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esglumac · Joined: 16 Jan 2007 Posts: 21 Location: United States

i recently applied and had a phone interview with Interac, it went well or i though it did. but i didnt get the job. how could they make a descion with out talking to me in person or me going to the info session? i have a B.A, some tutoring experience and TEFL certification. i though they hired anyone? i was very flexible in location and what not. since they dont disclose any info about hiring descions..whats the deal?

canuck · Joined: 11 May 2003 Posts: 1921 Location: Japan

esglumac · Joined: 16 Jan 2007 Posts: 21 Location: United States

Canuck,

Well, excuse me Mad

All that stuff said about spelling and puncuation was uncalled for. That wasnt even the question asked. you may be a perfect profreader, but you obviously know little about the subject at hand since you are talking out your ass. i was simply asking people who had similer experience with this company to give opions. I have a college degree, so do you not think i already know the reasons you listed. Iam always looking for ways to improve, thus my reason for posting the question since interact doesnt disclose anything.Next time you decide to mock me on my discussion board, do yourself a favor and dont becasue you just waste unnecessary space.

furiousmilksheikali · Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 1:12 am Post subject:

esglumac · Joined: 16 Jan 2007 Posts: 21 Location: United States

yeah i didnt know it was even the actual interview. they were comming to my city this weekend and he said he would let me know whether he could get me into the session or wait till June 2. i though the actual interview came at the info session. It says 3 weeks on the website-but they told me the next day?

kendoman1 · Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 69

Canuck,
You might also have someone else proof read your own writing, before posting a message to critize someone else.

Take a look at your last paragraph and statement.

jademonkey · Joined: 30 Mar 2007 Posts: 180

Grasshopper · Joined: 01 Nov 2005 Posts: 62 Location: Japan

I`m sure that Interac was taking meticulous notes of the punctuation & spelling, etc. OVER the PHONE Shocked

I`d say just move on...perhaps you were overqualified, and they`re looking for someone with no qualifications. Who knows...

DNK · Joined: 22 Jan 2007 Posts: 236 Location: the South

Okay, so the first post got lost and this one will be much shorter because of it.

A. Canuck can tend to be critical, but his post was actually fairly useful. If you think it was overly negative, at least try to use it positively.

B. Wasting unnecessary space isn't really a big problem, since the space is unnecessary to begin with Razz

C. Your spelling, etc, aren't very good. No offense, and this is coming from someone that rarely says anything about other people's writing.

D. Did you at any time get frustrated with the interviewer? It could very well have been something you did in the interview itself, but we can't know what without having heard the conversation.

E. I don't think anyone has implied that he was not hired for his writing. Of course, without seeing his resume or cover letter, this can't be ruled out.

davechile · Joined: 17 Mar 2006 Posts: 87 Location: San Francisco, CA

You guys need to get a life, seriously. I know it is important in Teaching English to keep the grammar and punctuation clean, but get a life. This is a forum where people get to it in their free time. Please, exercise some courtesy and decorum. For God sakes you live in Japan and should be highly aware of this. Much Love to all, just a little reminder.

DNK · Joined: 22 Jan 2007 Posts: 236 Location: the South

davechile, he asked what might have gone wrong with his interview. You may not think it's important, but if someone doesn't know these things, then they are going to put off potential employers that do care about having capable native speakers. Now, it is Interac; so I don't know how much of a problem it would be, and we don't have copies of his resume and cover letter...

Like I said, I normally do not care about this stuff, and if this was any other post I wouldn't mention it, but the OP did ask for possible reasons for why he wasn't hired, and then subsequently overreacted when someone mentioned that his writing may be an issue. The fact is it actually might have been. We don't know, but it's a best guess, which with such a dirth of information to go on is the best we can do.

Point is that sometimes you have to discuss grammar, spelling, etc. I even defended the poor writing on the board in the main thread about it recently, and agree with you in general that people shouldn't get too bent out of shape over it in typical posts, when it isn't vital to the discussion at hand.

esglumac · Joined: 16 Jan 2007 Posts: 21 Location: United States

hey just to let you guys know iam a her all around..... Laughing

Willy_In_Japan · Joined: 20 Jul 2004 Posts: 329

I wouldnt be surprised if money was an issue........if you indicate in any way that you are not fully prepared to be able to set yourself up in Japan in an apartment, and last 2 months without pay, I think that can be a BIG strike against you.

I interviewed with Interac one time and was not successful.......the second time, I was.....I haven't got a clue why......perhaps it was my clumsy answer to 'What do you bring to the classrom?'.....I wanted to say 'books?'.

kendoman1 · Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 69

The biggest reason that these dispatch companies don't hire you, has nothing to do at all with the interview, writing or whatnot.

1. Living outside Japan is a strike against you.
They only recruit outside Japan to built a name list in case their is no one avaible in Japan.

2. They lost the contract, they were bidding on.

tatts · Joined: 27 Apr 2007 Posts: 1

I would consider myself very fortunate to have been rejected by Interac. An amateur outfit, if ever there was one. Get yourself an ESL teaching qualification (CELTA, or the like) an research who you want to teach with. You may want to consider China first, the demand is higher, and therefore the pay is higher, too.