out your resignation form for you without informing you. Basically, it’s like the traditional or family-owned Taiwanese companies you only hear about after growing up—there are plenty of bizarre things to discover.
1. If you want to watch someone keep putting on an act with crude two-faced tactics, you might consider it.
2. It probably neither makes nor can make money.
1. You won’t have to worry about lacking opportunities to showcase your abilities.
2. The manager has solid technical skills.
1. High turnover rate (>40%).
2. Product development leans toward contract-manufactured apps.
3. The head of TECH is, at heart, overly calculating and often says one thing but does another; if circumstances allow, they won’t hesitate to take advantage of people.
4. Senior management appears to be one way on the surface, but in practice does not really respect people. When you are preparing to leave, they may present you with some strange choices and secretly carry out certain actions.
1. Convenient transportation
2. Colleagues are easy to get along with
1. Actually, it’s not a startup; it has the style of a traditional family-owned enterprise
2. Product development is actually more or less complete, relying on driving revenue through app volume
Close to the MRT station
I have three years of work experience and interviewed for a backend position,
but the frontend manager was extremely disrespectful.
The interview was deliberately difficult in every way; apparently, they just thought my salary expectations were too high
and only wanted to hire someone for less than 40,000.