KONUX

Application

I applied online. The process took 3+ months. I interviewed at KONUX (Magdeburg (Germany)) in September 2017.

Interview

Extremely unprofessional and arrogant is how I would describe the company's general attitude toward applicants. Firstly, the whole process from my application to rejection took almost three months. After about a month of my application, I was informed of the HR interview, which took place at the beginning of August. Time is a vital factor for students and in fact for every professional, but this company didn't appear to pay any heed to that. Three weeks after the HR interview, I received a case study to prepare. No deadline was set, and I could complete the voluminous task in good quality in another four weeks. Then came the interview with a manager. From the very beginning, he was uninterested in me, otherwise why would he ask the HR-related questions again? In the email I received regarding the second interview, it was specifically mentioned that my case study will be discussed and also the company's values and practices and the challenges it is facing right now will be explained. But during the interview, absolutely NOTHING was discussed about these. When at the end I asked for feedback on my work, the manager replied that it was very "theoretical" and was many pages long. So if it wasn't up to standard, then why was I invited for the second interview? The single question asked related to BD was ambiguous as well - I answered in the the best possible manner I could, but the interviewer kept on refuting me by changing the question's interpretation. He was rude and haughty throughout, and as I've mentioned, didn't speak a word about the case study that I so thoroughly prepared.

In hindsight, this is my observation: The company can argue that I took "too long" to do the work, but why at all should it matter? When there is no deadline, it implies the availability of the position (or the prospect of my selection, in whatever term you may describe it) is NOT affected by the time elapsed. But for me it wasn't so - maybe the position was no longer available. The other possibility was that my work wasn't good enough. Now that might not be the case, as I was invited for the second interview. How the manager made a mockery of the interview has already been described. The company should not follow such an erratic, irresponsible and unprofessional recruitment process, because it amounts to deceiving the applicant.

Certainly the company is not a fake one, but it appears they take resort to dishonest means to get work done for free.

Interview Questions