A technical secondary school student’s real experience in interviewing at Huawei

Huawei is a company that has created myths. From its rapid expansion of registered capital of 20,000 yuan, 3G, high technology, rapid growth, universal shareholding and private enterprise... Huawei is not only the largest telecommunications company in China, Suppliers and suppliers, and overseas markets are becoming more and more popular, and are currently encroaching on the homeland of CISCO, the network leader, the United States. The first time I learned about "Huawei" was in 1999, a year after I graduated from school. At that time, I didn't know much about Huawei. I only knew that Huawei was the company with the highest salary in the domestic IT industry and the dream of most IT people. Of course, for me, a technical secondary school student, she is far out of reach...

In mid-1999, I entered a small company in Guangzhou and worked quietly. I didn’t think I had much. The only innate advantages I have are that I am energetic, motivated, and able to endure hardships. Three years later, I was lucky enough to join the largest IT company in Guangzhou and became a technical engineer. I was assigned to Shanghai to be responsible for the construction of financial call centers. Less than two months after arriving in Shanghai, I actually received an invitation from the Human Resources Department of Huawei to go to Shenzhen for an interview. The news came out of the blue for me at the time. It was simply too sudden. Of course, I declined at the time because I had been in the company for less than three months and I had no confidence in interviewing Huawei. Later I found out that they had found my resume on a talent website. It turns out that Huawei's human resources department often poaches people from companies with similar businesses. I have been working quietly in the company where I work...slowly, from a technical engineer to an independent engineering project manager. Awarded as the company's outstanding employee for three consecutive years.

After another three and a half years, I had to leave my company due to some problems in the company. I am ashamed to say that almost 7 years after graduating from school, I am still a genuine "technical secondary school student". With the expansion of enrollment in colleges and universities, "undergraduates are everywhere, master's students are walking all over the streets, and only doctors can shake their heads." Today, when walking on the road, I am not afraid of losing anything, but I am afraid of losing my technical secondary school diploma. It's embarrassing to be seen! What's more, I am now in Shanghai, which leads the country in economy! It can be said that there are so many talents, and I am just a drop of water in the ocean.

However, I have fighting spirit and I have confidence! I believe in my abilities. I once again submitted my resume for a "technical support" position at Huawei, even though Huawei's recruitment advertisement suddenly said "bachelor degree or above, English level 4". Of course, I now have a deep understanding of Huawei. Two weeks later, sure enough, the Shenzhen Human Resources Department notified me again and asked me to participate in Shanghai Huawei’s special job fair on March 26th and 27th. When the lady from the human resources department called me, I explained that my education level was only a technical secondary school and she wanted to recommend me to go to the job fair to give it a try. She said that we also attach great importance to ability. To be honest, during this period, I was rejected by ZTE due to academic issues. The call from the HR lady at Huawei really made me appreciate the courage of Huawei. After a few days of waiting, on the morning of the 27th, I put on a suit that I rarely wear once, put on a tie, and headed to Huawei's Shanghai branch.

Huawei Shanghai Company is located on the 14th floor of the Jinmao Building in Lujiazui Financial District, the highest-end building in Pudong, Shanghai and the "tallest building in China". Jinmao Building, I have passed by here countless times by car, but I have never been inside. When I walked in today, I really felt something different. The lobby is very gorgeous. The nameplates in Chinese, English and Japanese state the names of some of the companies that have settled in the building. Next to it is the security check system. Temporary visitors like us must borrow a magnetic card and use it to pass through the gate ( Similar to the subway) to enter the elevator area. In the elevator area, I saw almost fifty or sixty elevators. The overall feeling was that it was better than CITIC Plaza in Guangzhou. In the elevator, I could vaguely feel that there were many "competitors" because there were many people going to the 14th floor. As soon as I got out of the elevator, I saw Huawei's big logo "HUIWEI Huawei Technologies". There were three recruitment staff at the front desk. When I walked into the lobby, it was packed with people. I saw a recruitment billboard standing next to me, which clearly stated the job openings and recruitment procedures. The positions Huawei recruits are divided into four categories: research and development, global technical support, marketing, and administration.

Among them, R&D and technical support have the most recruiting positions.

