The one job interview I did go to for an eikaiwa, done out of pure curiosity, only cemented my view on them. It was awful; the guy I talked to was a total liar and contradicted all the stuff he initially told me in pre-interview e-mails. My favorite parts of the interview were him talking about lateness (they don't tolerate it, he says- after coming in late himself and then telling me his top teacher is late all the time), pay (he got ANGRY at me when I told him how much I made on JET-- basically called me a liar. I found this hilarious and I could have showed him a pay stub I had in my briefcase but didn't see the point), and the overall teaching method (basically fuck the teaching part! You need to sell sell SELL the over-priced learning materials [about $7,000 U.S. for the whole kit, I shit you not] to the parents). Then towards the end of the interview, he gets a phone call, pulls out his cell, and starts talking to a family member about non-work shit. What got me interested in this particular company were their connection to a major global entertainment company (but they don't really have one; they just use the characters) and that no lesson planning was needed-- which the guy also contradicted when he told me I'd need to plan my own lessons after "level 1." I LOL'd.
