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Hey fellow Justicers. I would just like to give you guys some good news! After I graduate from my university this May, I will be moving to Japan in order to become an Eikaiwa teacher for a Japanese private company. For those people who do not know what Eikaiwa is, it is translated as "English conversation" which means I will be teaching English in Japan. According to my interviewers, I might be placed in Shizuoka prefecture which is about 2 hours west of Tokyo and about 2 1/2 hours east of Kyoto. It is still tentative but they will let me know a month before my departure (August).
For this job, I will be teaching English to both kids and adults. I will also be getting my own apartment (unlike other companies that you have to share with someone). This job also provides medical insurance and pension from the Japanese government as well.
Now onto the group interview...
I actually had to drive to Los Angeles from Las Vegas (4 hour drive) in order to participate for the group interview. For this interview, we were told to prepare a 30-minute presentation in which we had to perform in front of the interviewers and fellow interviewees a 5 minute portion of it.
When I arrived at their offices, there were five other interviewees as well. Most of them went to either UCLA or USC so I knew that I had some stiff competition. We all had to fill out an informational sheet (name, address, phone number, etc.) while waiting for the interview to start. We were all led to this really small room and for two hours, they presented us an "Informational Session" about the company and Japan (which I already knew about anyways). After the two hour info session, we had a fifteen minute break.
After the break, we were then placed in a circle and had to prepare a thirty minute lesson plan in five minutes. Fairly easy stuff here...you just had to make sure that you participate and shell out your ideas to the rest of the group. Some of the interviewees did not even try to participate.
After this activity, we then had to perform our five-minute presentation in front of everybody while my fellow interviewees had to act as students. This might sound overwhelming and nerve-racking but if you maintain you compulsure, you will do fine.
After the presentation, we took an English test and had to write an essay on "why we want to live and work in Japan." After this, the interviewers told us that if we did good on the group interview, then they will call us and schedule a personal interview. We all went our separate ways by 4pm.
An hour after our group interview was adjourned, I got a call from one of the interviewers so I can schedule a personal interview for the next day.
Next time, my personal interview...
Hey fellow Justicers. I would just like to give you guys some good news! After I graduate from my university this May, I will be moving to Japan in order to become an Eikaiwa teacher for a Japanese private company. For those people who do not know what Eikaiwa is, it is translated as "English conversation" which means I will be teaching English in Japan. According to my interviewers, I might be placed in Shizuoka prefecture which is about 2 hours west of Tokyo and about 2 1/2 hours east of Kyoto. It is still tentative but they will let me know a month before my departure (August).
For this job, I will be teaching English to both kids and adults. I will also be getting my own apartment (unlike other companies that you have to share with someone). This job also provides medical insurance and pension from the Japanese government as well.
Now onto the group interview...
I actually had to drive to Los Angeles from Las Vegas (4 hour drive) in order to participate for the group interview. For this interview, we were told to prepare a 30-minute presentation in which we had to perform in front of the interviewers and fellow interviewees a 5 minute portion of it.
When I arrived at their offices, there were five other interviewees as well. Most of them went to either UCLA or USC so I knew that I had some stiff competition. We all had to fill out an informational sheet (name, address, phone number, etc.) while waiting for the interview to start. We were all led to this really small room and for two hours, they presented us an "Informational Session" about the company and Japan (which I already knew about anyways). After the two hour info session, we had a fifteen minute break.
After the break, we were then placed in a circle and had to prepare a thirty minute lesson plan in five minutes. Fairly easy stuff here...you just had to make sure that you participate and shell out your ideas to the rest of the group. Some of the interviewees did not even try to participate.
After this activity, we then had to perform our five-minute presentation in front of everybody while my fellow interviewees had to act as students. This might sound overwhelming and nerve-racking but if you maintain you compulsure, you will do fine.
After the presentation, we took an English test and had to write an essay on "why we want to live and work in Japan." After this, the interviewers told us that if we did good on the group interview, then they will call us and schedule a personal interview. We all went our separate ways by 4pm.
An hour after our group interview was adjourned, I got a call from one of the interviewers so I can schedule a personal interview for the next day.
Next time, my personal interview...
