– I hope you don’t give up on that dream yet. We are accepting applications until this Friday. Why not apply to our company?
To Kang Yun-sik, Kim Cheol-soo’s words seemed like just a dream.
The fact that I received a recommendation from him directly.
He was still full of questions as to why he spoke with such a desperate expression to a failure like himself, but he quickly shook his head.
‘Why are you being suspicious? ‘You can’t miss an opportunity like this.’
After meeting with Kim Cheol-soo, he immediately went to a nearby hair salon.
The long hair that goes down to just below the shoulders has turned into a neat bun, putting the years of growing it out aside.
When I was young, I tried my best to look different and special from others.
Dye your hair, get tattoos, and wear unique hairstyles.
But as I got older, I realized something.
It was not just my appearance that made me look different or special from others.
The fact that people frown when they see themselves like that is not because they are special or different.
Just as the hairdresser who was cutting his hair frowned for a moment when he saw the dragon tattoo that stretched from his forearm to his wrist.
When I saw Kim Cheol-soo, I realized one more thing.
Real differences are determined by the inner appearance, not the outer appearance.
Kang Yun-sik quit the convenience store and PC room where he was working and bought the nicest suit he could buy with the money he saved.
I didn’t think I would be rejected in the document screening process.
No, I didn’t think about it.
Because Kim Cheol-soo told me to apply to the company even after hearing everything he said.
On the TV installed in a shabby 39-year-old studio apartment with a deposit of 100 and monthly rent of 30, breaking news was broadcast that a sinkhole had appeared on Gangnam-daero.
‘I’m going to get pushed back. ‘I have to take the train.’
Kang Yun-sik opened the first interview announcement text message on his phone again and stood in front of the mirror.
“let’s go.”
**
On the day of the first interview, the women’s restroom.
Jinyoung Song looked at herself in the mirror for a moment and practiced facial expressions.
Angry expression, sad expression, cheerful smiling expression, serious expression, etc.
Another woman who was doing her business and washing her hands next to her glanced at her like she was strange.
‘Is she crazy?’
The woman quickly left with an unpleasant expression on her face.
Song Jinyoung shrugged his shoulders at that and adjusted his clothes.
‘I must get a job here.’
Song Jin-young came out and walked down the hallway with a confident and confident expression.
Black suit and white shirt.
And the blue leash slightly exposed, hidden in the shirt collar, looked like an access card.
She lingered in the hallway holding a cup of Americano she bought at a cafe.
Not long after, someone spoke to Song Jin-young.
At a glance, Song Jin-young looked like an employee of this company.
Unlike other people who were blunt, he had a kind face.
“Hey, I’m sorry.”
Jinyoung Song saw a woman grabbing her.
“Yes, what’s going on?”
“Am I an employee here?”
Song Jinyoung changed his expression completely and nodded.
“Oh, are you here for an interview?”
At Song Jin-young’s words, the woman sighed as if she was relieved.
“yes. I was late this morning because of a sinkhole on the road. “I was wondering if I might be too late.”
“Oh, I see. In fact, there was an applicant who got injured because of that. “The interview has been postponed until tomorrow, but I guess you haven’t received the notification yet?”
“yes? Email?”
Looking at her surprised expression, Song Jinyoung added.
“Oh, there was a problem with the communication line due to the collapse of the sinkhole, so I couldn’t send you a text message.”
“Oh, I see!”
“If you go outside and go up about 1km, there is a PC room, so check your email. “Maybe the date will just be postponed by a day, but the time will be the same.”
“Oh, thank you so much. thank you.”
The woman bowed her head several times and walked out of the company at a brisk pace.
Jinyoung Song looked at the back and smiled.
A foolish person who trusts the other person without confirming exactly who they are.
There was a traffic jam outside, and by the time I walked 1km to check my email and came back, the interview time would have already passed.
‘I eliminated someone like that in advance, but at this level, the company should give me an award.’
Jinyoung Song, who was drinking coffee with a calm expression, made eye contact with the person who opened the door.
Park Dong-gyu.
The only employee of the sales division 3 corporate operation team.
Song Jin-young, who quickly came to investigate, made a strange expression.
And then he quickly approached Park Dong-gyu.
“hey.”
Park Dong-gyu was startled when he suddenly touched the body of a woman he had never seen before and took a few steps back.
