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10:47 PM, Thursday, October 30, 2003
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I am a sick man….

I am an angry man. I am an unattractive man. I think there is something wrong with my liver. But I don’t understand the least thing about my illness, and I don’t know for certain what part of me is affected.

Um. Never mind that.

OK, one interview down, four more to go. If I remember correctly, companies in America aren’t allowed to require people to disclose their birthdates. Not so in Japan. In most of the interviews I’ve been to in the last 7 years, these are the kinds of things I’ve been asked.

- What is your birthdate? Where were you born?
- What are your hobbies? Interests? What do you like/enjoy doing?
- What do you do in your free time?
- Where are all the places you’ve lived? How long in each place?
- Do you like Japan?
- Do you like Japanese food?
- What do you like about Japan the most?
- Why are you living in Japan?
- How did you learn Japanese?
- What is the status of your visa?
- Where are your parents from?
- Where do they live?
- Do you have any brothers or sisters?
- What kind of school is this? (Usually asked after squinting a for a few moments at the name of my school, Covenant Worldview Institute College of Christian Liberal Arts.)
- What did you study here?
- Is it an international school? (For whatever reason, they always ask this.)
- What are you future plans/dreams?
- If you get this job, how long do you intend to work here?
- What is your teaching experience? (Well, duh, of course … finally!)
- How many students have you taught?
- What age group do you like to teach the most?

From what I gather, these aren’t exactly the kind of questions American companies ask their prospective employees … or are they?

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