Workplace reviews and discussion: 匯竑國際股份有限公司

The receptionist and HR representative were friendly.

The position I interviewed for was Design Assistant. The interview was divided into two stages: the first stage consisted of a computer-based test and an interview with the senior designer; the second stage was a follow-up interview conducted by the general manager.

1. During the first-stage interview, the senior designer said that the Design Assistant position had been vacant for some time and that they had only recently started recruiting again. The workload sounded substantial. In addition to routine graphic design and layout work, social media graphics and copy, website image updates, and design proposals, the role also involved creating backdrops, posters, T-shirts, and so on for events.

2. The second-stage interview left me with an extremely poor impression of this company, and even of the brand as a whole. When the general manager entered the meeting room and saw that I had not spoken, he said, “Why aren’t you saying anything? You’re supposed to say ‘Hello, General Manager’ to the general manager!” Then, after seeing the photo on my résumé, he asked me suspiciously, “Is that really you in the photo? You don’t look much like it. Pull down your mask and let me take a look!” I was already starting to feel displeased, but I still pulled down my mask with a polite smile. I was extremely unhappy about this. Even though epidemic-prevention regulations are no longer as strict as they were before, shouldn’t you still not force someone to remove their mask? Just because he “felt” that the photo didn’t look like me (I wear glasses, but I wasn’t wearing them in the photo)—that isn’t reasonable, is it?

3. The general manager saw from my résumé that my previous work had been in a B2B context and said, “You can’t learn much creativity doing design in B2B. Everything you do is always the same. In B2C, you can learn more broadly and have more opportunities to express your creativity...” To be honest, I agreed with what he said, but there was no need to criticize one type of work in order to praise the other, was there? The customer groups are different, so what is there to compare?

4. We later discussed some more technical questions. The general manager said that he could not feel any enthusiasm in my answers. I’m really sorry, but given what had happened earlier, I truly could not muster much enthusiasm and could only respond calmly.

5. Before I left, the general manager said to me again, “You’re supposed to say ‘Thank you, General Manager’ to the general manager! You need to make it a habit!” It was quite overwhelming to encounter this kind of requirement for the first time...

※To clarify, in every interview, whenever I meet the supervisor, I first nod to acknowledge them, and I do the same at the end of the interview. There has never been a problem.

※Although the general manager criticized me as if I were practically worthless, I was still offered the job. In the end, I told HR the following day that I had decided to give up the opportunity. After being constantly dissed during the interview, I figured I would probably be constantly dissed once I officially started working there too, right?