Chapter 3 The interview

Three days after meeting Carter, he received a message from Steven's factory not to be late for her interview.

The interview took place in five days.

Though unemployed for more than ten days, he was busier than when he was at the Jake Woodworking Shop. During the day he moved as a wild thyme digger and worked as a chauffeur until late at night.

The interview date is over.

Stevens' factory and office were on the outskirts of Toronto city. He reached the factory in an hour from home by public transport.

When he got there, there were already enough candidates for the interview.

Oh, there are over 40 candidates here.

Actually there must be a lot more applicants because the hiring manager leaked them after reviewing the résumés.

After all, only three applicants were hired. Although it was a medium-sized company, the competition rate among applicants was high due to the flourishing business.

The interview was conducted for two candidates at the same time.

The interview time was quite long. It took more than ten minutes to conduct an interview for a group of candidates and it seemed that the interview was difficult as the candidates came out of the interview with deathly pale faces.

The same happened to the following group of respondents. When they came out of the interview, they were sweating and shaking their heads.

Although Albert tried to stay calm, he got nervous when he saw her.

"Mr. Albert and Mr. Robert, come in!"

I'm fine. It's not a big deal. Everything will be fine, because President Carter has already spoken well of me.

Albert entered the interrogation room, trying to stay calm. He glanced at another interviewee, Robert.

With milk-white skin, Robert was like a noble prince. He wore thin-rimmed glasses that made him look very intellectual and elegant.

There were five interviewers in the room. Three were middle-aged and the other two were a man and a woman, both young like Albert.

Albert's gaze naturally turned to the young interviewer.

She was so beautiful that she would tempt any man.

His personality wasn't looking good, however. Leaning back in a chair, she openly expressed her boredom by yawning at times and even went so far as to laugh at Albert's résumé.

Rather, she smiled at Robert and expressed her personal friendliness with a wave of her hand. It seemed like he wasn't even aware of the other interviewers.

But nobody stopped them. That was enough for Albert to feel his place in the company... Mr. Kim?

Albert's relationship with Mr. Kim among his other friends was very special. Both attended the same elementary, middle, and high school. In addition, they both attended the same class up to four times in their schools.

They were temporarily separated when Albert moved to Toronto from Victoria; However, Kim happened to move to a wealthy city in Toronto and attended the same high school with him.

Before Albert moved, their houses were next to each other, so they went to school together.

Many envied her when they saw her walking together and said: "You must be very comfortable because you are not alone." In short, they could be considered best friends.

But that's just an indication of what they looked like on the surface.

Actually, they weren't that close; rather, their relationship was bad.

Although Albert didn't particularly hate Mr. Kim, Mr. Kim would provoke him for no reason.

Albert didn't go to school with Mr. Kim because he wanted to.

It was just because their houses were next to each other that their parents forced them to go to school together.

Because Albert's family had an accident, Mr. Kim blatantly ignored and harassed him, and harassed himself. During high school, Mr. Kim formed a group and even attacked him.

Even now, Mr.Kim showed the same attitude towards him.

Mr. Kim stared into his face with piercing eyes, the corners of his mouth pulled up as if he were saying, 'Hey buddy, I've got you!' Ground?

Albert had no way of finding out.

Although Albert didn't do him any good, he didn't do anything bad either.

Even so, Mr. Kim seemed to treat him like an enemy all along.

After a quick look at his résumé, Mr. Kim asked Albert a question about the content of his résumé.

"Mr. Albert, do you know the Incoterms?

At that moment Albert felt he was going crazy. It was a term he had never heard of before. He didn't know what the term meant.

Embarrassed, Albert couldn't remember the term he had just heard.

"Inco ... what did he say?"

"Do you know or not? You have to answer. Kim kept pushing him hard, as if determined to push him over the edge of the cliff.

"Just say yes or no, can't you say that?"

As he pushed on and on, Albert felt himself slide into a swamp.

As much as you tried to calm yourself down, Mr. Kim never gave you a chance.

At that moment, Mr. Kim said a word that hit him on the head and it was like pouring cold water on him.

"Are you afraid, Mr. Albert? How can you work in a company if you don't have the courage? "

" What did you say? Am I afraid? "

Suddenly Albert was offended and felt better.

What the heck! Why should I be afraid at the interview?

Of course, everything was overturned when Alberts parents had a traffic accident when he was still in high school. Kim's mouth was unusually curved at the edges.

"Don't you know? Are you bragging about? If you've applied for a position in purchasing, don't you think you should understand this word before you come for the interview?"

"I don't know what purchasing is doing. From now on I will learn the necessary things."

"My God. How can you apply for the position if you don't even know what the people in purchasing are doing? Don't you think you're stupid "

Mr. Kim began to use even less sensitive words without hesitation.

It was clear that he wanted to narrow his mind.

But the more he tried, the more Albert straightened his back.

" I don't think that's silly. "

He felt the interviewer's attitude change a little with his confident tone. Even the young interviewer, who had been bored all the time, looked up and looked at Albert

But only Albert He focused on Mr. Kim and continued confidently:

"I think what this company needs is my experience and skills. If the company finds me useful they can hire me. Don't you think that from the moment I get hired, I can learn about shopping? "

" Are you answering me now? "

Mr. Kim asked as if he were scolding him, but Albert didn't give in at all.

" I'm just answering your question. "

Mr. Kim asked many other questions afterward, but Albert answered without hesitation. He was like someone who had memorized all the answers beforehand after receiving the test. In some ways he could be considered rude.

As the Q&A went on, Albert's demeanor grew bolder at the thought that it was much better to be aggressive than defensive.

Did that have any effect? The interviewers began to look at him differently over time, especially the interviewer, who thought: Interesting, he looks like an untamed wild horse.