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I arrived at the interview site on time and asked the receptionist where the interview would be held, but she looked as if she had no idea what was going on.
First, she asked me to take the elevator to the second floor, then left me standing in a hallway without air conditioning and told me to wait while she went to ask someone else.
I waited and waited for about ten minutes, I think. In the end, I couldn't stand being covered in sweat anymore, so I went back downstairs to get some air conditioning. When I got downstairs, I saw that receptionist talking on the phone. Then another receptionist suddenly appeared beside me and asked me to fill out my basic information. Her attitude was extremely casual; she practically tossed the paperwork at me and didn't even give me a pen. After I completed the form and answered some basic questions, I was told to go home and wait for further notice.
What a joke. Even if they notified me that I had gotten the job, I wouldn't go. You were the ones who called me to schedule the interview in the first place. I originally scheduled it for two o'clock, but you changed it to five. I showed up at five as agreed, only to be treated to such an unpleasant experience. Thank you so much for wasting my time.
The design department and HR department managers are fairly easy to communicate with.
This Dalonghai Cultural Enterprise Co., Ltd. is the same company as Dadonghai Cultural Enterprise Co., Ltd.; they belong to the same group.
At first, the interview was with HR, and I answered questions about my previous experience and presented my portfolio.
It was all fairly basic information gathering. Because the overall impression was good, I also expressed that I wanted to work for the company steadily over the long term. They then asked someone at the level of a department director to conduct a second interview immediately. That interview was unbelievable: the interviewer only talked about their own philosophy, ideas, and methods, living entirely in their own world, and showed no interest whatsoever in understanding how to manage social media effectively and practically. They even gave me two employee training manuals. I took a brief look at them, and they were simply this director’s own understanding of social media and marketing—put bluntly, basic knowledge that can be found on Google. But theory is ultimately just theory~
After the interview, they immediately asked me to come in for a trial assignment the next day. During the first month, they gave you flexibility, so you could still attend other interviews if needed. Even if you worked only two days, they would still pay you. However, the first month offered only the base salary; it would be adjusted to 28,000 in the second month. After completing the two-month probationary period, the salary would be determined according to your abilities. (They also made the job seem as though many people wanted it: there were only eight positions, and only one was currently available—once it was filled, there would be no more openings.)
However, when even communicating about the job duties or solving problems is this difficult, there was ultimately no need to proceed with the trial assignment. Still, the HR and design department managers were fairly easy to communicate with; their personalities were completely different from that director’s.