VIA Electronics interview process

VIA Electronics’ interview experience

That’s right, it’s VIA! I didn’t expect that I would have the opportunity to interview at such a well-known large company. This interview experience was painful to say the least, and it was also the most regretful interview experience for me.

That day, I was browsing on 51job as usual, and suddenly I saw an interesting position: Software Quality Assurance Engineers-Game Tester. When I looked at the company name again, it turned out to be a famous one. VIA Electronics! Can playing games be used as a job? I was immediately interested, so I clicked in and took a look.

Holy shit, these fake foreigners are actually all in English! Although my English level has deteriorated year by year since I passed CET-4 in my freshman year, but with the help of Kingsoft PowerWord, I finally understood all the requirements. Yes, the requirements are actually very simple: love games, be good at games, and be good at English. I am very confident in the first two items. As for the last item, I should be able to mess around. You must know that the requirements for recruitment are the same as the resumes we submit, so they are qualified. Which recruiting unit does not set its requirements higher, and it is best to recruit people who know everything and are strong in everything; and which applicant will write on his resume that he is useless, and not all "understand" are said to be " "Good at" and "used" are said to be "proficient". So I applied with the idea that it was free to submit my resume online anyway, and it would be in vain if I didn’t submit. I didn’t expect to receive an interview notice at that time.

Two days later, my cell phone rang suddenly. It was an unknown number, so I thought someone had dialed it by mistake. (I can recite the phone numbers of more than 30 stores under our own company. I have been called too many...) When I picked up the phone, I heard a very gentle voice: "Hello, hello! Is this ××?" ×?" My first reaction at the time was that the company called me last time and asked me to take a retest. Unexpectedly, she went on to say: "This is VIA Electronics China Co., Ltd., we have received your application resume, and now we will inform you that the afternoon of March 15th (I remember this date very clearly, Consumer Rights Day-_-!) Come and take the written test at 1 o'clock..." I hung up the phone. I couldn't believe that this was true. VIA would actually ask me to go for an interview?!

Since I was going to take the written test, of course I couldn't call you blank. To prepare for the battle, I started to collect relevant knowledge about the game on the Internet. Who knows what I will take the test when I get there. I even went out of my way to buy a copy of the Computer Business Information Game Edition, which I haven’t bought for a long time, to learn about the latest game trends. In fact, although I love playing games, I don’t play many games, mainly Blizzard’s three classic games (StarCraft, Diablo II, and WarCraft III). I usually just play other games and don't study them in depth. The next weekend happened to be a weekend, so I was studying the game knowledge at home. (Sweat! I wish I had worked so hard when I was studying...)

Finally it was time to go to the examination room. I arrived in the science and technology capital very early that day. This place is located in the most prosperous area of ??Huangpu District, and the surrounding area is very lively. Although the land prices in this area are frighteningly high, the building in Science and Technology Capital is still very grand. It is divided into two symmetrical parts east and west. The place is so big that... I searched for a long time and couldn't find the one mm mentioned. "G Area". When I asked the building staff, they actually said that they had never heard of "G Area", and there was no "VIA Electronics" on the company list in the lobby downstairs! You are not being fooled, are you? Think about it. No one should be so boring. Fortunately, I still have that phone number. After calling and asking, I found out that Area G is an area entered from the electronics market between the East Building and the West Building, and VIA Electronics uses another name in mainland China, called "Xu". On electrons”. No wonder I couldn't find it after driving around for a long time. It turned out to be neither the East Building nor the West Building, nor VIA Electronics...

I went in and met with the front desk girl, and she called the HR girl. Alas! Why are the girls in Taiwan-funded enterprises so PP? In our case, they are all Obasans who are about to retire. Okay, no more flirting, let’s get down to business. The HR girl took me to the conference room, gave me an information sheet and an exam paper, and then went out. I filled out the information sheet first, and then looked at the paper.

"Damn, you are really a fake foreign devil!" I couldn't help cursing in my heart, but there were only a few Chinese characters in the entire paper! I had no choice but to rely on my remaining English foundation and bite the bullet. Of course, It's in Chinese. If I had known there would be no one to invigilate the exam, I should have brought a Wen Quxing.

