樂方股份有限公司

Interviewing for an engineering position

The interview required completing and passing a pre-test before an interview could be scheduled.

There was no particular time limit, and the questions were quite simple. It took me about an hour to finish, which was fine.

After passing, an interview was scheduled.

The office was fairly clean, but for some reason the lights were not turned on that day, so it was rather dark. The seating also felt a bit cramped.

During the interview, a senior engineer first briefly asked what technologies I had used. He was quite silent, but overall it was okay.

Afterward, the boss seemed to come in and only then started looking at my résumé on his phone. This was actually acceptable since everyone is very busy.

After the engineer left, the boss and I were left alone. The boss mainly focused on questioning my personal experience, and then asked about my family background, such as my parents. (This was the first time I had been asked questions like that when interviewing for an engineering position.)

Overall, perhaps because I am a recent graduate, I felt that he displayed considerable disdain and made me feel disrespected. I will not elaborate further; in short, it left me feeling quite unhappy.

One of the few pure software companies in southern Taiwan with its own products, but the greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment.

The salary range was too broad: NT$30,000–60,000.

The listing on 104 stated that the company is friendly toward engineers; this should really be a basic consideration.

Junior and senior positions should be listed as separate job openings.

For interviewees who spend their own money on transportation and several hours of their time, even fresh graduates are people and should be treated with more respect. At least I have never encountered this kind of attitude when interviewing with other companies.

The interviewers were all very friendly and willing to share information about the company and various areas of knowledge. I learned a lot about e-commerce and venture capital from them; whenever I asked a question, they answered very thoughtfully!

The interview questions were somewhat scattered. It was unclear what aspects the interviewers actually wanted to learn about, and it was also unclear what type of candidate they were looking for. One of the interviewers seemed to be Italian or French, and their English accent was sometimes difficult to understand. At times, I felt that they had not actually heard or understood what I was saying, resulting in a situation where we seemed to be talking past each other.

The office is pretty nice and very comfortable.

The boss doesn't even seem to be very clear about what kind of person they want to hire........

Also, the meeting room has no door that can be closed, which made it quite noisy during the interview. I could barely even understand what the boss was saying in English.

The way they expressed themselves was strange enough, but we were completely on different wavelengths.