Workplace reviews and discussion: 頤和文化事業有限公司

The company operates out of a remodeled first-floor residence. It is very clean but somewhat cramped, and the interview takes place in a meeting room in the basement. Actually, I was quite unlucky with the timing of this interview because it happened to conflict with a government-subsidized course. During the interview, the interviewer explained that they were giving me an opportunity because of my proactive attitude and because they appreciated it.

The company already had one graphic designer, and they were looking for a second person to share the workload. However, the company kept reconsidering whether it really needed a second graphic designer, so the position would open and close repeatedly and was even changed to a part-time position.

As mentioned above, I happened to be taking a government-subsidized marketing course during the two weeks before the interview. They asked what I had gained from the course. I answered that I had heard of and worked with all the topics covered before, but before taking the course, I did not know the “why” behind them. It was not until the instructor explained them during the course that I understood.

Next, the interviewer first asked the candidate to introduce themselves, and then began explaining the job duties in detail. When asked whether I had looked at the company’s website and what I thought of it, I said that, personally, I felt their website was clean and streamlined, which made every article easy to notice—this was a good thing.

They then asked what I thought my strengths were. I answered honestly that my strength was being proactive, and the interviewer agreed, saying it was evident from how proactively I contacted them to adjust the interview time while I was taking the course, as well as from my enthusiasm about joining the company. The interviewer therefore responded in kind with a positive attitude.

However, the company later decided to change the graphic designer position to part-time, so I was not hired.

I didn’t get the job, so I’m not sure.