I went for an interview today and was shocked to know that the whole interview will be conducted in Mandarin as it wasn’t mentioned in any of their job postings. They are not a company from China either. I do understand and speak the language but definitely not at a professional level.
Interviewer proceeds to say that I’m not interested at all, and demands to know why I am unable to speak in Mandarin if I am a Chinese. He starts to then insult my reading and writing abilities?? Told him that I’m not what they are looking for and he rolled his eyes. Went to ask the administrator who contacted me about this language requirement, and apparently they couldn’t post the job if they included this as it goes against the fair job posting rules. Told the admin that I appreciate the time but not at all the attitude and insults from the interviewer. Am I in the wrong here??
In the country I’m from, we do speak Mandarin but the main language spoken is English, especially in a work setting. Feeling totally demoralized in my job hunt after this ordeal. I was retrenched right after returning from my maternity leave in my previous job which make this worse. 🙁