It starts with some short-answer questions to test your basic knowledge about games and graphics cards, such as what "rpg" and "fps" mean, what slots are there in graphics cards and what types of video memory are there? In fact, as long as you understand the meaning of the questions, there is basically no problem. Then there is the form-filling question, which requires you to write down the English names of several games, the production companies, and what DirectX version is called. Fortunately, I had done my homework in advance, and the games I took the test on were really famous: Diablo, Warcraft, Counter-Strike, Quake, and Doom. However, I was a little unsure about a few DirectX versions. No, I can only guess. Next are some questions and answers, mainly about hardware and networks. This is not a problem for me. (I actually also tested how the Linux platform can access the most shared resources under the Windows platform.) Finally, there was an essay question, asking me to list my favorite games and briefly describe them. Of course, I wrote my favorite. Blizzard's three classic games. After I finished handing in the papers, the receptionist asked me to go back and wait for notification. When I came out, I felt that I had done a pretty good job on this paper. I had basically answered all the questions, and I should have the opportunity for an interview.

Sure enough, two days later, I heard the gentle voice of the girl again, asking me to go for an interview the next morning. I was very excited that day, got up early, and got there before 9 o'clock, about an hour earlier than the agreed time. (Later I read a lot of articles about interview skills and realized that it is not good to be late, but being too early will make you appear to have no sense of time. Arriving about 10 minutes early is the best time, so I try to calculate the time accurately for subsequent interviews, even if I arrive early I waited until about the same time to go in)

However, they still received me in advance and arranged me to wait in a small conference room for a while. A GG who was about the same age as me came in to interview me.

He first asked me some basic information, and then asked me a very strange question: "Looking at your resume, you graduated from Shanghai Institute of Technology. What do you think of Shanghai Institute of Technology?" I was stunned. After a moment, I didn’t know what he meant by asking this question. Of course I have a lot of affection for my alma mater, so I said: “It’s very good. Our place has a typical Western church-style architectural style and the campus environment is very good. The greening was also done well."

He looked very happy after hearing this and said, "I also graduated from Shanghai Institute of Technology, one year earlier than you."

"So it is. Senior brother, haha. "I got close to him.

So the interview that followed was extremely relaxed, and the two of them chatted a lot. He introduced me to the general situation of the company, and then said that I would be interviewed by three consecutive people today. The first two were employees of the game testing department I was applying for, and the last one was the boss of the department. The key to success or not was In the end, can the boss pass the test?

After he left, another guy of about the same age came over. As usual, he first asked me about my basic situation and then asked some random questions, but he didn’t embarrass me too much. It was probably the "senior brother" in front of me. "Have you said hello to him?" It was obvious that both of them had a good impression of me, and my tense heart finally relaxed. Next, the ultimate boss finally appeared...

I didn’t expect that the boss of the department was actually a girl. She walked in expressionlessly and sat down in front of me, then glanced at me for a few times without saying a word. My information sheet and the test paper I took last time suddenly asked me: "Why don't you answer this test paper in English?" I was stunned for a while and had to say: "There was no requirement when I was given the paper..." (Actually, I thought that it would be very difficult to understand the questions. Wouldn’t it cost me my life to answer in English?)

Then the boss started to ask me questions as usual. I really don’t understand why three people have to ask the same questions three times. I am already a little tired from the continuous battle. In addition, the interviewer sitting opposite me keeps a straight face. I am very nervous, for fear of accidentally saying something. Wrong words. At the beginning, she asked me some general questions, and then when it came to professional questions, she actually asked me: "Have you studied data structure? Please explain the quick sort algorithm.

"I'm dizzy! Data structure is something I learned in the first half of my sophomore year. I've forgotten it all a long time ago. I'm not doing coding, so how can I still remember this kind of thing. (Later I asked a few questions.) My coding classmates also said that they had to read the book to find out.) I hesitated for a long time and had to say that I couldn’t remember clearly. I was thinking, what does this have to do with game testing?

Then she They asked me to pick one of my favorite games that I wrote about in the last written test and describe it in English. This time it hit my soft gear. I was really not prepared at all, so I had to bite the bullet and use it. "Chinese English" couldn't bear it and stammered about Warcraft. After that, I couldn't think of anything else to say, so I could only finish it by saying "That's all."

It was obvious that she was dissatisfied with my performance, but she still had no expression at all. It was hard to tell what she was thinking. She was cold from the beginning to the end. Finally, she smiled politely. Said: "Thank you for coming to our interview. "It's over. I knew in my heart that this interview was a disaster, and I couldn't help but regret why I didn't study English well in college.

Although I still waited for a miracle with a glimmer of hope, it took a long time. , I never heard that mm’s gentle voice again...

Game over! ;