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Miyazaki



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 1:07 pm    Post subject: Westgate Interview Reply with quote

I have an interview for a university faculty position with Westgate Corporate on Monday and would like to know if anyone can tell me about the interview.

I've heard from another person that I can expect some questions that are "traditional" i.e., strengths, weaknesses, etc. How about technical linguistics questions? Grammar?

Thanks for any tips or suggestions!

I'm super pumped! Very Happy
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chinagirl



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 1:38 pm    Post subject: you know that...? Reply with quote

You do know that Westgate instructors are contracted staff and not actually faculty, or professors, right? Just checking.
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Miyazaki



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 1:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I guess the contract is only for one semester, which is odd.

Why wouldn't you be faculty?
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ripslyme



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 2:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Westgate is basically a dispatch company that provides warm bodies for universities. It's about as prestigious as saying you work for any of the other dispatch companies or conversation schools.

Good luck on the interview.
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Glenski



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Pursuant to Westgate's contract with our university and junior college clients...
Taken from the web site, just to show you that you would be a hired gun for a dispatch agency, not a university staff member. The university is a client. Get it?

The thing that may have fooled you is that part of Westgate's web page describes a job with them as the Westgate University Program. All capital letters, including the word Program. There is no "Westgate University", as you would have known had you done some research.
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Sadebugo



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PostPosted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 6:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I had a Westgate interview about three years ago but never took the job. From what I remember, the interview was very professional and they presented a lot of hypothetical situations. Having had several years of experience at that point, they weren't really able to surprise me. I think it took 30-45 minutes.

All in all, I think it's a good way to get a foot in Japan. If you don't like it, it's only three months and you can use the visa elsewhere.

Sadebugo
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Miyazaki



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PostPosted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 10:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sadebugo wrote:
I had a Westgate interview about three years ago but never took the job. From what I remember, the interview was very professional and they presented a lot of hypothetical situations. Having had several years of experience at that point, they weren't really able to surprise me. I think it took 30-45 minutes.

All in all, I think it's a good way to get a foot in Japan. If you don't like it, it's only three months and you can use the visa elsewhere.

Sadebugo
Djibouti, Horn of Africa
http://travldawrld.blogspot.com/


Sadebugo,

Thanks for the info!
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ghil04



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 9:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hate to piggyback on this thread, but I have an interview with Westgate tomorrow and am wondering what kind of 'hypotheticals' they ask about over the phone. I've only had 6 months of classroom teaching experience (Korea) but I think I've experienced enough to answer most questions regarding the proper responses to certain situations. It'd help to know that they don't throw any curveballs, though.
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