Pros
The U.S. CEO, Jay, was respectful and professional during the interview process.
Cons
• The recruiter from continuously pushed a lower pay range, regardless of my experience or the competitive offers I had on the table.
• The recruiter insisted I gather contact info for all past managers to conduct reference checks before anything was finalized, which was excessive and invasive.
• The final interview with CEO Changsu included highly technical questions that were completely unrelated to the Customer Success Engineer role—more suited to a senior data scientist.
• After a delayed verbal offer (due to travel of the CEO), a written offer was eventually sent and signed, only to be rescinded a week later with the excuse that they lost a client and couldn’t pay the salary.
• I invested time, energy, and resources preparing for this role and turned down another offer—only to be left with nothing and told to “go back” to the company I declined.
• This reflects a serious lack of ethics, transparency, and organizational professionalism. They’ve been hiring for this role for months due to attrition.