Jet program interviews 2009

The only difference is the product is you. The JET interview is no different. The best way to do this is by giving actual experiences instead of talking about your qualities. I quickly got used to my new home and loved it. So I feel that I can adapt to any situation with ease, and in fact, I look forward to it. What if you have never studied abroad?

You can customize your experiences to most of the questions they ask you, just like I did above. Last, but certainly not least, is how your dress. For guys, this means not just a jacket, but also a tie and dress shoes that match. You want to look very professional.

That being said, you need to keep it somewhat conservative. So if you have an awesome yellow jacket with matching pants and a Dragon Ball Z tie, you might want to save that for another occasion. Good luck! Dallen was born and raised in Hawaii and never had a passport until he was His first trip outside of the US was to Japan. He loved it so much that when he got back home, he immediately quit his job and moved to Japan without a plan.

While he loves the people and culture of Japan, his true love is food. He is convinced that Japan has the best food in the world and is slowly eating his way around the world to prove it. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. The recruitment, application, and selection process for new JET participants is conducted by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs via its embassies and consulates in participating countries.

Although CLAIR is not directly involved in the selection of participants, we provide the following general schedule of the application process.

As dates vary by country, please contact the Japanese Embassy or Consulate in your country of citizenship for further information. Aspiring JETs. What's New. Application process. Search for:. Candidates who request consideration for Early Departure on their application must submit a Certificate of Health and FBI Background Check to their interview location by the time of their interview.

Very few Early Departure positions open up each year, so the majority of our Early Departure hopefuls are not chosen to depart in April.

Candidates who are not chosen for Early Departure will still be considered you for a position in the summer departure group. If you are selected for the summer departure group rather than the Early Departure group, you will receive your acceptance notification in early April.

Unless otherwise specified, all JET Program applicants apply to depart in the summer of the program year. The deadline for when summer departure candidates must have their degree conferred by is typically in mid-summer. Candidates leaving in the summer with Group A and B will receive a 3 day orientation upon their arrival in Japan.

Selection Results Candidates who make it to the interview stage will receive one of three possible results after Tokyo has reviewed the results of their application and interview. Short-List Candidates A short-list candidate is someone who scored highly in the selection process and is invited to participate in the JET Program.

Even so, it does a number on your nerves! The interview was about minutes long and they asked me a variety of questions, with some of them being a little odder than others. I was one of the lucky or unlucky?

More on that later as well. Their first question to me was "How did you hear about JET? They asked what my most rewarding experience in the classroom was, as well was what my most challenging experience was. One question I thought was a little strange was they asked me to give an example of an instance in the workplace where I'd put my code of ethics into play.

One had was getting me to describe what I thought a typical day as an ALT would be. I gave a pretty detailed answer and they seemed pleased with it.

For Scenario 2 they asked what I'd do if my friends and I made plans to go out on the weekend, and we wouldn't be back until late Sunday night, but I had a big day on Monday at school.

All in all I think my answers were okay to all of the above - showing that yes, I'd done my research, I had a brain and I could be an excellent ambassador to Canada. Then came the dreaded lesson. Teach us about colours.

Needless to say I think my lesson sucked hard. My drawings were horrible and overall I thought it wasn't very engaging. At one point I added a happy face to my deformed sun just to make it look somewhat better. By the time I finished the former JET looked like she was holding in hysterical laughter not the good kind and the member from the Japanese Consulate was stone-faced.

They did participate when I asked them to though, which was merciful of them. I have to thank them for that! Once the interview was over I asked them a couple questions of my own.