Chapter 13:

Words : 1586 Updated : Sep 17th, 2025

Chapter 13 of "Real Man" opens presenting key developments: Chapter 13: Chapter 13 Out of the five candidates who entered the interview, only four of them... Read on!

Chapter 13: Chapter 13 Out of the five candidates who entered the interview, only four of them looked extremely nervous, except for Yoo-hyun. It was rather strange not to be nervous in this situation. But Yoo-hyun’s face showed no sign of tension at all. Instead, he was full of anticipation and excitement. ‘I wonder who the interviewer is?’ He didn’t remember the face of the new employee interviewer. But he thought he would recognize him if he saw his face. He must have worked in the same space for a long time, so he must have met him while passing by. If he was lucky, he might even meet the person who was his team leader. While Yoo-hyun was having a pleasant imagination in front of the door, there was a cold wind blowing inside the interview room. “How can you not remember what you wrote in your resume?” “Uh, well, that’s, I...” “Yes, I understand.” As Park Doo-sik, the head of the HR team, shook his head, the other interviewers nodded as if they agreed. Swoosh. At the same time, scores were marked on the score sheet on the table. “There aren’t many good applicants as I expected.” “I know, right?” Several candidates had come and gone already, but there were hardly any who had proper manners. They all seemed awkward and artificial. He had been conducting interviews for five years. He couldn’t even count how many people he had met. Now he could tell how prepared they were just by looking at their entrance. More than 90 percent of the time, his expectations were correct. First impressions are science after all. “Then we will end the interview for this group here. Thank you for your hard work.” As Park Doo-sik finished his closing remarks, the five candidates who were sitting on their chairs got up with a clumsy posture. The guy who was just babbling turned his head without even saying hello. He knew it when he saw his feet and body pointing in different directions while talking. He must have memorized it well, so his answers were accurate, but he couldn’t hide his ingrained habits. “Sigh, please send in the next person.” As Park Doo-sik sighed and spoke to the guide, one of the interviewers asked him. “Mr. Park, I guess you don’t see anyone you like.” “Well, I was expecting more from their grades, but I haven’t seen any candidates who are ready yet. What about you, director?” “Well, I did mark a few. We always need more hands anyway.” “Yes. If you picked them, they must be reliable.” Park Doo-sik smiled at the interviewer next to him when the door opened again. Creak. And then five more candidates came in one by one. Park Doo-sik scanned them as he always did. ‘Huh?’ There was a candidate who caught his eye for a moment. His back was straight and his walk was upright. He looked very natural as he made eye contact with the interviewers as he entered. Especially with him who had been staring at him for a long time. He had a distinctive appearance, but he didn’t feel unpleasant at all. ‘Do I know him?’ Rather, he felt comfortable as if he had been with him for a long time. Then he quickly turned his gaze and calmly adjusted his posture. His eyes sparkled with ease and confidence. Most of all, he liked his hands resting on both knees naturally. People say they look at smiles, eyes, faces when they see first impressions, but well. Usually, the first thing that catches their eye is their hands. If they feel awkward and out of place, it means that their hands are not handled well 100 out of 100 times. Plus, the position of his feet and the angle of his knees looked very comfortable. It wasn’t something that could be done by practice alone. As Park Doo-sik looked at Yoo-hyun, Yoo-hyun also looked at him sitting in the far left seat behind the table. They were workers who were living under pressure from reality, but they were also people who belonged to the display industry. They nodded their heads in front of the vision of the future that seemed close enough to touch but clear enough to see in their eyes. One more thing here. It wouldn’t be bad to mention the direction of short-term business on top of the big vision. It would mean that he had thought more as an applicant for sales, marketing, product planning related jobs. Yoo-hyun continued his speech. “I believe that Hansung LCD business division will not stay in LCD, but use OLED as its growth base and become a leader in the future display industry with LCD and OLED as its main pillars.” OLED was definitely a future technology that was being discussed at this time. Hansung Electronics had also released OLED products at the level of prototypes. Assuming that the interviewers were at executive level positions, they would understand what Yoo-hyun meant. The future of LCD business division that they envisioned was to grow into a comprehensive display company that included LCD and OLED, not just one business division of a company. In the subtly focused atmosphere, Park Doo-sik checked his wristwatch. 10 seconds left. Seeing that, Yoo-hyun prepared his final remark. It was better to finish it clearly than to end it vaguely. Of course, the last thing was what he wanted to do in the company as an applicant named Han Yoo-hyun. “I want to plan and make displays that can change not only what customers really want, but also their lives fundamentally, and even the world. I’m sure this place will be the starting point. Thank you.” It might not seem like a big deal. It was something he had heard somewhere before. But as with all sayings, it depended on who said it, how they said it, and how the listener received it. His relaxed posture and confident eyes showed that Yoo-hyun’s words were not just recited from memory, but deeply thought out convictions. It might be a small difference, but it made him stand out from the others. There was a brief silence after Yoo-hyun’s introduction. Of course, in the meantime, the interviewers exchanged glances and checked something on the paper on the desk. He could tell from that alone that Yoo-hyun’s short introduction was successful. “Jang Soo-hyun, you try.” “I...” Especially, when the next applicant’s introduction followed, the interviewers realized it. The naturalness that they felt as a matter of course was broken, making Yoo-hyun look even more prominent. As soon as all the introductions were over, the interviewers’ eyes turned to Yoo-hyun. “Han Yoo-hyun.” “Do you have any questions... Oh, please go ahead, director.” As they asked questions in the same direction at the same time, Park Doo-sik looked at Yoo-hyun with interest. The feeling of being evaluated by someone. The situation where he had to look good to someone. There was no reason for him to lower himself or to look good to anyone except for the chairman as a president. Why was this so fun? “Hmm, I heard your introduction well, Yoo-hyun. But I think you have some misunderstanding. OLED is still a far technology. It will take more than 10 years to mass-produce products. You can’t make a good product plan with just ideals.” No way. In one or two years, Ilsung, a rival company, started mass production and Hansung also led the market with large OLED products in five years. He wanted to shoot back at that interviewer who raised his head with a smug confidence inside him. But this was an interview room. He didn’t know what would happen in the display market even an inch ahead, so there was no need to argue or explain. Instead, he replaced it with showing how much he prepared. “Thank you for your comment. I said that after seeing the thin and flexible OLED panel prototype that Hansung Electronics showed at this year’s CES exhibition. I only get information from articles, papers, and patents, so I can’t help but have limited thoughts. Please understand. If I join Hansung Electronics, I want to have a professional and specific perspective like you first. That’s why I want to be a leader of Hansung who creates the future.” “Haha, you’re bold and good.” The interviewer nodded his head and looked at his side, and the other interviewers also nodded their heads. There might be some awkward parts, but he wrapped them up nicely and maintained a warm atmosphere. Then questions came to the other applicants as well. After technical questions, there were pressure questions that were vague to answer. They asked how they felt about working outside Seoul in factories, what they would do if they had to work overtime a lot, and what they would do if their boss asked them to exercise on weekends. They saw some applicants who were flustered. They all had the same answer in their minds, but there was no naive guy who would answer honestly here. “I don’t go to work to do overtime. I want to use my abilities to make a company where everyone can work without overtime.” Oh, there was one. That guy. And right next to him. The air became heavy for a moment and he saw the interviewer’s mouth twist.

Chapter 13:

Comments (0)