“yes yes?”
“Excuse me, I was supposed to have an interview. I was wondering if I was late for the interview because of the sinkhole. “The interview location has changed, right?”
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“Interview?”
“yes. “It’s corporate operation work…”
“ah!”
Park Dong-gyu looked at Song Jin-young with slightly surprised eyes.
How did you find out you were involved in this interview?
No, more than that.
She was tall and had a pretty face.
It was evident that he took good care of his body, and he wore clothes well.
Plus, that vague expression…!
Park Dong-gyu, who thought he would fall in love if he kept looking at it, shook his head.
“It might not be too late. “It doesn’t start until I go in.”
“Oh yeah? Phew, that’s a relief. “Can I ask you a favor during the interview?”
She came closer and leaned in, and Park Dong-gyu wriggled his body and nodded repeatedly.
“Well, of course. I’m done… No, I’m busy right now… Good luck with the interview!”
Park Dong-gyu immediately disappeared holding the documents.
Song Jin-young saw the back of Park Dong-gyu running away with his face turning red and laughed.
‘what? ‘You’re a complete master of magic, aren’t you?’
Song Jinyoung looked at the clock again.
There was still a while until the interview time, and she saw a handsome older man with blonde hair opening the front door.
Rolex watch, Gucci loafers.
In addition, adorning his entire body with all kinds of luxury items was not an ordinary pose.
‘Are you a buyer? ‘Isn’t it a bit strange not having an attendant?’
She smiled brightly and walked up to the old man and said hello.
“Hello, sir?”
Robert looked at the young woman who suddenly spoke to him and responded with a benevolent expression.
“I speak Korean well.”
Song Jin-young, who was embarrassed, responded with a shocked expression.
“Ah, I see…”
What don’t you like?
Kyung-jeon Lee passed the document screening.
He had already entered the building two hours before the interview.
‘The building is bigger than I thought.’
Hanyoung General Trading Company.
When I graduated from college, it was an unknown, unknown company.
However, I was a little surprised that they were occupying an entire building located in the middle of Gangnam.
The first floor was very spacious.
Perhaps because they were meeting a lot of buyers, there were quite a few chairs and sofas set up, and there were also two cafes.
Kyungjeon Lee took a sip of his coffee and observed his surroundings closely.
Normally, an interview would have to be divided by time slot and people would come in and out repeatedly, but there were very few people passing by.
‘Are there a small number of applicants? ‘That’s strange.’
Then there was a woman who caught his eye.
A woman looking around in confusion.
Several people passing by approached her and spoke to her, and some of them tilted their heads and walked out.
‘About 4 people?’
It was about time the woman spoke to the old man.
A young woman dressed in stylish clothes held a sign high.
“Interviewees, please gather together.”
People sitting in the corner of the lobby or in the cafe approached me.
Han Jeong-rim, a new employee who joined the company this year and was assigned to the human resources department, was waving a sign for several minutes until her arms fell apart.
Before we knew it, 10 o’clock had arrived, the scheduled time for the interview, and Han Jeong-rim led the applicants to the front of the elevator.
“Everyone, please follow.”
The HR team leader was quite dissatisfied with handing over the HR interview to the sales department.
However, all the people hired this time were contract workers anyway.
After we agreed that the HR team would decide whether to keep them in the company or continue to hire them after a year, the opposition from the HR team subsided.
Han Jeong-rim voluntarily participated in the interview support work after hearing that Deputy Director Kim Cheol-soo, the star of the Hanyoung Group, was hosting the interview.
I was really curious about how the interview was conducted.
“Please wait a moment and the interview will begin.”
Han Jeong-rim went to the chair at the back of the conference room and sat down.
It felt somewhat different from any interview I had seen before.
It usually started by seating people spaced out in a conference room.
It didn’t seem like the method was to get a number, wait, and then go in with a few other people for an interview.
They said they would select three people, but there were 40 people sitting here.
People who applied for interviews turned their heads and began to look at their competitors.
Lee Gyeong-jeon, who has a keen eye, quickly scanned the people and saw the woman who had been standing in the lobby earlier.
I felt like I sent some people away.
‘Just looking at it, it looks like she tried to manipulate the interviewees, she’s a mean bitch. Yes, you will be a bitch from now on.’
