跟主管聊完覺得工作內容跟自己原本期待的方向蠻符合，整體面試氣氛也不錯，主管人滿好聊的。公司福利感覺也蠻好的，像是有免費晚餐、員旅出國然後有時候聚餐會吃buffet之類的，感覺公司員工之間氛圍也不錯，有大概觀察了一下很多類似開放會議空間都有員工在開會討論。
感覺辦公環境比較老舊一點，廁所也稍微小了點
Overall, the interview experience was good. The manager directly explained the job responsibilities and team division of labor, and also discussed issues that had actually arisen, rather than simply going through the résumé question by question. The interview atmosphere was fairly relaxed, and communication was direct. The minor drawback was that there was quite a lot of information, so I had to identify the key points myself at the time. If you are interested in the position, I recommend learning about the job responsibilities beforehand and bringing relevant practical experience to the conversation, as that will make the interview more rewarding. Overall, it was a very positive interview experience.
The building feels somewhat old. The interior decoration is relatively traditional, and the soundproofing is also somewhat inadequate.
The company team has a harmonious atmosphere, and colleagues get along well with one another. When work-related problems arise, everyone is willing to help each other. Supervisors are willing to spend time guiding and teaching new employees, and they are also very patient in communication. The company provides new employees with stationery and a subsidy for pre-employment health examinations. Each employee is provided with one computer and one monitor, which is very convenient for office work; the office environment is relatively quiet and suitable for concentrating on work, but it is not dull. If you occasionally feel like chatting, you can start a conversation anytime without feeling particularly constrained. Meetings are also held regularly to confirm project progress and discuss problems encountered during implementation, allowing the team to identify issues and adjust direction promptly. Overall, the work atmosphere is comfortable and well suited to steadily building experience.
The nature and workload of the work vary across departments, and during peak seasons, some units may have a heavier workload. Project-based work requires communication and coordination with different departments, so it takes some time for everyone to adapt to working with one another.
I have been working as an R&D engineer at this company for nearly six years. The company's working hours are fairly flexible: employees can start work anytime between 8 and 10 a.m. This is convenient for people with longer commutes or those who get up a little later, as they can adjust their schedules freely. In addition, free dinners are provided from Monday to Thursday. The General Affairs team usually opens the bento-ordering form around 3 p.m. for employees to place their orders, and a different restaurant is selected each week. If you discover a new restaurant, you can also make a request to the General Affairs team, which is a nice benefit. The company also holds gatherings for events such as the Mid-Autumn Festival and Christmas. The Employee Welfare Committee chooses the restaurant—usually a fairly upscale buffet restaurant in the past—or arranges for catering to be brought in and set up.
As for relationships with colleagues, I get along quite well with everyone. When someone encounters an issue, colleagues are generally willing to help one another, making it a warm and supportive environment. Personally, I feel that the company's overall performance is relatively stable, and its systems are gradually becoming more complete. Employee benefits also seem to be continuously adjusted and have indeed improved. In addition, my manager's management style is relatively flexible and does not tend to interfere excessively with details. If I have an idea, I can bring it up for discussion. I feel that the work content is quite helpful for building practical experience. If you want to learn technical skills, this is a suitable place to develop and hone relevant experience.
The workload and level of busyness can vary between departments and depending on the number of projects. The work requires fairly quick reactions and efficiency, but it becomes manageable after a period of adjustment.
1. Both HR and the interviewing manager were friendly.
2. It seemed that they did not mind candidates switching from other industries.
3. The company benefits sounded pretty good (flexible work arrangements, free dinner boxes, etc.).
4. An opportunity to learn about finance-related information and products.
5. The environment looked clean, and employees do not need to clean it.
The position I interviewed for was PM. When I applied, I saw that they were hiring 1–4 people, which made me a little worried. I was afraid it might be a terrible company, and that was why they had so many openings…
However, strictly speaking, my previous industry was more related to food or catering. I mainly helped some foreign companies set up factories in Taiwan. Although I had several years of PM experience, I did not really have any connection with digital financial products or apps, so when I received the interview invitation after applying, I thought I might as well have a chat.
The interview process started with being taken to a meeting room to fill in basic information and details about my previous experience. The HR interviewer was quite friendly and went over my résumé in a conversational manner. They also asked why I wanted to transition from traditional industries to digital. I honestly said that I was not very familiar with financial processes. I had only self-studied some basic Python courses a while ago, and the concepts of the parameters were still quite vague to me, but I was interested. My main consideration was that the rise of AI has been a major direction in recent years and is also a trend for the future. HR said that was fine, and that they mainly looked at personal characteristics and one’s attitude toward learning.
