Workplace reviews and discussion: 台灣連線有限公司

Interview date: May 2019

Position: (LTCB) LINE Sales Promotion Manager

1. Location & transportation: Located at the intersection of Ruiguang Road and Jihu Road. You need to exchange your identification card for a visitor pass on the first floor before you can use it to access the elevator and select a floor. Taking public transportation is recommended, as parking is very difficult, whether by scooter or car.

2. Process: HR first called to confirm the available interview time and the position applied for. Afterwards, they sent a formal interview invitation by email and required candidates to arrive 10 minutes early.

3. Work environment:

- The office is not located on just one floor of the building. The 10th floor is LINE's main reception lobby. Besides a very large Brown bear statue, there are also models of LINE characters at the entrance. From the entrance, the café is on the right, and farther back appears to be a sofa lounge area for employees. (However, I was busy thinking about possible interview questions, so I did not look very carefully.)

- The women's restroom has four stalls, each equipped with a smart toilet. It is bright and clean, which is a major plus for women.

4. Interview process & impressions:

- Interview format: One-on-one conversation in Chinese

- The job description on 104 was actually quite ambiguous. After the interviewer explained it, the role seemed to focus more on promoting add-on products developed by LINE.

- The interviewer was a woman who spoke extremely quickly and repeatedly emphasized the high-pressure, fast-paced work environment throughout the interview.

(I personally did not mind this, since I have worked in similar environments throughout my more than ten years in the workforce.)

- At the beginning of the interview, the interviewer seemed not to know that an interview had been scheduled for that day. She did not seem particularly familiar even with the name of the HR representative who had arranged the interview with me. (This made me feel somewhat uncomfortable.)

- Most of the questions the interviewer asked proactively were more conversational in nature, while there were relatively few professional questions. Instead, I asked more questions myself.

- I am not sure whether it was because it was close to lunchtime or because my answers were not good enough, but the entire process was very quick and lasted less than an hour.

Because the interview time arranged by HR was 11:30, and the interviewer's opening remarks made it seem as though she had only just been notified that there was an interview that day, it felt somewhat disrespectful.

The interviewer is very important, so I can only attribute this part to my bad luck, compounded by the interview being scheduled close to the lunch break. For anyone considering applying, I recommend thinking carefully about the interview time from the outset.