Estee Lauder: The interview is a two-way assessment

Estee Lauder: The interview is a two-way assessment

The interview is a two-way assessment

Talking about the time when she chose to join Estee Lauder When asked about the reason, Zhu Xiaojie said that this was completely a "coincidence."

“I have dealt with many bosses, and I can completely tell which bosses are perfunctory with me and which bosses are answering my questions sincerely.” She believes that interviews are also a two-way process between the interviewer and the interviewee. assessment process.

She joked that she “didn’t feel like I was attending an interview, but more like I was interviewing a leader.” Several questions she asked included Estee Lauder's "investment plan" and "how will the company view it if it encounters a loss when it starts investing" and so on.

Shen Xiangmei's answer did not disappoint her. She concluded that this boss was "real" and a leader worth following.

Zhu Xiaojie likes to think about company management issues from the perspective of human resources.

The logic of her calculation is simple: only a company committed to "long-distance running" can create the greatest development opportunities for its employees. The human resources officer is responsible for the future of the company and its employees at the same time. This is the most basic sense of responsibility for people engaged in human resources.

In the early days of Estee Lauder, Zhu Xiaojie’s desk was in a small corner of a few square meters, and even the place where people could insert their feet was full of goods. For ventilation, Zhu Xiaojie bought an electric fan. It was here that the first batch of more than 30 employees of Estee Lauder (China) were recruited.

The initial work is carried out through a headhunting company. Most of the people chosen by Estee Lauder are already managers in major cosmetics groups.

“Back then, I personally interviewed even the receptionist.” Zhu said.

According to the ratio of 1:6, in the first round, she will also be looking for nearly 200 beauty consultants for Estee Lauder. This team is quite large.

After that, in four years, the initial 200 beauty consultants quickly expanded to 4,200, and the number of office staff nationwide was close to 730.

Zhu’s office still displays a group photo of the group’s training in Sanya in 2004. Zhu Xiaoyan said that there were only more than 400 people at that time, and if we take a photo now, the photo may not even be able to fit in it.

Next, after the first wave of development, Estee Lauder is still expanding at a rate of 60% per year.

"Moderate" recruitment policy

Zhu Xiaojie's personality has more or less affected the entire human resources policy of Estee Lauder (China). ;