飞利浦龙头净水器:Face-to-face farce of interviews

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Face-to-face farce of interviews



By David Friesen


If you have ever applied for a job in China, then you will surely have had to go through the rage-inducing interview process. Now, I realize that interviews aren't exactly anyone's idea of fun at the best of times – unless you are some sort of sadomasochist, or a boss who likes to scare prospective employees. However, rarely have I found anything quite as infuriating as being interviewed in China.


My understanding of the interview process, at least before I came to China, was that it was a two-way process of gathering information. This is possible because virtually all job applications I've known in the UK don't just come with requirements, but also potential benefits, duties and estimated remuneration.


This means you apply for jobs that not only match your skills, but also your expectations. Also, the initial process of fact-finding over telephone or email will usually filter out any mismatches at both ends.


None of this applies to the interview process in China. Jobs are listed with vague requirements, almost no information about what the role will entail and generally no indications of whether it pays top-dollar or minimum wage. This means that you end up having to apply for dozens of positions that seem roughly related to what you are looking for in the vain hope that at least some will be suitable.


This wouldn't be such a problem in itself if you could then get some direct answers from employers regarding the role before an interview. I'm not suggesting that they should take the time to tell me everything because I am special, even though I clearly am. I am just suggesting that they might want to clarify what the role entails and what they might be able to pay so that they don't end up wasting their own time.


This is where you begin to tear your hair out. Take a recent example from my own long list of pointless interview tedium.


After emerging as a preferred candidate for a job opportunity, I tried to get to the bottom of what they wanted and their budget.


I made it very clear that I was not interested in any role that did not meet these requirements and was assured this was fine before my interview.


I knew it was a wasted journey after about the fourth minute of the interview. The supposed manager spent the next 10 minutes punching numbers into a calculator before declaring that my wage demands were not within their budget, even though he must have known this before I arrived.


This is all because face-to-face meetings are deemed more important than actually listening to what candidates are saying. I'm not so much annoyed that they waste my time, but rather that they are pointlessly wasting their own time and seem oblivious to the problem. Candidates at interviews don't find out the advertised job's role, just the limits of their own patience.
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