Anticipation and interviews

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It's been a rather exciting couple of days for us. By exciting I mean that we've been talking to recruiters and emailing them back and forth about possible options and things seem pretty neat. There are still quite a few steps ahead of us, but it's exciting to be speaking to representatives and interviewing (by phone) for potential positions in South Korea. 

Tentatively, we're going to be speaking to people from schools in Gangdong-gu, Seoul and Daejeon, both of which have their positives and negatives. One would have us at the same school, but starting more immediately than may be good for us; the other would have us at two different schools owned by the same person, but would start at a more convenient date and puts us closer to the middle of the country which makes areas accessible by bullet train. Of course, we have to get through the interviewing process and then tackle contracts and visas, but one step at a time right?

As far as interviewing goes, that whole thing that this entry was supposed to be about, it seems like there really is no standard. My reading has lead me to believe that there really is no consistency and that schools really want to hear that you're enthused about teaching and working with the children. It's also good to ask questions because hey, there is probably a lot of information you want to know, right? and to show them that you're interested. I know that I want to know more about available resources, class sizes, what the day looks like, etc. Plus, it's nice to have some clarity of how things work both at the school and with housing and your location.

We will be keeping logs of questions and things discussed for the interviews as well so that we can share them on here later. Good for anyone who might be curious and also good for us for future reference for other interviews we will more than likely have.