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**ropinirole** · 12-11-2005, 07:00 AM

Here are the questions I was asked in my interview, if you make it that far:

Questions from JET Interview

First Interviewer (Female Japanese Consular Employee):

You’ve lived in Japan for a year, so obviously you know a lot about Japanese culture, language…etc. What goals will you pursue this time around?
Do you know any current news stories from Japan?
What are some of the goals you’ve set for yourself if you return to Japan?
(This question was asked as a follow-up to my mentioning my interest in Japanese cinema): Who are your favourite Japanese film directors?
What are some of the places you travelled to during your stay in Japan?

Second Interviewer (Former JET Participant):

Tell us about some of the strengths and weaknesses that became apparent to you when you were working at your last job (in Japan)?
Imagine you are in class with a Japanese English teacher who makes a serious grammatical error in the course of teaching the lesson. It is clear that s/he has been teaching it this way all along. What would you do?
Imagine that you are posted to a small village where everybody knows your business. What would you do if one of your neighbours phoned your principal to say that they’d noticed you engaging in what appeared to be inappropriate behaviour (e.g. coming home late at night or having young women over as guests?)
If you were asked to put together a cultural presentation about Canada, what sorts of things would you include?

Third Interviewer (Applied Linguistics Prof. from a LocalUniversity):

Let’s say that JET offers to pay the postage on a number of items to be included in a presentation about Canada. What items would you choose?
What was the age range of your students at your previous school (in Japan)?
(Follow up) Have you had any formal training in pedagogy?
How would you handle a situation in which a large group of students was unresponsive to everything you tried?
If you were asked to demonstrate the custom of pumpkin carving at a Halloween presentation, how would you do it?
If you were asked to give a presentation about notable Canadians from the fields of politics, science, and the arts, whom would you choose?

First Interviewer (Again):

Okay, just to confirm, you said that you wanted to teach in an urban area, is that right?
You mentioned in your application that you speak some Japanese, so the last few questions will be in Japanese, OK?

Japanese Questions:

Bear in mind that, since you said you spoke some Japnese, you might be expected to speak a little in the interview. Brush up on your jikoshokai, et.c

And good luck. I think you should be OK once you work the bugs out of your app. letter.

12-11-2005, 07:00 AM	#2
ropinirole Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 477 Senior Member	Here are the questions I was asked in my interview, if you make it that far: Questions from JET Interview First Interviewer (Female Japanese Consular Employee): You’ve lived in Japan for a year, so obviously you know a lot about Japanese culture, language…etc. What goals will you pursue this time around? Do you know any current news stories from Japan? What are some of the goals you’ve set for yourself if you return to Japan? (This question was asked as a follow-up to my mentioning my interest in Japanese cinema): Who are your favourite Japanese film directors? What are some of the places you travelled to during your stay in Japan? Second Interviewer (Former JET Participant): Tell us about some of the strengths and weaknesses that became apparent to you when you were working at your last job (in Japan)? Imagine you are in class with a Japanese English teacher who makes a serious grammatical error in the course of teaching the lesson. It is clear that s/he has been teaching it this way all along. What would you do? Imagine that you are posted to a small village where everybody knows your business. What would you do if one of your neighbours phoned your principal to say that they’d noticed you engaging in what appeared to be inappropriate behaviour (e.g. coming home late at night or having young women over as guests?) If you were asked to put together a cultural presentation about Canada, what sorts of things would you include? Third Interviewer (Applied Linguistics Prof. from a LocalUniversity): Let’s say that JET offers to pay the postage on a number of items to be included in a presentation about Canada. What items would you choose? What was the age range of your students at your previous school (in Japan)? (Follow up) Have you had any formal training in pedagogy? How would you handle a situation in which a large group of students was unresponsive to everything you tried? If you were asked to demonstrate the custom of pumpkin carving at a Halloween presentation, how would you do it? If you were asked to give a presentation about notable Canadians from the fields of politics, science, and the arts, whom would you choose? First Interviewer (Again): Okay, just to confirm, you said that you wanted to teach in an urban area, is that right? You mentioned in your application that you speak some Japanese, so the last few questions will be in Japanese, OK? Japanese Questions: Bear in mind that, since you said you spoke some Japnese, you might be expected to speak a little in the interview. Brush up on your jikoshokai, et.c And good luck. I think you should be OK once you work the bugs out of your app. letter.
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