NOBODY

I am back.

Latest Update:

• Recovering from wisdom teeth removal surgery
• Caught a cold
• Attended three interviews and completed two written tests (one was super long)
• Met up with a friend
• Edited a short video

Although I’m still waiting for feedback from the hiring managers, I’ve realized that reality is forcing me to change my plans.

Originally, I was mainly targeting community-based organizations. However, some of the recent interview experiences made me reconsider. The first one went okay, even though the written test was quite complicated. But the second and third ones didn’t go well at all.

Both hiring managers appreciated my skill sets. However, after watching the video I made and edited myself, one of them asked:

“Do you appreciate yourself for the fact that you survived alone in Laos for six months as the only person in the department?”

“You have very strong self-learning skills. But will you be bored by admin tasks? Like filling in Excel forms with numbers all day…”

“No problem,” I replied.

Towards the end of the interview, she looked at my expected salary and said, “You wrote HK$20,000 (about 2,553 USD). Is this negotiable?”

When I shared the questions from the third interview with my friend, she couldn’t stop laughing. For example:

“You are accompanying a group of wheelchair-bound members to a restaurant. If the escalator was out of service that day, what would you do?”

“I will enter the mall or restaurant from another entrance.”

“What if they don’t have a second entrance?”

“Then I’ll just move to another restaurant.”

Another question was: “If a member complained that someone else ate three shrimps from the basin cuisine, what would you do?”

My answer: “I would tell them there’s abalone and other more expensive food available.”

The interviewers burst out laughing. The whole interview felt quite strange. The written test was even more ridiculous — I had to draft a notice informing the center that it would be closed due to urgent electrical maintenance.

After these experiences, I’ve decided to pause applying for community-based roles for now.