I dare to say that among the 50 or more interviews I've experienced in my life, this was the worst.
I am writing a lengthy review in the hopes that no one else becomes a victim like me and to encourage the company to wake up if they happen to come across this review.
Due to years of work experience and experience in HR field, I am more interested in the hiring process than others, and especially in companies where the interview process is not smooth, I always check it carefully. In that sense, this company was seriously amateurish. First of all, there was no fixed standard for the number of interviews per employee for the same position. Some people could have a final interview after just three interviews, but you could end up having seven or nine. Moreover, on the day I received the verbal notification of acceptance after the final interview, I was even scheduled for a second final interview on the same day. How can you trust such a company?
Also, interviewers repeatedly asked me about my current salary and even asked about my expected salary. The funny thing is that a company with headquarters in the United States was practicing "Asking job seekers about their salary", which is prohibited by law in many states of the United States. Why is a job seeker's salary important? If that person has proven his or her competence through several interviews, the company should pay a salary and bonus above the median or based on global market standards. In short, this company has no intention of applying such standards to you.
In particular, in my case, there was an incident that interviewer did not appear for the interview. The explanation given was vague and swept under the rug with an apology. However, based on my rational deduction, I concluded that the person, who is in charge of scheduling the interview, mistakenly entered the interviewer's name during the interview scheduling process, resulting in the interviewer not receiving an invitation to the online meeting at the appropriate time. As if to fortify this guess, during the one-sided offer letter negotiation process that was not resolved amicably, the person who is in charge of this again rescheduled an interview with the same interviewer. However, even during this process, I became even more convinced that they had made another same lousy mistake by incorrectly entering the interviewer's name AGAIN.
During this whole process, I could see that they were trying to emerge as a mediator in every step to cover up their amateur mistakes. However, after receiving one-sided notification about the compensation from them, I repeatedly requested contact or meeting with the decision makers, but all my requests were ignored.
In the end, I continued to have doubts about the attitude of those who forced me to accept unsatisfactory conditions that were communicated unilaterally, and who downgraded my position despite having more than double the experience required in the job posting on the official website. I leave it up to your guess, people!, to imagine my disappointment upon reading this story.
Despite expressing a desire to discuss the one-sidedly proposed offer, they had promised to schedule a meeting with a proper person, soon after abruptly reversed their decision within 20 minutes. The subsequent email response stated, "We cannot offer you even a penny more," "We cannot guarantee promotion even if you accept a lower rank," and "We plan to hire a new person for the position you may potentially be promoted to, so your promotion is uncertain." So, why did we waste so much time interviewing each other for so long? Why wasn't this information included in the job posting? My emotions seemed to reach their peak with the one-sided offer I received without any "compensation negotiation" process. In the end, my legitimate request for a meeting or negotiation with the decision maker was ignored, and I had to reveal my decision to reject the offer because there was no possibility of negotiation and my future at Deel was uncertain.
If this chaotic interview process and unclear hiring process are what Deel prides itself on as "Deel Speed" and "Unequivocal Transparency," then I am proud of the decision I made.