Ok, I got the through the first stage and then got an ominous envelope with a letter stating I got a "callback" for the next day. Great, right? I was freaking out! So I called my teacher-friend that night and we practiced again about different scenarios I might have to teach tomorrow. I was feeling...not so bad :)
I showed up and this time we went into a smaller room. The interviewer started by answering the questions I had written on the test. She was pretty honest and then we moved on to the impromptu lesson. But this really threw me off - I thought I would get 5 minutes to prep and 5 minutes to teach. Nope - it was double for both! Crap!
But she explained everything really clear and was VERY precise of what she wanted and expected. She gave me the materials and walked me through the certain stages I was to teach and even gave me an example of actions, etc. Then she said she would leave and return as a 6 year old Japanese girl and I was to treat her as such. Did that mean the accent and everything? Yup! That threw me off even more and I wasn't sure if I was supposed to be offended...but I rolled with it b/c it really was a great impression and very similar to what (I would expect) to deal with in Japan.
I spent 10 fast minutes making notes on the lesson plan sheet she gave me and figuring out how to teach each thing properly in 10 minutes! Then, all too soon, she came back in and the lesson started. The impression was spot on and after the lesson, she said I dealt with it well - when she would speak Japanese or comment on the cuteness of the animals and go off on her own little thoughts. Those 10 minutes went super-fast! By the time I knew it, it was over and the interviewer was Canadian again and we moved on. She gave me feedback and then asked some questions about discipline, how I would deal with the culture shock, where I wanted to be placed, etc. We finished and said she would be in touch but I might not here back for 4 weeks b/c she needed to check out my references and sometimes that took a while. 4 weeks?!
Then she told me not to get a criminal record check done until she told me to b/c she didn't want people to spend the money until they got the job. Overall the interview wasn't so bad. It wasn't as nerve-wracking as I thought it was going to be. We even chatted after the interview b/c we had gone to the same university and experienced the same clique-y attitude from everyone there :)
A couple weeks later (last week) I got an email requesting the criminal background check! I sent in the forms and photos as soon as was humanly possible and received another email stating she would be in contact when the search was through. Does this mean I have the job? Good gravy I hope so! But I won't know for a few more days.
So now I wait...
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