Workplace reviews and discussion: 遠見天下文化出版股份有限公司

A legendary print magazine media outlet and ancestor of content marketing!

Accumulate an impressive résumé and experience.

Suitable for people without lofty ambitions—a good place to enjoy a comfortable retirement.

Harvard Business Review, abbreviated as HBR,

is one of the most influential management magazines in the world.

It was founded by Harvard Business School in 1922.

Known as the “Bible of management,” it is a classic publication that senior executives, management consultants, and business school students must read.

The office is on Nanjing East Road in Taipei’s Zhongshan District,

in an old commercial office building.

Layout: tightly enclosed, but with good natural light.

Upon arriving at the reception desk, the receptionist was busy and had no smile.

I was taken to the small meeting room next to the reception desk for the interview.

People were constantly coming and going, and I saw job applicants being interviewed.

To be honest, it didn’t leave a very good impression~ 💩

There were also staff members making business calls in the adjacent room—so noisy!

The layout and traffic flow in CommonWealth Magazine’s office are better XD

There were three interviewers:

a female HR representative, a female marketing manager, and a senior female marketing specialist.

Interview content:

1. Asked about the candidate’s work experience.

2. The candidate gave a self-introduction.

3. The female HR representative and female manager took turns explaining the position’s responsibilities and development opportunities. They sometimes interrupted each other, making the atmosphere somewhat stiff and awkward; it felt like they lacked interviewing experience…

4. “What aspect of this position do you think you could make the best use of your abilities in?”

5. Questions I wanted to ask.

During the interview, I felt that the interviewers were a bit strange. The senior marketing manager looked good and spoke directly without putting on airs.

“Her eyes kept drifting.”

“She asked the candidate about things unrelated to their work background.” For example, she asked about the reason for certain details of my appearance that day. Seeing that I looked tired, she deliberately asked, “What happened to your eyes?”

Although nothing illegal happened, the tone felt deliberate and disrespectful. An interview is a two-way process; both sides are choosing and evaluating each other.

If you care about the manager’s personality and the team atmosphere, evaluate carefully. Treat it as a challenge ❤️