Happy Monday everyone,

I had an interview with Deloitte Korea, aka Deloitte Anjin on January 15th, and this was the worst interview that I have ever had. I am not writing to complain about the result, but rather writing this to let you all know about how a major firm in Korea (a member of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited) treated a job applicant. Furthermore, in regarding to why many (or some) millennial generation in Korea wants a government job (so Government also added more public sector jobs) or gets plastic surgery for a job, and eventually gives up their identity and dream.

First of all, I applied for an entry-level consultant position through Deloitte Korea’s official website (https://join.deloitte.co.kr/). After a few days, they texted/called me to schedule my on-site interview. I asked them if they could send me a confirmation email as well, but they said that they would not. “Okay it's Deloitte Korea, but their HR is very informal,” I thought.

I arrived at the interview location on time (on the 15th of January at 4pm) and waited for my interviewer. One person came in, sat, and started asking some questions to me without saying his name. It is normal not to mention names before interviewing in Korea so it was okay even though I expected some manners as it is again, a major consulting firm, in which is the only partner of the Deloitte Group in Korea. He asked me some concerns that he had, such as my age (too young) or my past experiences (not too relevant to the consulting field) while speaking fluent English. Very ironic.

Briefly some of the things that he said:

"Oh, you went to a party school" after I introduced myself - I don't know what that really means but okay, at least you know #rutgers #rbs "I thought you might be hiding something or have an issue with your pride because you didn't submit your head shot photo" (In Korea, most companies require applicants’ head shots.) - Okay, I really don't understand how your thinking process works because you can blame on me for not submitting the required head shot but not my pride. (Talking about how to handle workload during weekend) "You know what, men just jump in when their boss says so, but women ask how-why" - Are you serious?

Whenever I answered his questions pretty well, he said "nice job" in unpleasing and sarcastic ways. Surprisingly, the interviewer was not an old generation Korean guy. I decided to forget all about it, but 2 days later, they TEXTed me again saying,

"Hey, you failed the interview. Good luck!"

I seriously wish that Scott (the interviewer) and the person who texted me for the interview would read this and feel ashamed of their behaviors and unprofessionalism.

Plus, I feel ashamed myself for not having yelled at him when he said the bullshit about women. This experience truly got me to face the sad reality of the job market in Korea. This experience obviously cannot define all firms in Korea as rude and unprofessional, but it shows why the work culture in Korea is always an issue.

I am currently waiting to hear back as I just emailed my experience and feelings toward the interview to related managers/HR of Deloitte Korea. At the same time, I cannot deny being afraid of posting this in public because it may affect my job-hunting in Korea. However, if anyone questions my attitude toward this issue or feels that I am to blame, I would rather be unemployed.

Shout out to my friends who supported me to speak out about my experience.

p.s. When I talked about my interview experiences to other people, they didn't believe it. Now I realize that I really need to record my future interviews, just in case.

#womeninbusiness #rutgersbusiness #rbs #deloitteAnjin

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저는 딜로이트 사이트를 통해 안진회계법인 RA-LSHC부서 컨설턴트 직을 지원하였고 2019년 1월 7일 전화와 문자로 면접 일정을 안내받았습니다. 이 때 확인 이메일을 요청하자 이메일로는 면접에 대해 안내하지 않는다고 하셨고, 이 후 1월15일 오후 4시에 면접관 Scott과 만났습니다. 당시 면접과정에서 경험한 면접관의 무례함을 넘어선 인신공격에 대해 말씀드리고자 합니다. 주요한 내용은 다음과 같습니다.

면접인의 출신대학교(Rutgers University)가 Party School(일명, 노는 학교)이라고 폄하함. 지원서에 사진을 첨부하지 않은 이유가 자신감의 문제인지 궁금하다. 뭔가 숨기는 것이 있을거라 생각했다고 질문함. (면접 질문에 대해 얘기하다가) “남자들은 상사가 시키면 속으로 욕할 지는 몰라도 그냥 하고 여자들은 how why를 물어요.” 라고 발언함. 면접자의 성실한 답변에 “잘 피해 가셨네요”라고 조롱함. (추후 면접에 대해 논하며) “상무님 만나시면 우실거에요"라고 말함.

이상과 같이 면접관은 업무와 관련없는 내용으로 면접자의 출신학교를 비하하고 모욕적인 발언들로 인신공격을 하였습니다. 또한, 첨부 사진에 대한 질의가 아닌 지원자의 자신감 문제라고 폄하하여 질타하였습니다. 뿐만 아니라 여성 지원자에게 수치심을 주는 성차별적인 발언도 서슴지 않았습니다. 물론 컨설팅 자체가 다양한 고객을 상대하고 업무량도 많은 직업군임을 강조하기 위한 ‘압박면접’의 일환일 것이라고 이해하려 했지만, 반복되는 면접관의 인격모독적인 발언과 태도에 전문성을 의심하게 되였습니다.

유감스럽게도 위 내용은 세계 최대의 회계·컨설팅 딜로이트 그룹의 한국 회원사이자 상호존중과 협동에 가치를 둔다는 안진회계법인의 면접에서 기대할 수 없었던 소위 ‘면접 갑질’ 에 해당되는 우려스러운 행태였습니다.

덧붙여 면접 결과는 맞춤법조차 틀린 문자 메세지로 안내 받았습니다(<첨부 1> 참조).

"안녕하세여. 어제 인터뷰 탈락하셔서요. 수고하세요~!"

면접관 Scott이 면접과정에서 보여준 비전문적인 태도와 면접자에 대한 최소한의예의도 보여주지 않은 인사 담당자의 ‘면접 갑질’에 대해서 조속한 시일 내에 적절한 조치를 해 주시기를 바랍니다.