Workplace reviews and discussion: 銓品國際工程顧問有限公司

Applied for the position of Administrative and Finance Assistant

The company is located approximately a 5–10 minute walk from the MRT station. Beforehand, you can prepare a résumé and other materials that you believe will add value. In another area of the company, I filled out personal information and answered questions (some engineering-specific terminology, how I would solve problems when encountering difficulties, why I left my previous job, and my achievements at work), followed by an interview with the supervisor. The process took approximately 30–40 minutes. Regarding the personal information form, the interviewer asked why I had not completed it when some sections were left blank, and then asked additional questions based on my self-introduction. They asked about my TOEIC score. The company has approximately 10–20 employees, mainly engineers. Being able to drive is an advantage, and occasional business trips may be required. The internal atmosphere among the employees appeared to be good.

Because I had not completed the personal information form, the interviewer kept asking why I had not filled it out, including my ID card address, educational background before university, and my family members’ ages, jobs, and positions. I first asked why they wanted interviewees to provide this information. The interviewer said they hoped to understand whether the interviewee was close to their family, whether they were under financial pressure, and what kind of work their family members did. They then started mentioning that some people in the company had parents who were professors, and so on. I felt that these were not the most important aspects of an interview. I told the interviewer that if anything was incomplete, they could simply ask me verbally, and that these details were relatively private; I felt they could be completed after joining the company if necessary, but were not needed at this stage of the interview. However, the interviewer kept emphasizing that the form was very incomplete, and said that they would not give the information to anyone else and that it would be fine to take the form away. This made me feel somewhat uncomfortable. After all, interviewees also have the right to say no. In addition, most of the other engineers there had at least a master’s degree, which gave me the impression that people might be categorized according to their educational background. Overall, the interviewer was quite talkative and the atmosphere was fairly good. However, applicants should decide for themselves how completely to fill out the form.