UNIQLO actually outsourced flight arrangement, scheduling and chaffroning to a third company, and it was not smooth at all. Even after candidates arrived in Tokyo, the schedule kept changing. They prepared all sorts of presentation about company culture and spirit for 2-3 days straight. It was pretty interesting at first, but later on it got pretty boring. Pretty much every day ended late yet again everyone was expected to get up at 6 am. The candidates had a chance to spend 2.5 days in local UNIQLO stores, experiencing the general role of store management and daily operation. However, it seemed like the company did very little preparation/arrangement for the in-store experience. The experiences of each group were VASTLY different. For the official final interview, they had only one interview team for 20+ candidates, so some candidates had to wait 6 hours, locked in the room. When they had their turns, interviewers were already too tired and didn't care much. Some candidates had only 4,5 minutes. Next day, the HR picked some 7-8 people, saying they have to retake the adaptability test and they have to bring translation receiver. When someone asked why do they need to bring translation receiver for the retesting, the HR officer said "it needs to be returned for a while." In fact, they were the "chosen ones" from last day's official final interview, and they went on to the actual final interview with Yanai Tadashi. Which means, they made decision regarding candidates in less than a day since the interview. The HR officer said (to those selected few) that they all have to lie to other candidates (the "not-chosen ones,") in order to keep everyone "happy." Which, in fact, made everyone really depressed and awkward with each other. None of this was written on the official schedule, which was sent to the candidates before they head to Japan. Many people (especially those who had a long trip from home)were very upset and felt they were disrespected. The HR officers never told the truth. The title of this hiring program was "New Graduate Global Hiring" and UNIQLO said they are doing this for the sake of fresh viewpoints and international expansion - but everything was done in very Japanese way. Throughout the presentation and job information session, UNIQLO kept telling candidates they were looking for an active candidate and the company is willing to open up as much as it can. But they didn't really open up everything, and it was very hard to agree with their decision - some people who did very well in the store experience and had positive, active attitude did not get the job. After all, it was promises in vain - they just wanted someone who is easy to train and won't complain about Japanese / UNIQLO culture. And now they made 10+ people with negative impression on UNIQLO, and pass their impression to others around.