Interview assignment

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Name of Working Professional  – Houng-Soon Lim

Company or Institution of Working Professional – Logiform by HBL Inc.

Job Title of Working Professional – Representative Director

Address of Working Professional – #706, Chorok-ro, Yanggam-myeon, Hwasung-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea, 18628

Phone number of the Working Professional – +82-31-8059-2510

Date of the Interview – March 02, 2019  

Name of the Student – Chang Bin Lim

Interview Questions

What is your role in the job you possess?

I am a representative director of Logiform, which is lean solution system company.

What do the day to day responsibilities of the role look like??)

During the day, I work lots of things. First, I need to check the operating condition of a company, such as financial…etc. Second, I need to review and plan the materials for projects. Third, I need to communicate with employees and managers, which is really important for me because small trouble can be cause the distrust between employees and managers. In addition, I need to check the customers’ complaints and their information. Complaint can be our resource, so I always check with it.

What are the company’s values?

First, Trust of employees and managers through communication.

Second, Customer service through trust and responsibility.

I think communication between customers is one of the important things because it helps the company grow. In addition, Communication between employees and managers are important because it makes company culture more strongly.

What characteristics do you look for in employees in order to represent those values?

First, personality

Second, responsibility

Third, harmonize with other employees through communication.

Fourth, expertise

I think personality is the most important during hiring an employee. Personality is related with responsibility and harmonize. It is able to find the expert easily, but it is hard to find a person who has great personality. For this reason, I think personality is the most important.

What is your favorite part about working at the company?

When a project was successfully completed, When I am able to give bonus to my employees. In addition, When I am able to see the company’s grow, I am happy.

What does success look like in this position, and how do you measure it?

As the head of the company, it seems successful that the company is stable and strong without any conflict with employees. Also, the culture of a company that employees are satisfied with.

Are there opportunities for professional development? If so, what do those look like?

Without new developments at the time of transition to the fourth industry revolution, it is unable to survive. Our company sends employees to professional training center for the professionalism. They are able to learn accounting, design, and communication skills from the professional training center. In addition, our company require few hours of education from professional training center for promotion.

What do you see as the most challenging aspect of this job?

Communication with employees is the most difficult part of the organization’s operation. You should always be careful because conflicts with employees can occur at any time. Also, new competitors in the industry, especially Chinese companies, are the most challenging part. They always bring low price of product. It makes us challenge.

Is there anything about my background or resume that makes you question whether I am a good fit for his role?

In my opinion, you might fit to overseas sales department. I don’t know you very well, since you are a business communication major, you seem to have no problem communicating with others. In addition, based on your career in resume, you will do a good job in overseas sales. Also, the personnel department is likely to match well.

What are the most useful skills you have found during your work experience?

Accounting, Management, Communication, Customer handling capability. These are the usefully skills. Also, it is not an ability, but it is most important not to be afraid to develop and do new things.

What are the most useful skills you have found during the communication with members of the company?

There are various communication skills, but I think it was good to talk with employees one-on-one and small group communication. It’s because employees can focus more, and they can come up with creative ideas.

What is the difficult part of your communication with your employees?

It seems to be a matter of money. It seems that there are difficulties in communicating with employees when they are not satisfied with their salary problems and improvement of treatment. Since the company is a small and medium-sized company, welfare improvement has not been achieved like a large corporation. It is often the case that employees are dissatisfied with such a problem.

What are the most important company’s value if you are joining the other company?

The future vale of the company, the way the organization operates, communication way between employees and managers. These things are the most important company value if I am joining the other company.

COM 259 Project #2 – Interview Assignment

 

Objective:  Allow students to practice communication skills and interview a working professional who works in the area of the students future career aspirations. Students are to learn firsthand how communication relates to “real world” working situations such as problem solving, small group communication, leadership, effective meetings, and presentations in the workplace.

What to do?  4 Steps to Success

1. Find Someone to Interview.

Students should locate a business professional in the industry in which they wish to work. Students should request a 20 – 30 minute interview. The interview occurs face-to-face but if this is not possible then phone conversations or video conferencing (Skype, Facetime, etc.) is acceptable.  IMPORTANT! It should NOT be conducted by email or text (this does not help to develop your verbal and non-verbal communication skills).

2. Develop your questions.

Write down at least 10 interview questions that pertain to items noted in the text book (Chapters 6-11).  Topics to talk about could include the areas of interviewing, small group communication, leadership, effective meetings, and presentations in the workplace.   Find out what working professional communication skills are used and how they help the individual in their working environment.  (NOTE: These questions must be turned in as an appendix at the end of the essay).

3. Conduct the Interview

Ask for permission to voice record the interview (recording on your phone will work but remember to practice and try it out to make sure it works). If permission is not granted, be prepared to take extensive handwritten notes. 

Documentation of the persons interviewed is to be done by obtaining a business card (take a picture of it OR screen shot to include in your essay) or fill out information form (see below) from interviewee to verify that the interview was conducted.

Name of Working Professional  – Houng-Soon Lim

Company or Institution of Working Professional – Logiform by HBL Inc.

Job Title of Working Professional – Representative Director

Address of Working Professional – #706, Chorok-ro, Yanggam-myeon, Hwasung-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea, 18628

Phone number of the Working Professional – +82-31-8059-2510

Date of the Interview – March 02, 2019   Name of the Student – Chang Bin Lim

4. Write the Essay

After the interview, write a 4-5-page (double-spaced, #12 font, APA format) paper that applies course concepts to the information the professional provided during the interview.  Discuss your findings and the importance and function of communication in the professional working world.  Give specific examples obtained in the interview and use proper APA in text citations and references.  Note: the 4-5 pages of text does not include the title page, appendix (list of ten questions page), documentation of interviewee (picture of business card or form noted above) and reference page.

 

Evaluation: Your grade (30 points) will be determined by the following criteria:

Interview questions (5 points)

Documentation and quality of the interviewee (5 points)

4-5-page essay paper applying course concepts to the interview findings (20 points)

Due date is noted on Canvas and turned in on Canvas as one document which includes the essay with the appendix page (10 questions), documentation page, and reference page all in one document.

Thank you!

Dr.G. 

Rubric

259 Project 2 Rubric

259 Project 2 Rubric

Criteria

Ratings

Pts

Interview questions
List of at least 10 questions and the quality of the questions

5.0 to >0.0 pts

Full Marks

0.0 pts

No Marks

5.0 pts

Documentation and quality of the interviewee
Included picture of the business card and reviewed the qualifications of the person interviewed

5.0 pts

Full Marks

0.0 pts

No Marks

5.0 pts

Essay appropriate length and content connecting to course materials

5.0 pts

Full Marks

0.0 pts

No Marks

5.0 pts

Quality of findings
Quality of your findings and the importance and function of communication in the professional working world.

5.0 pts

Full Marks

0.0 pts

No Marks

5.0 pts

Detailed specific examples obtained from the interview
The rating of detailed specific examples noted in the essay that were obtained in the interview.

5.0 pts

Full Marks

0.0 pts

No Marks

5.0 pts

Writing and APA format
Is it written properly and did it follow the instructions – double-spaced, #12 font, APA format

5.0 pts

Full Marks

0.0 pts

No Marks

5.0 pts

Total Points: 30.0