Workplace reviews and discussion: 金鐸工程顧問事業有限公司

Also known as Longtai United Architects:

1. The time spent standing at the entrance in the sun while waiting for the interview was wonderful. The sunlight was perfect and the weather was great.

2. After the interview, it was very close to the Taipei City Animal Protection Center, so you could stop by to see the cats and dogs and heal and soothe your terrible mood.

3. The architect did not yell or shout; the volume was quite gentle.

4. It is in a noise-control area, so you can hear airplanes taking off and landing, which can also drown out the architect’s voice.

5. When you join this company, you will find that it is just like joining Lee & Partners Architects, because all the project records and achievements they display are projects from Architect Lee’s firm. However, he himself said that because he came from Architect Lee’s firm, those were projects he was responsible for.

6. If you want to leave because your previous company was too terrible, after the interview you may start thinking that your former company was actually not bad and decide not to resign after all—rekindling the flame of love between you and your former employer.

7. I can’t think of anything else.

1. The architect interfered excessively in the applicant’s private life. During the interview, I was asked to show photos on my phone and downloaded files (I don’t know whether this happens to everyone or only happened to me).

2. Work is work, and time off is time off. Employees’ lives after work belong to the employees themselves. I hope the bosses will exercise self-discipline.

3. During the interview, I was asked to spend five minutes introducing myself. I basically finished in about two minutes, but that was not acceptable—I had to fill the full five minutes and also cover the four points he required (self-introduction/process/professional expertise/vision). However, basically, no matter what you said, he was dissatisfied and asked you to do it again.

You had to talk about why you became interested in architecture, why you do this, your five-year vision, and so on. If it was not to his liking, he would ask you to start over.

4. When the other person says, “I don’t want to hear about your work experience. I want to know about your interests and what you do after work,” please make a quick escape.

5. It was probably that the architect and I had a generation gap. He asked about my interests, then shot each one down:

Interest in music? What does that have to do with your work?

Interest in reading? What connection does that have with your work?

Interest in drawing? What does that have to do with your work? (It does.)

The writer would like to repeat and emphasize the key point here: life after work is the employee’s life. I hope Taiwanese employers will exercise self-discipline.

6. Architecture being closely connected to life does not mean I cannot have my own additional interests and life.

7. You should take notes during the interview~

8. Too much to list.

The above is only my personal impression of my interview and does not mean that it is always like this.