And although he covered it up with a suit, he was a very fit man in his mid-30s with a dragon tail tattoo that stretched down to the back of his hand.
‘Did that scoundrel also pass the documents? I don’t think it’s that kind of company?’
After IMF.
There was a cold wave in the job market for a while, but it has been gradually easing these days.
Perhaps that’s why there were women who looked quite old, and there was also an old foreign man sitting there.
‘Why are you still here when you should be retired and playing with your grandchildren?’
At the same time as this story, there was someone looking at Robert.
It was Song Jin-young.
‘Why…? ‘Is the HR manager out of his mind?’
After a while, the conference room door opened.
Han Jeong-rim, a member of the human resources team who was sitting in the corner, quickly got up and gave a brief greeting to Deputy Director Kim Cheol-soo who came in, and Kim Cheol-soo also smiled slightly and nodded.
Park Dong-gyu, who came in behind Kim Cheol-soo, also exchanged eye contact with his classmate Han Jeong-rim and quickly followed Kim Cheol-soo.
Kim Cheol-soo is tall, handsome, and even has a good hanger.
As he stood in front of the podium, I felt the atmosphere of the interview room change dramatically.
‘Who is it? ‘He’s really young?’
“hello. “This is Kim Cheol-soo, head of the Corporate Operations Team, Sales Division 3.”
ah! There were a few people who exclaimed in exclamation.
Nodding my head at the rumor that the real thing is 100 times better than the photos on the news.
“There are a total of 40 people who will be interviewed today.”
There were a lot more resumes than that, but Kim Cheol-soo was selected based on just two criteria.
Are there any circumstances where the resume was falsified?
And is your self-introduction truthful?
I didn’t care about education or age at all.
50% of new employees who join the company do not complete 4 years, and 90% leave the company within 10 years.
It was much more efficient and reasonable to hire people who could do the job properly rather than hiring newbies who didn’t know when they would leave.
After applying the two criteria, approximately 40 people remained.
Kim Cheol-soo instructed Park Dong-gyu to check the number of people, looked around at the people, and opened his mouth.
“The interview will last three days. “It will probably be a little different from any interview you’ve ever had.”
There were quite a few people who were crying and spitting at those words.
“Three of you will be working with me in the future.”
Since 3 people were selected out of 40, the competition rate could be considered to be about 13:1.
“But you will start as a contract worker, not a full-time employee.”
Overcoming the competition rate of 13:1 to become a contract worker?
Although nothing was specifically announced about the form of the contract, some people looked very disappointed.
“If you don’t like this position, you can leave now.”
As soon as Kim Cheol-soo finished speaking, several people stood up.
Kim Cheol-soo waited with a calm expression until they went outside.
Lee Gyeong-jeon, who had nothing to regret, also stood up.
As I was about to follow the people out, I suddenly remembered what Choi Sang-guk had told me.
– He is the person who single-handedly raised 20% of the total sales of Hanyoung Corporation last year. He is one of the three most capable people in the group, and he is the chairman’s son-in-law.
– and···.
– Plus, the people are very nice. However, if you can’t work, there’s no point. Everyone around him is doing well now.
– That’s amazing. Don’t your subordinates live without being able to pray?
– Well, not really. There is currently an employee under Deputy Director Kim, Park Dong-gyu. He came in as an intern and then became a full-time employee.
– oh.
– I was at a really terrible level during my internship, but I changed as a person after two months. In the end, I got a full-time job, so I said everything. Now I am completely loyal to Kim Cheol-soo.
– Oh, really?
– If you are capable enough, you will be selected. Apply. After being selected as a contract worker, depending on the situation, the position may be converted to a full-time position.
Kyungjeon Lee put his butt back together again.
‘That’s what it was.’
I just understood how this interview works.
This was some kind of game.
It was a method of elimination until three out of 40 people remained, and the first round had just begun.
Kim Cheol-soo stood up and then quietly looked at Lee Gyeong-jun, who sat down again.
‘You’re quick to judge the situation.’
Song Jin-young frowned as he watched Lee Gyeong-jeon sit down again.
‘Tch. Once you decide, you have to push through. That’s a man too.’
Lee Gyeong-jeon looked around again without even looking at Song Jin-young, who was frowning.
