a little less conversation.... so i had my JET Programme interview yesterday.. and it was totally nothing like what id read about on forums and blogs. all these ppl were talking about how they got asked about Japanese history.. and current affairs in Australia and Japan.. and to sing the national anthem.. and to give a introduction.. and to make up a sample lesson plan..

and i totally had none of that. It was quite casual, i was in small room with sofas around a coffee table, with three interviewers. two australians and a japanese guy. There was an older australian guy in the middle and he did 90% of the talking, he made quite a lot of jokes, but at the time i wasnt sure if they were jokes or not so i didnt laugh or anything.

At the beginning they spiel on about how they though i had a good looking CV and impressive uni marks... ive always though it was pretty average. they mostly asked me about things i wrote in my application like peer networking and the anime club. They kept asking about why i was applying at this point in my career. They said that they were concerned that i would become bored at being an assistant language teacher after being such a "high flyer" at the Reserve Bank (in my head im thinking "lol, zomg! you have no idea what the RBA is like"). And they didnt seem to heaps like that i had no career path or goals.. or 5 year plan of any kind =p Then there were a few of the standard "what would you do in a situation where no one speaks english?" sorta things.. which i think i handled ok.. but not great. I usually just laugh off those kinda things, but i spose it would be different if i needed to get a non-english speaker to administer CPR or something =p

anyway i feel pretty good after the interview. they didnt really have anything in it which really stumped me.. and they appeared to be pretty positive about my application in general. unfortunately i have to wait until April to find out how i actually went. *sigh*

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