What’s the joke about foreigners looking for jobs?

When it comes to the Internet industry, many people think that China lags behind the West, and many creative ideas are copied from the American model. However, at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC2017) just held this year, a Chinese Internet financial giant that was invited to the event won the favor of global IT elites. It is reported that it opened a job fair next to the WWDC venue, attracting hundreds of elite attendees to come for interviews.

With the continuous development of my country’s Internet companies, more and more companies have begun their own overseas recruitment plans. Recently, some Chinese companies have poached employees at the Apple WWDC conference, but the diligent applicants have made trouble. Lots of jokes. So what’s the joke about foreigners applying for jobs?

If you have an overseas programmer friend, be sure not to make any jokes about Chinese or Chinese culture with him, otherwise these programmer-minded individuals will make jokes in the future, especially when traveling to While working in China.

After seeing the job fair, programmer Charles came to San Jose from San Francisco. In order to successfully apply for the job, he also specially prepared a big red envelope. “I heard from Chinese friends that Chinese people give red envelopes during holidays.”

At the recruitment site, Charles’s red envelope surprised the interviewer, but it did not make him angry. In fact, the job applicant Charles did not bribe the interviewer, but showed his willingness to actively integrate into Chinese culture. In fact, Charles didn't know that Chinese people put money in red envelopes.

The applicants tried their best to show their understanding of China. Red envelopes can also reflect customs

“There is no money in the red envelopes. Foreign job seekers just regard the red envelopes as a Meeting etiquette." After an interviewer explained the Chinese meaning of red envelopes to the job applicant, Charles realized that he had "made a fool of himself".

Another Jesse from Silicon Valley also made a joke at the venue. At the recruitment site, Jesse held up a big sign with the word "counseled" in his hand, which puzzled the interviewer from China.

Jesse explained that he wanted to express to the interviewer that he came to China sincerely and "just follow your heart". His Chinese friend said that when translated into Chinese, it means "coward".

A candidate showed his Chinese motto to the interviewer

He was pranked without knowing it, leaving the interviewer on the spot dumbfounded. "Foreign job seekers are eager to come to China and hope to please the interviewer. Because they are not familiar with Chinese culture, they will inevitably make jokes, but this is not important." The interviewer said that what companies value is their technical ability.