I first filled out the registration form at the front desk. The staff asked me if I had made an appointment. I replied that I was notified by the Shenzhen Human Resources Department. They asked me my name and I couldn’t answer (answered the phone). (I didn’t ask carefully). I received the registration form, which was a relatively simple form with one line of information per person. I first looked at other people’s information: “XX Educational Qualification: Bachelor’s Degree School: Nankai Recent Employment Unit: Shanghai Siemens...” “XX Educational Qualification: Master’s Degree School: Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s most recent employer: ALCATEL” “XX Education: Master’s degree School: University of Paris Most recent employer: (fresh graduate)” All of them were elites. I felt dumbfounded at the time. How could I show off my academic qualifications? Write? No matter what, I wrote the school I graduated from: Wuhan University, and filled in the other details with the real situation.

Complete the registration form and get an interviewer resume registration form from the staff: The home page asks you to carefully choose your work location: A can be sent to difficult areas in the world; B can be sent to overseas areas. C. Can be sent to all parts of the country. D. Can only work in certain cities. In fact, I have known for a long time: Huawei currently has a rapid business in Africa, and option A refers to Africa. Due to personal reasons, I chose B and C. The second page contains basic personal information such as name, birth, political affiliation, hobbies, family members, etc. The two slightly more special points are: first, indicate whether you have relatives or friends working at Huawei, and what position they hold; second, whether you are Apply for citizenship of other countries. The third page is to fill in personal work experience, work content, and honors received, etc. The fourth page is the expected treatment and confirmation signature. In the expected salary column, I wrote a monthly salary of 8,000. Because my current goal is a job with an annual salary of 100,000 yuan. I carefully filled out the form, handed it to the staff, and submitted a printed version of my resume. After the staff saw my resume, they asked, "Do you have a technical secondary school degree?" Some other applicants in the audience looked at me in surprise and said, "Yes." The staff replied, "We don't recruit technical secondary school students." I said, "The Shenzhen Human Resources Department asked me to come to your job fair." "Does it say on your resume that you are from a technical secondary school?" "Yes. "I said. She took a look at my resume. My resume stated that I was a bachelor at the beginning, but there was a clear explanation at the end of the resume. "Can you tell me who asked you to come here for an interview in Shenzhen?" "I'm sorry, I really can't remember clearly. I didn't pay attention at the time." Obviously, the staff member was very puzzled: even technical secondary schools can apply for Huawei. Isn't this a vegetable garden gate? She asked me some simple questions and then told me to wait. She took my resume and walked away. Later, she asked me to wait in the 1407 conference room first.

I came to conference room 1407. There were already more than 60 candidates waiting for interviews with the examiners. The ratio of men to women was 1:4. Some people were memorizing words in professional English, and some were Looking at the internal newspaper "Huawei People", some people are reading Huawei's promotional materials, and some are whispering. Next to me sat a girl who was about 27 or 88 years old. When she opened her handbag, I accidentally glanced at it: inside was a CET-6 certificate and a Shanghai Bell job badge. Haha, it feels like the whole room is filled with elites, but I alone seem so insignificant.

About 20 minutes later, the examiner finally took my resume and resume and called my name for an interview. With my heart pounding, I followed the examiner and vaguely saw a small yellow piece of paper on my form that said, "Technical secondary school degree, now working in Guangzhou XX." We came to a larger conference room and sat down, which was full of examiners and applicants. As soon as you enter the door, there is the "language test" of the international marketing department, where two people are having a fluent conversation in English. I sat down with the examiner, and there was another examiner next to me. One of them asked me about my basic situation, and then asked about my current job, etc., and I answered them one by one. When it comes to education, I replied: "I do have a technical secondary school degree. Wu Shihong didn't go to college at that time. She worked as a handyman at IBM and became the general manager of Microsoft in China. Her success is a great success for me." Such encouragement!" The examiner nodded with a smile.

"Then let's do the test questions." I said, "I like doing the test questions very much. Even if I can't do it, I will know what my shortcomings are." The examiner said, "Yes, some of the people who interview here have their resumes. It seems very difficult. If you take the exam, you will know nothing!" I replied, "The exam is a good way, but we are also decorators, but it may not be suitable to take the carpentry test with plumbers and electricians!" "Haha, we don't do that at Huawei. I have many sets of questions here. You can choose according to your own expertise. OS and database are compulsory exams." The OS is NT, UNIX, Solaris, and the database is: SQLServer, SyBase, Oracle, DB2. You are a project manager. I also have questions here, but they may be more difficult. Ours here is based on PMP. I thought to myself: I have used all of these databases, but I am more familiar with Oracle and SQL Server. In the end, I chose three test questions on SQL Server, NT and Network, and of course an English-Chinese translation.

