RBCT Chapter 340 The Final Interview
Chapter 340 The Final Interview
The two got into the car, and Shen Yuege started the engine and drove out of the park.
Lu Ran leaned back in his seat, watching the city night view rushing past the window, his mind starting to wander back to those thoughts.
The campus recruitment is almost over. After the first round of interviews, we should be able to identify a group of promising candidates.
Once they join the company and undergo a period of training, they will be assigned to various project teams.
TUTU needs people, League of Legends needs people, and Three Kingdoms Kill needs people.
These three projects are the foundation of Tutu Technology. With a solid foundation, we can do more.
He recalled the games from his past life that existed in his mind—fun, creative, and eye-catching games that didn't yet exist in this world.
Some are large-scale projects that require dozens of people to work on for several months.
Some are small-scale projects, which can be completed by a few people in one or two weeks.
Some are paid, some are free, some are social, some are competitive, some are casual, and some are hardcore.
Once these newcomers have grown up, he will be able to create these games one by one, giving the world a surprise.
When the time comes, we'll take all the cherry blossoms and chrysanthemums, no matter what they are.
Lu Ran smiled slightly and closed his eyes.
The car sped along the elevated highway, and the neon lights outside the window flashed by one after another, illuminating the interior of the car in an alternating light and shadow.
Shen Yuege glanced at him and found that he had already fallen asleep.
She turned up the air conditioning temperature, turned off the music, and quieted the carriage down.
Lu Ran was sleeping soundly, a slight smile still lingering on her lips, probably having a sweet dream.
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The interviews lasted a full week.
In the first round of screening by business departments, nearly half of the people were eliminated.
It's not that those who were eliminated weren't good enough, but rather that they weren't suitable.
Some people are technically very skilled but have poor communication skills; some have many ideas but lack execution ability; and some are very motivated but don't quite fit the culture of Tutu Technology.
Old Wang eliminated a guy with exceptional skills, saying, "This guy is too individualistic and not suitable for teamwork."
During the interview, the guy said he preferred writing code alone and didn't like discussing it with others because he felt it was a waste of time.
Xiao Yang eliminated a girl who had a lot of ideas, because she "had too many ideas but lacked the ability to put them into practice."
During the interview, the girl came up with more than a dozen operational plans, each of which sounded wonderful. However, when Xiao Yang asked, "How do you plan to implement them?" her answers were all "find someone else to do it," "get the technical department to cooperate," and "the company needs to provide resources."
Old Zhao eliminated a guy who was particularly eloquent, saying, "He's too good at talking, I don't know if he can actually do anything."
During the interview, the young man impressed Lao Zhao, but when Lao Zhao asked, "What is the most successful marketing campaign you have ever done?" his answers were all "I participated in it," "I assisted in it," and "I was responsible for a small part of the team."
In the second round of interviews conducted by Zhou Mingzhe, another batch of candidates were eliminated.
His perspective on people is different from that of the business department.
The business department looks at professional skills, while he looks at overall qualities—whether the person is stable, reliable, can work under pressure, can cooperate with colleagues, and can find solutions to problems on their own.
It was Lu Ran's turn in the third and final round.
There aren't many left who can get this far.
After screening through 1,700 resumes, only about 40 people were finally presented to him.
Lu Ran sat in his office with more than forty resumes in front of him, flipping through them one by one.
Each resume has a photo attached, and behind each photo is a real person.
Some people listed the projects they had done on their resumes, some pasted the code they had written, some attached links to the accounts they managed, and some printed out their articles and attached them to the back of their resumes.
Lu Ran flipped to a resume and paused.
It's that guy who works on the open-source project. Old Wang's assessment of him was, "He's technically very strong, but his communication skills are average; he needs someone to mentor him." Zhou Mingzhe's assessment was, "He's introverted, but not withdrawn; he's trainable."
He circled the resume to indicate that he had passed.
Turning to the next page, it was about the girl who ran the campus forum. Xiao Yang's evaluation of her was "strong in execution, has ideas, and dares to take responsibility." Zhou Mingzhe's evaluation was "bold, but not reckless, and knows how to behave appropriately."
Lu Ran smiled and drew a circle as well.
The next applicant was that philosophy major. Old Zhao's evaluation of him was "clear logic, strong communication skills, suitable for external communication." Zhou Mingzhe's evaluation was "steady, but not rigid, with a broad perspective."
Draw a circle.
Looking through each resume one by one, Lu Ran circled more than thirty of the forty-plus resumes.
Only a few people were eliminated, not because they weren't good enough, but because they weren't a good fit.
Some people are too assertive, some are too submissive, some are too self-centered, and some lack their own opinions.
None of them are major problems, but putting them together just doesn't feel right.
Shen Yuege walked in carrying a cup of tea, saw him circling things on his resume, and asked, "Is the rejection rate that low?"
"Hmm." Lu Ran put down his pen. "Those who have made it this far are generally quite capable. If I weed out more people, all the work I've done so far will have been for nothing."
"So what did you ask during the interview?"
Lu Ran thought for a moment: "Just have a casual chat. See if this person is normal. Not in a technical sense, but in their interpersonal skills. Can they speak properly, listen to others' opinions, and calmly think of solutions when problems arise? These things are much more important than technical skills."
