Hi!
This would be my first eikaiwa interview, and my first job interview for that matter.
I do know that basics of getting a question and having to put myself in a good light while also not liying blatantly. But are there any secrets that I should be aware about? I can’t really find any advice for their interview style.
As an example, Iknow my biggest weakness is that I am not native but would I even be asked about that?
Thank you!
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Yaruki is a HUGE company. Which one are you apply for?
Their schools come in many different names but are pretty much the same. There’s Kids Duo, Kids Duo international and Winbe. They’ll most likely ask you several questions about managing children and how can you engage with them and make English enjoyable.
This company comes with a grain of salt, though. There are franchises and corporate owned schools under the company’s umbrella and each can be ran differently. If you go on glassdoor, you can see reviews about this job, including information regarding interviews.
Bring a balloon in case they ask you to prove that you’re a breathing human.
On a more serious note, don’t say that not being a native speaker is your weakest point, you want to remind them as little of that as possible. Look at the attributes that the company is looking for, and list one of those.
I had a series of interviews with them recently and passed, but ultimately decided to go with a different company.
Don’t worry about not knowing which branch of Yaruki switch, they determine this based on your interview so you interview with Yaruki and they decide based of your answers/personality/preferences which kind of school will be best suited for you.
They will basically ask about any experience you might have. Even if this is your first interview or job, any experience with kids is useful. Do you have you here siblings? Volunteer experience?
They will ask why you want to teach English and why in Japan. Making sure you show them that you like children and enjoy working with them is the most important.
As someone else said, do not mention that you are not native as a weakness, if anything, if it does get mentioned spin it into a positive by saying that as you had to learn the language then you know first-hand the struggles and challenges and how to overcome that. But if they don’t mention it, I wouldn’t mention it either. Unfortunatelyany places in Japan see native teachers as ‘better’ which just isn’t true at all really, but it can be hard to change minds about this.
Basically be personable, be friendly and upbeat and you will be fine. They might ask a few more questions about how you would relate to the kids or engage them, how you might deal with kids that for example don’t want to do the work, or don’t want to be there. But in my experience they didn’t really ask anything too specific they just wanted to get to know me as a person.
As long as you don’t say anything stupid like you hate kids, or you don’t know how to handle a class, it’s honestly a pretty easy interview process.
Good luck
A lecture.
“Please do not stop me to ask any questions until after the interview.” 🤣
How did your interview go?!