Applied for the graphic designer (advertising and communications) position. Job responsibilities: 1. Graphic design 2. Copywriting design 3. Project activities
Note: Planning experience and the ability to lead or support project execution are especially preferred.
Salary: Monthly salary of NT$40,000 or more (fixed or variable compensation may vary depending on individual qualifications or performance).
I have worked in graphic design-related roles, and after receiving a job offer, I went to the interview.
1. The building is impressive, the location is convenient, and it is close to Beimen MRT Station.
2. Mac computers are provided.
3. The HR representative was kind, courteous, and polite, and provided a detailed explanation of the benefits. Compared with other small companies, the benefits are fairly extensive. However, when discussing the salary structure, they indicated that the final salary you discussed with the supervisor is calculated only after adding everything together. They kept hinting that this was complicated, so please interpret it for yourselves.
I have to criticize the interviewer here, but this is based on my personal experience, so please take it as a reference only.
1. Before the interview, they asked me to provide three available times. However, they later said the supervisor had meetings during all of those times. One of the times was 10:00, but they asked whether it could be changed to 9:00. It made me wonder whether they could simply have provided the available times from the beginning, since the company clearly does not have many options.
2. After the time was changed as described above, HR quickly explained the company benefits, and then the supervisor did not show up until 9:30. The supervisor even asked, “Wasn’t it changed to 9:30...?”
3. The job description said I would handle vendor DMs and exhibition planning, and asked me to do design work, but then said that exhibition planning meant finding vendors to do the design—you would not have to do it yourself, but you had to understand communication and also know how to design. It felt rather repetitive and contradictory. At first, they said I only needed to understand graphic design, but as the conversation went on, they suddenly said I also needed to know how to shoot videos....
4. In the end, I discovered that the job title and the actual responsibilities did not quite match. The supervisor seemed embarrassed and angry, and started picking on me, saying, “Are you sure you still want to do this job?”
Summary
I admit that I do not have much experience, but when the job responsibilities are so unclear and they call someone in for an interview only to talk nonsense, it is truly a waste of everyone’s time.
Those with experience or anyone considering applying can use this as a reference. After all, the company’s name is fairly well known, and the benefits are reasonably decent (?).