(My personal consideration was also that the overall atmosphere in the tech industry might be more lively, and that it would be less likely to have a military-style work environment where even using your phone is not allowed….)
The second interview was with the department manager. That manager spoke a little slowly but was quite humorous and seemed very friendly. Maybe they were also worried about scaring candidates away? They openly said that the PM department was very busy. Although it was not the kind of military-style environment I had been worried about, where you cannot use your phone or eat, the workload was quite heavy. It was normal for each person to have more than 10 projects running at the same time, but the performance bonus sounded pretty good.
The main responsibility was managing the processes of app projects. There were also projects involving cooperation with government agencies or major companies such as Chunghwa Telecom and Mega Financial Holding. Since most of the projects involved apps or maintenance and operations, in addition to negotiating and communicating with external parties, the role also required extensive coordination with internal engineers, IT staff, and other relevant personnel. There could occasionally be plugin-related situations as well… so strong communication skills across different parties and good time management were very important.
I was asked whether I could adapt to an environment with frequent changes and a large volume of projects, where I would need to manage schedules and risks every day. I said that there had also been many similar tasks at my previous company, and that I was quite willing to take on the challenge of switching industries.
About a week later, I received a call from HR with an offer, and the salary met my expectations. However, at that time I had received another offer that was closer to home, so after considering it, I politely declined. I’m sharing the interview process as a reference for anyone interested in applying.
PS: At the end, I discreetly asked about the reason former employees had left. They said that because the company is related to financial products, most people pay attention to stocks, and it seemed that some left after achieving financial freedom.
1. It sounded like there were quite a lot of projects, although that is a common issue in the PM industry…
2. Too far from the MRT station.
3. I used the restroom, and it was somewhat far from the office area. It was near the emergency exit, which was inconvenient, and there were very few stalls.
I've been with this company for two or three years, and I've gotten along quite happily with my colleagues. It never feels too dull, and the overall atmosphere at the company is fairly simple and uncomplicated~
It's just that the commute to work every day is a bit far...
The experience of interviewing for the project management position was quite good.
My previous job was in a traditional industry, and the office was basically like a factory, so this time I paid more attention to the work environment when looking for a job.
The company is conveniently located, and the office environment is comfortable. I took a quick look at the hardware, pantry, and so on, and they seemed quite OK. It made a good first impression.
During the interview, the HR representative and the other interviewers were friendly. Their way of asking questions made me feel relaxed; they did not put on airs or seem cold and distant. It felt like there would be quite a lot of room to work independently and make my own contributions.
The office employees appeared to be relatively young overall, which was very different from my previous job~ The atmosphere also seemed pretty good.
It would be better if they could explain the job responsibilities in more detail~ But other companies have the same issue too.
Occasionally getting off work on time
The toilet is very retro
I don't know about Baishang, since they keep claiming that employees are the company's most important assets. Anyway, it's considered the same company as Xingxi.
As for Xingxi and the others, you'd better not go:
Baishang + Xingxi + Shuma Investment Advisory have 110 employees
Baishang probably has 80 or 90
Xingxi has around 12 or 13
Shuma probably has only 1 salesperson
When I interviewed at Xingxi, HR slowly said that they had more than 100 employees. Then the supervisor came in and asked a few simple yet abstract questions. After sharing a few ideas, the supervisor said that four experienced employees would train new hires. I received an offer that day, thought about it for a while, and joined.
Before joining, I called to ask HR about Xingxi and Baishang.
The answer I got was that HR had already left work at 6:00 p.m., so I assumed this was a normal company.
After joining, I discovered that the interviewers were from Baishang. The experienced employees at Xingxi were also extremely busy themselves, so they could only take a hands-off approach. Things kept being thrown at me from beginning to end. Later, I checked 1111 and found that Xingxi originally seemed to have more than 20 employees, right? So there were 20-plus new hires who had been lured in like me, while the others were mostly in their thirties.
The restroom was really the worst area. The water dispenser, refrigerator, and food steamer looked perfectly normal, but the toilet stalls had toilets that were close to breaking down, with no flush valves or bidet seats. The doors didn't have rotating handles; they had an extremely old-fashioned latch that was very difficult to open. I almost couldn't get out.
The group-chat situation also made me uncomfortable, because the clients were stock-market teachers, so we had to produce videos, apps, courses, and so on. Every day, the boss would ask us in the main group chat to leave comments under the videos and report back in the main group. Apart from Outlook, I had no way to contact the people assigned to train me. After dumping things on me, they would make a dramatic disappearance, and occasionally I would see them working alone, frantically, in the conference room.
