None! Absolutely none!
If you are interviewing for their PM position, it is best to think twice. They usually assign you a take-home task, which is basically just a way to steal your proposal for free, then offer you an extremely low salary—and they do not let you negotiate it. It is also possible that shortly after your interview, your proposal will be implemented by them! :)
In addition, this company is extremely chaotic internally. A friend of a friend works there and said that all PM departments share the same RD resources, and no one prioritizes requirements, so things are truly chaotic. On top of that, there is a demanding boss, which often causes everyone to work overtime until midnight writing a bunch of proposal reports. The key point is that there is no overtime pay. Please do not too easily believe what HR says during the interview!
Spacious and comfortable environment
The interviewer kept repeatedly asking questions about my work from a nonprofessional perspective and also asked what software I use, even though I had already written it on my résumé... They replied that they "should" be using the same software as me. They could have clearly reviewed my work before inviting me to an interview, yet on the day of the interview they said that I didn't have the kind of work their company produces... So why did they invite me to interview in the first place?
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Job applicants are required to provide extremely comprehensive personal information (3 pages): a color headshot, your national ID card, the names of everyone in your family, the educational backgrounds of everyone in your family, your father's phone number, and the companies where everyone in your family works—an excessive amount of personal information. In the end, regardless of whether you are hired, they will take it all and not return it. I asked the HR representative what the purpose was of collecting such comprehensive personal information. She said it was to help the manager understand me better, but I don't think the manager would gain any insight from seeing my ID number......???
At the very bottom of the personal-information form, they also required me to sign my consent for the company to use my personal data (This is a powerful move!!)
To leave a good impression and increase my chances of being hired, I foolishly signed it too.....
The company posted a whole bunch of job openings. I wonder how many ____ they have already collected. Pretty sweet!!
1. The environment is fairly clean, and the HR staff are polite.
2. An official TOEIC score of over 550 obtained within the past two years exempts you from taking the English test.
1. The company supervisor’s attitude during the interview was extremely problematic.
2. During the interview, you will be asked to submit three extremely detailed personal-background forms (including your family members’ names, phone numbers, and occupations, as well as your national ID number and a headshot photo of yourself). Regardless of whether you are hired, they will take the forms and not return them. In other words, they will have complete access to your personal information. I advise candidates attending interviews to think carefully before filling out personal information before they have confirmed that they have been hired~!
3. The HR staff had done absolutely no preparation and didn’t know the answer to anything. The interview schedule was packed, but they were only proactive when collecting my personal information.
I can't think of anything at the moment. I interviewed for an analyst-related position.
Overall, it was a huge red flag.
1. After completing the test, I was told that the supervisor had been called away to a meeting at the last minute, leaving the interviewee waiting for half an hour. When the interviewing supervisor finally arrived, they also seemed to be in a hurry to just get it over with.
2. The interviewing supervisor was unfamiliar with the interviewee's résumé and, without listening to the interviewee's explanation, repeatedly criticized their school projects and internships as merely academic.
3. Upon hearing that the interviewee had discussed higher compensation with another company, the interviewing supervisor responded, “Then you’d better make the most of it,” instead of reflecting on their own company's shortcomings.
4. The test before the interview was actually not very meaningful. It covered Chinese language intuition, high school mathematics, figure reasoning, and Chinese-to-English translation. The computer used for the test had problems: the cursor moved erratically and sometimes deleted answers that had already been entered.
The reception staff and HR were very friendly.
The office environment looked very bright and comfortable.
The interviewer did not do their homework and came to the interview without having read my résumé at all.
The interview was overly long, with all kinds of tests: a logic test, an English test, and a math test.
The testing platform was also difficult to use.
The application form required applicants to “handwrite” it. What era are we living in? What is the point of forcing applicants to handwrite it?
The reception staff were courteous.
Requires 2+ interviews
The TOEIC test questions were relatively easy (and some questions were incorrect)
They ask about your salary at your previous job and then negotiate it down. If the job level is not discussed, they start at the lowest level. It is recommended that people with work experience negotiate.
The agreed-upon interview time was changed again and again, each time because the supervisor suddenly had a meeting and couldn't conduct the interview; throughout the entire interview, the interviewing supervisor only focused on chatting on Line on the computer ～ quite disrespectful
Low salary, long working hours, and having to come into the office to work overtime on weekends and holidays without being allowed to claim overtime pay
You can take an English TOEIC test to see approximately what score you would get.
They said there would be a response within a week, but it ultimately took almost three weeks to get a result. At least there was a response.
There are too many tests: professional knowledge / English / mathematics / logic.
The interview did not cover salary and benefits.
They mentioned that engineers generally finish work at 8 or 9 p.m., with no overtime pay. It is a clock-in system under a duty-based employment arrangement.