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[Spoono]

I may have opportunity to work for them, but as with any school, I'd first like to collect some experienced opinions.

I'm not looking for the perfect environment where everything will be rosey, but I do want a decent, honest environment and a job that allows me to have a life too.

So far, all my dealings with the school have been great and straight forward. However, the one thing that didn't sound right is that they have Saturday hours. Often this is a sign that a school is going to require more of it's teachers than it would originally want to let on.


Anyhow, does anyone have first or second hand experience with any of the Princeton Review Seoul branches?

Much appreciated.

[Spoono]

I don't know why this is getting so many views with no replies. Are people really that interested in reading about someone who has no information input on a subject? haha


anyhow, bump

[Big Mac]

I had an interview with them in person a couple of years ago. The school is beautiful (Samseong Campus, near the Coex Mall in Seoul). The guy who interviewed me was a Kyopo (Korean-American) and seemed very on the ball and professional. He was a Native English speaker.

From what he explained to me, the hours were pretty reasonable but there would be a lot of prep work. I think they mainly teach test preparation and the students are pretty much elite students.

My sense was that they really prefer to hire ivy league graduates. Since I'm from Canada and didn't attend an ivy league school I'm assuming that's why they never contacted me after the interview. I also had no experience with writing and preparing for SATs and that sort of thing, which is a big focus for them.

It's the only school that I've interviewed with that hasn't offered me a job, which says to me that they're pretty picky. It also says to me that they're a pretty high quality school, because they don't just take anyone.

But since I've never worked there and never talked to anyone who has, it's impossible to tell for sure.

They're very unwilling to give you details about the contract or salary until they actually offer you the job. That made it difficult for me to be sure about how interested I was in working for them. They definitely go about things much differently than other private academies in Korea.