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insynch
Joined: 20 Nov 2007
Location: canada
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 Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 11:46 am Post subject: Phone interview with an official from MOE |
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I'll be doing an interview to be part of EPIK. What questions should I expect during a phone interview from the Ministry of Education? Any suggestions and/or advice on questions I should ask them?
Thanks in advance. |
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Lostone7
Joined: 08 Jun 2006
Location: SE Asia
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| Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 3:54 pm Post subject: |
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What's your name?
How old are you?
Then..... you are very Hansome/pretty
You speak englisheee well
When can you start?
That was mine.
In truth most of the REAL questions come after they hire you
these can be a pain. But, if you have everything you should then no issues there either. Epik is a decent program and next year they really are trying to step things up in the areas of support and training.
Good luck ..............don't stress |
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juskajo
Joined: 29 Oct 2007
Location: Daejeon
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| Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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i just finished my EPIK phone interview. they seemed impressed that i had substitute teaching experience. they said they no longer had any positions in seoul, or in any of my preferred locations, but that they had a position in some town two hours away from seoul (i can't even remember the name, starts with a D).
she didn't mention anything about visa applications, just to expect to hear by from my recruiter (tenetkorea). is that a bad sign? |
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confused and upset
Joined: 30 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 12:37 am Post subject: |
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| I guess the city could have been Daejon or Daegu. Do you think it would be hard to find a position in Busan? |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 2:05 am Post subject: |
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| Lostone7 wrote: |
What's your name?
How old are you?
Then..... you are very Hansome/pretty
You speak englisheee well
When can you start?
That was mine. |
They didn't ask you how many bottles of soju you can drink? |
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Lostone7
Joined: 08 Jun 2006
Location: SE Asia
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| Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 2:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Young FRANKenstein wrote: |
| Lostone7 wrote: |
What's your name?
How old are you?
Then..... you are very Hansome/pretty
You speak englisheee well
When can you start?
That was mine. |
They didn't ask you how many bottles of soju you can drink? |
 That was after I was hired and they took me to a teacher "dinner"
LOL but the principle seems to try to break me everytime lol |
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Lostone7
Joined: 08 Jun 2006
Location: SE Asia
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| Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 3:12 pm Post subject: |
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| juskajo wrote: |
i just finished my EPIK phone interview. they seemed impressed that i had substitute teaching experience. they said they no longer had any positions in seoul, or in any of my preferred locations, but that they had a position in some town two hours away from seoul (i can't even remember the name, starts with a D).
she didn't mention anything about visa applications, just to expect to hear by from my recruiter (tenetkorea). is that a bad sign? |
No not a bad sign lol BUT!! no spaces left lol riiiiiiigggght. Your recruiter is signed up to fill spots in small towns so that is why they're saying there is nothing left and Seoul isn't even under epik lol it is SMOE and they have a different hiring proccess that hasn't even started yet AND busan or any of the large cities wont start looking untill after vacation.
BUT!! small towns are always looking becuase NO ONE wants to go there they even pay more lol and still can't fill the spots. But, in truth Epik never fills ALL of its spots anywhere and this year they are going to try and double the NT staff in the county and raised the pay scale.
But if you want to start tommorow then yea they are maybe telling you the truth just remember recruiter.
Oh, And an after thought did you even interview with Epik or just another recruiter or the admin for the school they want you at.
Don't worry about not being told about the Visa stuff on the phone K-schools just assume after the interview that you are now theres and you are just #$%&^ yourself waiting to get here. Heck if you talked to the Admin at the school the whole town has been told that you are coming lol no joke. Don't worry take your time and find what you want it is not as difficult as it seems when new.
remember your in control lol really  |
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juskajo
Joined: 29 Oct 2007
Location: Daejeon
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| Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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well, as luck would have it, they done offer me the english-teaching job.
some fishiness tho... pay is only 2m.
i'm pretty sure it was a lady from EPIK i interviewed with.
this position wouldn't start until march, w/orientation in late-feb. i may check out what else is available in seoul. |
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PRagic
Joined: 24 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:03 am Post subject: |
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So you are breathing now. I can tell because we are talking.
Can you be breathing when you come to Korea?
Can you continue breathing and generating body heat as long as you are in Korea?
Ok. Great. You got the job.
Oh, you do have a real degee, don't you? |
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