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In my late twenties, with decent qualifications, I went for several interviews at major corporations. Even after facing numerous rejections, I assumed that private companies avoided me simply because I was a woman and older. Despite the career center at my school emphasizing the importance of interviews, I was solely focused on building my resume, just like every other job seeker. Some argue that subjectivity is involved in interviews. Based on my own interview experience, that aspect is not
Just how cruel must the interview be for it to be titled this way? Admittedly, compared to written exams, interviews inevitably involve a significant amount of interviewer subjectivity, so it is true that they lack objectivity. Moreover, judging someone's abilities and character in just a few tens of minutes is no easy task. I have seen many people who boast, "I can tell what kind of person someone is just by looking at their face," but as the saying goes, "It is easy to know the depths of the
If you want to get a job, if you aspire to play in the professional world, you cannot ignore the gateway of the interview. It is a moment of tension that everyone faces. A moment of decisive battle. This book captures various stories about that moment. Filled with the author's vivid stories from 17 years of experience at a major corporation, I found myself turning the pages in deep empathy from beginning to end. It is the best job-related book I have read recently! Young people, driven to build
A few months ago, I served as an interviewer at a friend's request. Although I used to be like that myself, it is truly unfortunate to see some candidates who are excessively nervous. While it is not easy to break this habit of being nervous, I wonder how wonderful it would be if they could practice little by little, for just about 30 minutes a day, by looking at a book. Those candidates are truly talented and impressive people, and I thought it would be great if they could perform just a
It reminded me of the time when I was going through a lot of job interviews. Back then, there were no books like this, so I had no choice but to just dive in and face the challenges head-on. I can't easily think of any benefits to that approach. Experience becomes meaningful only when it is preceded by proper study... It really seems like books like this didn't exist back then. Now that such a book exists, I think I would be able to approach interviews with a bit more ease and confidence.
Lee Chung-seop: The brutal reality of job interviews
*The Cruel History of Interviews* is a book by Lee Chung-seop, a 17-year veteran HR interviewer at POSCO, that guides readers to grasp the core of the interview process from an interviewer's perspective. Having met with over 50,000 job seekers over the past 17 years, the author draws on his own experience to provide realistic interview strategies through various step-by-step examples, ranging from writing self-introduction letters to model answers for pressure questions. Drawing on his field experience, he emphasizes that understanding the characteristics of the company one is applying to is the first step in discovering one's own strengths, using the story of a high school graduate who was hired while competing against MBA graduates. By reiterating that the talent most preferred by companies these days is a "challenging individual," the book conveys the context of interviews in an engaging way, offering valuable insights to job seekers to arm themselves with passion and confidence.
Korean title: 면접 잔혹사
Korean author: 이충섭
Korean publisher: 청림출판
ISBN-13: 9788935209408
Reviews
In my late twenties, with decent qualifications, I went for several interviews at major corporations. Even after facing numerous rejections, I assumed that private companies avoided me simply because I was a woman and older. Despite the career center at my school emphasizing the importance of interviews, I was solely focused on building my resume, just like every other job seeker. Some argue that subjectivity is involved in interviews. Based on my own interview experience, that aspect is not
Just how cruel must the interview be for it to be titled this way? Admittedly, compared to written exams, interviews inevitably involve a significant amount of interviewer subjectivity, so it is true that they lack objectivity. Moreover, judging someone's abilities and character in just a few tens of minutes is no easy task. I have seen many people who boast, "I can tell what kind of person someone is just by looking at their face," but as the saying goes, "It is easy to know the depths of the
If you want to get a job, if you aspire to play in the professional world, you cannot ignore the gateway of the interview. It is a moment of tension that everyone faces. A moment of decisive battle. This book captures various stories about that moment. Filled with the author's vivid stories from 17 years of experience at a major corporation, I found myself turning the pages in deep empathy from beginning to end. It is the best job-related book I have read recently! Young people, driven to build
A few months ago, I served as an interviewer at a friend's request. Although I used to be like that myself, it is truly unfortunate to see some candidates who are excessively nervous. While it is not easy to break this habit of being nervous, I wonder how wonderful it would be if they could practice little by little, for just about 30 minutes a day, by looking at a book. Those candidates are truly talented and impressive people, and I thought it would be great if they could perform just a
It reminded me of the time when I was going through a lot of job interviews. Back then, there were no books like this, so I had no choice but to just dive in and face the challenges head-on. I can't easily think of any benefits to that approach. Experience becomes meaningful only when it is preceded by proper study... It really seems like books like this didn't exist back then. Now that such a book exists, I think I would be able to approach interviews with a bit more ease and confidence.
