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cubanlord · Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Location: In Japan!

My school received a phone call Monday. The person on the phone was asking if I could help the Ministry of Education (MOE) interview potential foreign English teachers for employment in the Gangwondo public school system. Have any of you been asked to do the same thing? Supposively, it's a big thing (according to my school). They are sending a car, a representative, everything to pick me up. It has been approved by immigration and I am being compensated for my time. I am wondering how they heard about me? My publications maybe? There are A LOT of English teachers in Wonju (or even Gangwondo for that matter) from which to choose.

bassexpander · Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Location: Someplace you'd rather be.

I had that happen once. I was told it was to interview teachers at another private gov't school. I assumed they meant foreigners. Shockingly, I found they wanted me to interview Koreans who wanted to teach English at that school.

It scared the hell out of the job candidates, let me tell you...

They paid me 100,000 won for 2 hours of work. I didn't even ask for pay, but they slipped me a white envelope.

Yu_Bum_suk · Joined: 25 Dec 2004

Well it's a great idea. Ask them if you can see their CVs and phone their references, too, especially the ones that send your BS detector off the chart.

cubanlord · Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Location: In Japan!

Boodleheimer · Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 5:12 pm Post subject:

you're going to ask for proof of university graduation, right?

Young FRANKenstein · Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 5:41 pm Post subject:

mrsquirrel · Joined: 13 Dec 2006

Drug tests as well.

Check in their wallets for photos of young boys at the beach as well.

cubanlord · Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Location: In Japan!

You guys crack me up. I know as much as you do. I need to see what exactly they want me to ask, etc.

TexasPete · Joined: 24 May 2006 Location: Koreatown

It's a great idea to have Native Speakers interview the candidates. How many of us have been stuck with an English coteacher who we can't have a simple conversation with? They may be able to fool the korean interviewer, but if the Native Speaker can't understand them, methinks there's a problem.

I think you should totally ask about degree verification. At the beggining of the interview. The middle. And the end. But for the second and third time, pre-arrange for a korean to come in and hand you a slip of paper. After pretending to read the paper, you should say: "I'm sorry but we need to verify your degree again. It seems a Korean in Busan has been caught with a fake degree and this has created an emergency for degree verification nationwide."

Young FRANKenstein · Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 7:21 pm Post subject:

cubanlord · Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Location: In Japan!

Young F,

I like that. I hope they ask me to do the same (i.e. interview as if back home).