In short, I feel pretty unlucky. I was lured into the company, the stock market crashed on my first day, an earthquake happened two days later, and then I was left to fend for myself. I immediately decided to leave before things got worse.
1. Convenient transportation
2. Friendly HR
3. Work laptop provided
1. It’s truly a traditional industry… even the toilet is close to breaking down. The onboarding notice said, “Welcome to our ‘family.’” In reality, it’s a mix of traditional industry + startup + tech… I thought I’d be able to work regular hours, but it turned out I had to work overtime even on holidays—with free overtime dinners.
2. I interviewed for a position at Galaxy Company, thinking it was product planning, but after joining I discovered I had to do everything and wear multiple hats. It seemed like I was responsible for anything remotely related… Am I really a planner? Or am I customer service, a social media editor, a marketing planner, a salesperson, and a video editor? During the interview, I was told I would mainly deal with clients and engineers, but suddenly I had to handle consumers…
3. During the interview, they said several people would train me, but in reality I was left to fend for myself. Every day, I was dumped a pile of documents, forms, and videos. They told me to study them thoroughly, and then that was it… Everyone else was extremely busy, either in meetings or answering phone calls. Within just a few days of joining, I was seriously overwhelmed; I was even worrying about work in my sleep…
4. I clearly said beforehand that I had no experience in this area, only some general work experience. I still got hired, but escaped after just a few days 🏃♀️ On my first day, I had lunch with a coworker, who even said, “You really need to think this through…”
5. The interviewer was an employee of the parent company next door… During the interview, I thought the decor was so “homey,” so maybe working there would be comfortable. In reality, it was just… yeah 😐
6. The people there seemed to think, “We’re paying you, so there’s nothing wrong with doing a little extra…” On my second day, customer service already asked me to learn about a huge number of things and even hoped I would support them on my “days off.” The business hours were clearly Monday through Friday, 9:00–18:00, and I wasn’t even in customer service…
7. The lunch break was only one hour, starting at 12:30. There weren’t many restaurants nearby either, so after eating, there was basically no time to rest during lunch…
8. I reported the situation to the HR manager, who had an expression that seemed to say, “That’s just how this job is.” Yeah 🤔 Wearing multiple hats and working overtime on weekdays and holidays was considered normal. To be honest, after the interview, I called the HR manager that evening to say I would accept the offer, because the person who answered the phone said the manager had left at 6:00. The official website also stated that weekday business hours ended at 6:00. Who would have known that the Galaxy department would be like this?
9. The person training me said I should start as an assistant because previous new hires couldn’t immediately plan a new app. I was asked to handle some administrative procedures, and then I had no idea what kind of assistant I actually was. I had thought that having worked at Kura Sushi meant I had pretty good stress tolerance, but after just a few days, I felt that the internal operations were a complete mess. It was entirely being held together by a few people with excellent stress tolerance. I couldn’t even smile on my first day, so it was better to run away.
The HR staff are quite friendly.
The team leader surnamed Tseng from the Project Department had an expression that made me wonder what exactly they were being arrogant about. During the interview, they kept making clicking sounds.
I really don't understand why some people take such a high-and-mighty attitude as interviewers. If they can't process things well enough to understand what I'm saying, is it really appropriate to blame others?
In short, the company seems to offer fairly good benefits, but I can only laugh at the fact that someone like this can become a team leader. It might be better not to join after all.
The interview questions weren’t difficult.
It felt like the supervisor tested me on technical questions they themselves weren’t very familiar with... They insisted that the interviewee’s answers were wrong, and when the interviewee argued their case with sound reasoning, the supervisor privately complained that the interviewee was being overly argumentative... Speechless.
Pros
The interviewer said this place is basically a contract-based job
There are no advantages....
A strange company; you can't find anyone normally.....
None
I interviewed with a very strange company for a Java engineer position. There was no written test; instead, two managers conducted the interview. One female manager kept asking whether I knew how to do certain things. At one point, I was simply trying to clarify what she meant, but she said that during the Q&A she felt I lacked “ambition” (I was probably wearing a giant question-mark expression at the time). Then she herself even got the “CR” in CRUD wrong. The entire interview ended in complete absurdity.
The technical manager wants to keep an overview, but their project management and technical concepts are both outdated, and they particularly like using people they are familiar with.
The company has a large workload and is quite demanding, but it offers opportunities to hone your skills. You need to be clear about what the project should be doing amid the mess; if you are influenced by people who are not very effective, things can go off track.