The tattooed man and the foreign old man were still sitting.
“manager. “There are 24 people left.”
Kim Cheol-soo tilted his head at Park Dong-gyu’s report.
There were 12 people who just left.
This means that 4 people did not participate in the interview.
“First, make a list of the remaining people, then contact the four who did not attend and find out the reason.”
“Yes, team leader.”
Kim Cheol-su looked at the people gathered and opened his mouth.
“Please form teams of four.”
It was a position to select experienced workers, and everyone had some level of social experience.
Everyone seemed to understand the rules of the game after seeing 12 people leave with one word from Kim Cheol-soo.
People started looking like hyenas for the next person to drop.
Many people gathered around Robert, the oldest, and Kang Yun-sik, whose tattoos were visible on the backs of his hands.
Cheolsu Kim observed how people moved one by one.
Soon six teams were created, and Kim Cheol-soo answered with a smile.
“great. I’ll give you 1 hour. After a long conversation, please choose one person from your team. “I’m sorry, but he needs to go home.”
Then people complained.
“What kind of interview is this?”
“I’ve never seen anything like this before!”
Kim Cheol-su spoke to them.
“If you don’t want to do the interview, you can always tell Mr. Park Dong-gyu here and then go home. We will settle the cost of the interview. Okay, I’ll see you in an hour.”
Kim Cheol-soo opened the conference room door and stormed out.
Han Jeong-rim, who was sitting in the corner, followed suit.
“Team Leader Kim.”
“yes?”
“Isn’t this a bit too much?”
To her, who had become accustomed to the methods of the human resources team while recruiting experienced employees on a regular basis, Kim Cheol-soo’s methods were truly shocking and beyond unconventional.
Kim Cheol-soo looked into Han Jeong-rim’s eyes and asked calmly.
“What part don’t you like?”
They should have signed a one-year contract and said that if the evaluation was good, they would be converted to full-time employees.
People who left the interview should have been prevented like that, but Kim Cheol-soo was just allowed to leave.
No, rather, he urged them to leave.
“I thought there might be some real talent among the 12 people who just left.”
“That could be true. But loyalty to the company will not be high.”
“yes?”
“I’m recruiting people to work for the company, not people who expect the sweet honey the company provides.”
“···.”
“Even if it’s a contract job, it’s okay because there are 24 people who want to work here. “We reviewed the documents rigorously, and whoever it is, they are qualified to do the job.”
Han Jeong-rim was speechless for a moment and looked at Kim Cheol-soo blankly before shaking his head slightly.
“There is one more thing. It doesn’t seem right to have an older person participate in the interview. “It doesn’t meet our HR department’s regulations.”
“There is no age limit for contract work, right?”
“that···.”
Han Jeong-rim thought for a moment.
Something that is passed down like a legend.
When Kim Cheol-soo joined the company, he memorized all 12 volumes of company regulations.
“And, Jeonglim. Just because you’re older doesn’t mean you’re inferior in all areas. Looking at his resume, I see that he has been the CEO of a famous travel agency in the United States for a long time.”
“···.”
“Shouldn’t we think about how useful this person’s personal connections and social experience will be?”
“But, if you’re that old, it’s hard to work with a young boss…”
Kim Cheol-soo answered calmly without losing his smile.
“As the boss, I chose him because it didn’t matter. “Do you have any other questions?”
“ah···. that is···.”
Han Jeong-rim suddenly realized that he was raising his voice and arguing.
For a moment, I felt anxious at the thought that I had been too outspoken, so I lowered my head.
“no. “I think I was too rude.”
“no. It’s a good posture. Please treat me like that from now on. You have to say everything you want to say to communicate properly. “Thank you for asking.”
Kim Cheol-soo answered like that and started to walk away, but then turned around again.
“Ah, but if you tell another boss, ah!ju! “You’re going to be in trouble.”
“··· sorry.”
“I’ll see you in an hour. “Please take care to prevent any untoward incidents from occurring in the conference room.”
“Oh, I understand! Thank you, Team Leader Kim.”
“Please take care of me.”
Han Jeong-rim rubbed his nose as he watched Kim Cheol-soo walking down the hallway while lightly waving his hand.
‘It’s not like everyone calls Kim Cheol-soo Kim Cheol-soo for nothing.’
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