Shen Yuege placed the teacup on the table: "You're quite open-minded."
"It's not that I'm easygoing, it's that I've learned my lesson the hard way." Lu Ran picked up his teacup and took a sip. "I used to work with someone who was incredibly skilled, a jack-of-all-trades and master of none. But this guy had one problem: he wouldn't listen to anyone's opinions. No matter what you said to him, he'd just say, 'You don't understand,' 'You're wrong.' In the end, the project failed, not because of his lack of technical skills, but because he had offended everyone, and nobody wanted to work with him."
He put down his teacup and continued, "So now when I look at people, technical skills are secondary; the ability to cooperate well with others is the most important. No matter how good someone's skills are, if they can't work with a team, then they're a negative. It's not a plus, it's a minus."
Shen Yuege nodded and didn't say anything more.
At 2 PM, the first student to have the final interview arrived.
It was that philosophy major.
He was dressed more formally today than last time; his suit was now dark blue, his tie was dark red, and his hair had been styled, making him look much more energetic.
"Sit down." Lu Ran gestured to the chair opposite him. "Don't be nervous, just chat casually."
The boy sat down, his back ramrod straight, his hands on his knees, as if he were attending a very important ceremony.
"Your name is Chen Siyuan, a third-year philosophy major. Your resume states that you secured 50,000 yuan in sponsorship. Did you secure it yourself or with your team?"
"I spearheaded it, but there was teamwork involved," Chen Siyuan said. "It's impossible for me to negotiate with thirteen businesses simultaneously by myself; the external relations department helped me share some of the workload. But I developed the overall strategy and plan."
Lu Ran nodded: "What do you think is your greatest strength?"
Chen Siyuan thought for a moment and said, "I can explain complicated things in a simple way."
"For example."
"Take sponsorship for example," Chen Siyuan said. "Many students from the external relations department go out to solicit sponsorships, and they immediately start talking about 'how many people are in our school,' 'how big our event is,' and 'how good our publicity effect is.' The businesses are completely confused; they don't know what you're trying to say. I put it another way—'You spend five thousand yuan to reach five thousand potential customers. The cost of acquiring each customer is only one yuan. Do you think it's worth it?'"
He paused, then continued, "Simplifying complex matters doesn't mean deleting the important things, but rather deleting the unimportant things and leaving only what the other person cares about most."
After listening, Lu Ran wrote a line in his notebook: "Clear logic, strong expression skills."
"So what do you think is your biggest weakness?"
Chen Siyuan hesitated for a moment and said, "Sometimes I'm too direct. I say whatever I think and don't really consider other people's feelings. When I was working with classmates before, I said some unpleasant things. Although what I said was all correct, the way I did it was wrong and made people uncomfortable."
"for example?"
"For example, a classmate made a proposal, and after I read it, I said, 'What kind of rubbish is this? Rewrite it.' Later I found out that he had stayed up for two nights in a row to make that proposal. With just one sentence, I negated all his efforts, and he cried on the spot."
When Chen Siyuan said this, there was a hint of regret in his voice.
Lu Ran leaned back in her chair and looked at him: "So what did you do afterward?"
"I apologized to him," Chen Siyuan said. "Then I spent an entire afternoon explaining to him from beginning to end what the problems were in the proposal, how to revise it, and why I made those changes. The second version he produced was much better than the first. Later on, he became my best partner in the external relations department."
Lu Ran wrote another line in his notebook: Able to reflect, able to improve.
"One last question," Lu Ran put down his pen, "Why did you want to come to Tutu Technology?"
Chen Siyuan answered almost without hesitation: "Because what you're doing is interesting."
What does "interesting" mean?
"It's not the kind of thing you just make casually to make money," Chen Siyuan said. "TUTU isn't like that, League of Legends isn't like that, and I've seen the beta test videos of Three Kingdoms Kill, and that's not it either. You can see that you put thought into every product you make, that you want to make good products, not just to appease anyone or meet some KPI."
He paused, then continued, "I want to work in a place where we focus on making things well, not just finishing them. In big companies, most positions are like cogs in a machine; you can't see the whole picture of what you're doing, and you don't know how it will end up. But Tutu Technology is different. The company is still small, and everyone's work can be seen. Everyone can feel the impact of their work on users. I really long for that feeling."
After listening, Lu Ran remained silent for a few seconds, then extended his hand: "Welcome to Tutu Technology."
Chen Siyuan was stunned for a moment, then suddenly stood up, grasped Lu Ran's hand, and shook it vigorously: "Thank you, President Lu! I won't let you down!"
"Don't call me President Lu, just call me Brother Lu."
"Brother Lu!"
When Chen Siyuan walked out of the office, his steps were much lighter, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
Lu Ran watched through the blinds as he walked to the end of the corridor, took out his phone, and made a loud call that could be heard throughout the office: "I passed! It was Brother Lu who interviewed me! Yes, that Brother Lu! I'll start next Monday!"
Lu Ran smiled, wrote a large "通" (meaning "comprehensive") on Chen Siyuan's resume, and put it aside.
"Next."
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