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Location: Hong Kong: The 'Pearl of the Orient'
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| Both guys are British. One just happens to be Chinese race. |
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Horizontal Hero
Joined: 26 Mar 2004
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Location: The civilised little bit of China.
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| Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 4:48 am Post subject: |
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| Miss Helen wrote: |
the British guy even said that "wow you just got yourself into the job" after answering one of the questions. So I assumed I knew what I was saying????
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Sorry, but that guy has no power to give you a job, merely to pass or fail you on the interview. To get a job you need to get an interview from a school, and then get offered a job. That is an entirely different process. The first year I applied for the NET scheme I passed the interview no problems, but didn't get a job interview. So I went back the next year and did the interview again, got an interview and a job. |
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Waverly
Joined: 04 Oct 2007
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Thanks for the info. I am not sure if I can pull that off. I know how to teach but I do not know how to sell myself. That has always been a problem. I lack confidence that way.
How to make kids fall in love with reading? That would be a hard one since I can't seem to get most of my sixth graders to open a book. They always groan on how much they hate to read...............rather watch the movie, etc. |
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ChineseEnglishTeacher
Joined: 19 Apr 2004
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How do you know whether you passed the interview? Do they send you an email saying you passed or failed? Or are you left in the dark to guess.  |
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h-train
Joined: 10 Mar 2007
Posts: 100
Location: 26 miles from Bahrain
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| Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 4:06 am Post subject: Re: Recent experiences of NET interview in HK |
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| SydGirl2 wrote: |
1. I wore a pants suit(didn't want to show my legs!) at the interview.
2. I wasn't told to bring my original documents, but the first thing they asked for were original documents. When I said I didn't have them they said "later will do".
3. First there was one person who looked at what documentation I had and then she showed me into a room for the interview with 2 people who were very nice and put me at ease.
4. This part lasted about 20 minutes.
5. They asked about my teaching experiences and qualifications and then gave a scenario and I was asked what I would do in that situation.
6. The scenario bit stumped me a little but I managed to give an answer.
7. Can't remember how many questions but the time seemed to go rather quickly.
After the personal interview, was the written test. I was given a scenario and I had to respond in 300 words. I didn't think I did very well. The woman in charge of this part was very strict about the time-down to the second!
I asked when the results of the interview would be known and nobody seemed to know!
HOWEVER I got an email from my recruiter the next day to say that I had passed the interview and that my referees would be contacted. (My referees were emailed the same day. )
It was stressed to me at several points that passing the interview is NOT a guarantee of a job. After the referees have filled in their forms, EDB will ask for any remaining documentation. When everything is complete, then your file will be given to schools who will contact you if they are interested. Quite a lengthy process but I was aware of this before, thanks to this message board and the PNET message board.
Hope this helps. Good luck! |
I was thinking about this thread when I was at my interview. Before I was called in for my interview the woman before me came out and I can only imagine the look on my face. She had on hot pants (capris), with a wrinkled pull over type shirt, sandals with open toes, and had her bitchin' ankle tattoo totally exposed. I couldn't believe it. |
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Miss Helen
Joined: 05 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:27 am Post subject: |
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hehe i received an email today and was told that i passed the interview.
I know this is just the beginning but hey, at least i passed. |
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ChineseEnglishTeacher
Joined: 19 Apr 2004
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| Congrats! Maybe you were the first one to pass the interview. Did anyone else receive emails about the result of their interview? |
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puiwaihin
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| Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 3:30 am Post subject: |
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| I also received my email today. |
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