Job interviews often make most of us nervous, because between trying to come up with convincing answers and hiding our nerves, wearing a mask when introducing yourself might not be such a bad idea.
However, for a particular company that is not the real reason for asking their job applicants to present themselves with a mask, since they intend to select them by their resume and not by their physical appearance.
This is the Chinese company Chengdu Ant Logistic and we learned about this technique because Zeng, one of the applicants for a position, recorded a video of the company’s dynamics and shared it on a social network. In said clip it can be seen that both the candidates and the interviewer had white masks on their faces.
According to Zeng, the company asked applicants to take one of the white masks and then draw whatever they wanted on it, then put it on their faces and proceed to their job interview.
In addition, the girl also confessed that although the dynamics of the company were a bit strange, she considered that it could have benefits for people who have social phobia, since this would help them feel safe in the interview and thus they would have more chances of getting the job. .
On the other hand, according to the South China Morning Post, The video was recorded during the company’s biannual contribution fair in southwest China’s Sichuan province. In addition, he pointed out that the company’s goal was to reduce the stress of the interviewees.
It should be noted that, during this event, the company recruited personnel for various positions and another of the purposes of the dynamic was to hire people for their skills and not just for their physical appearance.
This company is already known in the Asian country for its unusual dynamics during interviews, as on one occasion it asked candidates to mow the grass in the company park to test their executive abilities and their adaptation to difficulties.
However, these techniques have not been liked by everyone and have received all kinds of criticism, although many have agreed that when hiring an employee, their knowledge and skills should be more important than having a good physical appearance, so They claim that all job interviews should be the same!