It took me about 40 minutes to complete all the test questions. SQLServer got 85% right on its own, and NT feels like it got about 70% right because I haven’t used it for many years. The English-Chinese translation is not based on computers and communications, but a piece of news, about 400 words, and I didn’t understand two sentences. The network is a bit difficult, only for around 60 people. While I was doing the questions, I saw the MM who just sat next to me in the conference room taking a "language test"! So fluent! Bull! I finished the test questions and handed the answers to the examiner. After the two examiners looked at them, the other examiner who had not spoken until now started to speak: "Many people in your company are familiar with it. You should know XXX, right? I was the one who recruited him." I replied, "We know each other. We are colleagues." He then said, "I had coffee with XXX, the head of your development center, years ago. At that time, he..." I said, "It did happen in the company." "Some things should not have happened, otherwise I would not leave." We chatted a lot together. It turned out that the examiner was really familiar with our company, knew many people, and he had a very good memory. Finally, "Let's talk frankly: You are very capable. As a technical secondary school student, it is not easy to achieve this step! But Huawei must have its own set of rules, otherwise the company's more than 20,000 people can put themselves I was recommended by my relatives. If I recruit you to join Huawei in Shenzhen, firstly, it may be difficult to pass the academic qualifications. Secondly, all the technical support personnel we are recruiting will be sent abroad. You may have certain obstacles in English.” I said. I'm sorry, but I can understand." He continued: "You are a talent, and we don't want to miss it. In this way, I first recommend you to our joint venture company, Shandong Huawei, where you will do the same things as Shenzhen Huawei. You can learn a lot of things. We recommend people who have gone there, and they usually want it. If you get in, you can practice there first, and then find ways to improve your academic qualifications. You can come to me in a few years!"...

Generally speaking, the interview process is not as complicated as the legend says. Maybe the recruitment fair at the Shenzhen headquarters is more complicated and strict. As I walked out of Jin Mao Tower, I was wondering whether my interview today was successful or failed. I think no matter what, I have competed with so many so-called elites, so many famous masters and undergraduates here today.

Argument 1: The advantage of a higher education is that there is a relatively good environment in which to imitate others.

First point, academic qualifications mean opportunities. You are willing to work hard but others will not give you a chance. It is a very simple truth. I also find college students to do things, but I only let them do drawing work. , or to add color, and rarely let them come into contact with design, because after all, the studio needs someone to do some tedious and low-tech things. The 5,000 master's degree hired is for design, not for drawing. Similarly, college students also have many practical opportunities, with master's degrees even more, and Ph.D.s basically working. Just imagine the days when it was difficult to get ahead in low-tech jobs, and they were just repeated over and over again every day. The advantage of a higher degree is that one has mastered the high-end of information. This is the wrong information.

Similarly, a high degree of education can easily contact the elite, take the initiative in information, and even know the direction of the industry, so that you can judge in advance.

Argument 2: Higher education means more opportunities and more information.

Second point: A high degree of education does not mean success. Even those with high academic qualifications are likely to have a miserable life. The Ph.D.s who are currently around and have a miserable life have one thing in common, that is, their goals are not clear. If you want to open a company, you should contact more society while studying, exercise your social skills, and accumulate more experience. If you want to learn, you should read more, learn more, and do research. If you want to work in politics, you need to know a lot of knowledge, not only about your own industry, but also about other industries. But there are some people who do this today and that tomorrow, and end up miserable in the end! There are not a few such people.

Argument 3: A high degree of education is only a step towards society, and its purpose is to knock on the door.

Judging from the above "Real experience of a technical secondary school student's interview at Huawei", it reflects the importance of academic qualifications! Just imagine, how many of us are as talented as him, but have been given a pass? (a diploma) is blocking the door. It seems that we should accept it and continue teaching, because now is an era where undergraduates are everywhere and only graduate students can shake their hands!

In the end, there is the same sentence: Reading is important, but you must not read to death.