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[mitsui]

I have had several interviews over the last several weeks.
I was struck by how unprofessional some places could be and how sometimes I was put on the spot, with various questions, almost relentlessly, and also how some places were gracious and actually explained about the school and knew that it was a two way conversation.

One school was bad and the boss showed up late and the head teacher asked these personal questions which would have been impossible to do back in the US.

It seems to me that the lower the pay, the more demanding the interview and the more likely that a model lesson would be expected.

With some places it seems that you should just act the happy go lucky gaijin, as foreigners may be though as hard to deal with otherwise.

Any thoughts? Please post.

[Solar Strength]

[mitsui]

For part-time.
I was questions about my marriage, how long I have been married, if I had kids, etc. It was the American teacher. The Japanese boss mostly just stared at me, which was really odd.

I thought it was a bit too forward for the interview. It is weird when people live in Japan so long that they ask personal questions in the way a Japanese person would.
As long as people stick to my resume and teaching, then that is alright.

I have to wonder if in these interviews that there is the bad cop/good cop routine, and like a detctive they are trying to find something about you in order to reject you as a teacher.

[Solar Strength]