What are ESL Job Interviews for Korea Like?
ESL interviews for English teaching jobs in Korea are like interviews for just about any other type of job, except they aren’t! Particularly if you are a beginning teacher, don’t expect trick grammar questions or really difficult questions of any sort. Usually, the employer or recruiter is just trying to get a feel if you are a friendly and pleasant person. These issues are important to the employer, who is typically a business person, running a school where it would be nice if the customers (students) like their teachers enough to keep signing up for more classes and earning him/her a profit. Professional Interviews It would be unusual to have what you might consider a really professional interview. I’ve had precisely two – in fifteen years. And I used to interview a lot as I liked to “fish” for jobs – and often applied for something if it sounded interesting to me even if I didn’t have any interest in taking it. The notions, mentioned above, of friendliness and pleasantness, are gene
