Before the interview, I didn’t know that the back door would be locked, so I had to ask a female employee to come and open it. The employee who came was also quite friendly (the interview location was in Kaohsiung).

The interviewing supervisor also seemed quite friendly and answered all the questions in detail.

The test wasn’t difficult; it mainly consisted of basic mathematical logic and unit conversions. Basically, there were only one or two questions I couldn’t answer.

Then, on the application form, you are asked to indicate whether you can accept shift work and what working hours you can accept.

The interviewing supervisor focused heavily on the working hours and asked whether I could accept shift work.

Because I was applying for an IT position, the job involves maintaining all of the company’s hardware equipment and troubleshooting when machines malfunction.

The supervisor said that someone would teach me how to repair the machines when I first joined, so I didn’t need to worry too much.

Because there are only three IT staff members, the shift schedule didn’t seem very flexible.

As I recall, the working hours are 6:30 a.m.–2:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m. on a rotating-shift system.

The supervisor said that if you work the late shift one day, you won’t be scheduled for the early shift the next day; instead, you would work another late shift after a 12-hour interval.

I asked the interviewer why the doors open at 6:30 a.m.; the company starts operating at 7:30 a.m., so preparations have to be made in advance....

The supervisor said that salary and benefits would only be discussed during the second interview. However, because I was not notified about a second interview, I don’t know what they are.

※People applying for full-time positions should first consider whether they can accept this kind of shift system before making a decision. Honestly, when I heard that the early shift starts at 6:30 a.m., I was also quite shocked. In other words, with this shift system, you are practically working all the time except when you are sleeping..