Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) applicants have rated the interview process at JET Program with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 84% positive. To compare, the company-average is 83.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) roles take an average of 142 days to get hired, when considering 172 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at JET Program overall takes an average of 135 days.
Common stages of the interview process at JET Program as a Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) according to 172 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 36%
Background check: 20%
Skills test: 9%
Presentation: 8%
Drug test: 7%
Personality test: 6%
One on one interview: 5%
Other: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Phone interview: 2%
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I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at JET Program
Interview
Had to fill out an initial application that was quite basic and factual (must include a photo). If you were deemed an acceptable applicant you are invited to interview at a major city. I was in NYC. It is important to remember that this is a job interview. Many treated it like it was an internship or the like. For example (true story): a girl who applied at the same time with me sent a photo when her hair was blue. At the interview she had it covered but they asked her to show her hair (still blue). Then she went on to say she was interested in ninjutsu and other anime type things. Needless to say, she didn't make it. Take it seriously, it's a job interview as serious as any other.
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Question 1
Q1: Asked me to improv teaching a holiday of my choice.
Q2: Asked me why Japan and not teach in India if I was interested in Asian culture.
wirtten personal statement, online application , then face to face interview. Sometimes they ask you to take a simple japanese test too to check your level. The time between applying and finding out you have an interview was about 3 months. After the interview it took about 3 months before ifound out if i had been offered and position and an additional 3 months before I found out where i was being placed.
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If you could teach students about three famous people from your home country, alive or dead, who would you teach them about?
Smooth. Interviewers were kind. Asked questions about why I wanted to join, asked me some questions in Japanese, asked about ways I could contribute as an ALT, and that was that.
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What methods do you plan to use to get students interested in English outside of the classroom?
Panels consist of three to four members, stay calm and remember what you wrote in your SOP, you will do fine! Just be professional and polite. Don't worry about the Japanese portion, it does not effect your acceptance.
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Question 1
How would you teach a lesson about animals to elementary schoolers?