Investors throng youth housing

Prospective tenant Zhang Youyuan was asked some 20 questions at an interview by the operations team of a youth apartment community in Suzhou, Jiangsu province.

They sought to know her age, views on friendship and networking, whether she likes cooking, gardening and partying at night, even how she would talk to people she does not like.

"It felt like a really serious, formal job interview," she said.