I was introduced to Agoda via a recruiter. The recruiter gave me a job description of the opening and I felt that it was not purely a "business development" role. Rather, it looked like there was a heavy technology element to it. Still, given my background in market facing roles such as sales, marketing and business development, I agreed to meet the company. I arrived at the firm's offices in central Bangkok and I was immediately asked to fill out a standard job application form that requested most of the same information that was in my resume. Then, I was escorted to a small meeting room to wait for my interviewer, but after a few minutes, someone else asked me to move to another meeting room because that room was needed for something else... Eventually, my interviewer, the line manager, showed up and mentioned that he did not have a copy of my resume. No worries; I always bring along extras. Thereafter, I got the sense that the line manager lacked highly developed interview skills and then the clarified job description seemed to be quite different from what I was briefed by the recruiter. There seemed to be a disconnect somewhere. Still, I thought that the meeting was not a negative experience, but I did get to see the inner sanctum of Agoda with people sitting in cramped conditions "shoulder to shoulder". I was assured that the firm was expanding its offices to new space on other floors in the same building. In any event, I was not disappointed that I did not get a call back for further interviews. The place had the air of a start up, but not so well organized.
