So this interview was planned one week before, with a request for a presentation (in English) with the academic background, technical experience and achievements, with a focus on some specific projects that I've been working on. Then the presentation should last 20 minutes.
In the day of the interview, 5 minutes after the scheduled time, I receive an email notifying me that the interview would be 15 minutes later. 30 minutes after the scheduled time, one of the employees calls me through hangouts because my Skype ID "was not working" (I wondered why, but now I think I have an idea...).
During the whole interview, the person "in charge" did not apologize for the 30-minute delay, was not looking at the camera at all, showing a total lack of interest and motivation. I started anyhow my presentation, and speaking about my career, but then I was constantly interrupted and my presentation criticized, when I notified clearly that doing the presentation would be an extra effort for me, due to the overload of work my project is having right now.
I received critics such as:
- "We cannot follow the presentation if it is not matching your CV" (when i didn't have the chance to speak about my experience)
- "You basically did cut-paste of slides to show projects" (When i performed an extra effort to even do a presentation in powerpoint as they requested)
- "Is this the best you can do (concerning the presentation)?"
I told the person in charge of the interview that I did the best I could, taking into account all the time limitations I had (since I'm not unemployed, and very far from it).
It turns out that the people of this company were expecting someone that had knowledge in machine learning for the optimization of the robust design tools, which one OBVIOUSLY understands from the job title.
My advice to anyone applying to this company: Do not apply, as they are extremely arrogant and impolite, not showing a single bit of touch with people that they're dealing with. From my experience in working in medium-large companies, this tells a lot of how they'll treat you once you're "chained" to the company.
