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Read the community guidelinesI did not have an actual interview, so I cannot say.
Just from the way the manager responded to my résumé and portfolio, it was clear that this company is still stuck in a very outdated state and has failed to keep up with the broader environment.
The manager who contacted me even told me that the computer operating system was unable to open my portfolio. That might have been a good excuse 10 years ago, but at this point it is simply unacceptable. It also indicates that your company has insufficient knowledge of and involvement in new technologies.
All colleagues are young.
It was only after leaving the job that I discovered I had not been covered by Labor Insurance during my employment....
The director who conducted the interview had a smile on their face.
The interviewer changed the interview time with me three times and was ultimately almost an hour late. With such a lack of reliability, there is not much else to say.
The colleagues are very nice (but there’s no one I know there anymore; they’ve all left).
The boss is basically a good person, but the salary isn’t very high either—my first attempt at negotiating.
Everything could be improved.
Including the files being a complete mess, the boss frequently forgetting things, decisions ending without results, and the information he brings back from visiting clients having a very high chance of being wrong. He often makes people do work for nothing, is overly penny-pinching, and is a classic example of saving small amounts only to spend much more later.
One day I dreamed that he went to a client’s office and kept going around without getting to the point, only to be dressed down by the client. Later, I discovered that the turnover rate was extremely high: people stayed an average of three months before leaving. I left too. But I dreamed all of this; any resemblance to actual events is purely coincidental.
There aren't really any advantages; the only thing I can say is that you encounter clients from different industries.
Generous with granting leave.
Highly not recommended.
The operational approach has no long-term plan; everything is just talk on paper, with no concrete plans.
Management's thinking and concepts are far too traditional, their ideas lack logic, and communication is difficult.
It is difficult to work with management. Meeting discussions are completely off-topic, making it difficult to move projects forward.
I strongly advise everyone again: highly not recommended.
I expected to be taken to a meeting room for the interview, but unexpectedly it took place directly at a high-stool bar next to a workspace where other employees were present. The table, chairs, and space were all completely unsuitable for opening a laptop and focusing on the interview.
The Operations Director asked very vague questions, such as: “What is UX to you?” and “If there are three concepts, A, B, and C, how would you choose one and prove that it is the right choice?” ...
While waiting for the interview, I accidentally overheard a conversation between the Operations Director and an employee (there was no way around it since they were right next to me). The employee asked something like, “So what do you want me to do now? What do you need me to handle now?” approximately three times. The Operations Director seemed to have serious problems expressing himself clearly. During the interview, I had to continually reorganize and restate what he had just said, then ask whether that was what he meant. English technical terms kept appearing throughout the conversation (as if he was afraid people would not know that he understood them), but when I brought up more advanced terminology and methods, he then seemed unable to understand and fell silent...
During the interview, he asked me how to solve a problem. I answered three times, but none of my answers satisfied him. He said, “None of your answers are correct. I know the answer to this problem, but I won’t tell you. You have to figure it out yourself for it to be meaningful.” ... Wow, I wonder if he saw my jaw drop, haha. Excuse me, are we in a class now, Professor? I had no idea that there were right and wrong answers in user experience xD
In short, if you want to join this company, you may need to be mentally prepared to communicate telepathically with the Operations Director. There is also a strong possibility that, when no interface design projects come in, you will spend most of your time supporting commercial design projects.