Not sure what I did to mess up. Spoke with the person over the phone and felt it went very smooth. Asked typical questions like have I ever been to Japan or abroad before, if I could pinpoint what my possible struggles would be having to move to another country. I answered them honestly but I don't believe I sent off any red flags?
I have a Bachelor's degree and had a few courses in education and slight experience teaching math to middle schoolers. (Bachelors is unrelated to teaching but I had open credits). He seemed very interested in this and poked into it more but seemed fine with my answer. I also let it slip I was getting laid off soon and applied right after I learned this planning to use my savings/generous severance package and my next year to "reset mentally" and see where life takes me and just enjoy a brand new experience, and maybe even do it long term if I had the experience I believed it could be. Was this a bad answer?
I'm really depressed about it, haha. I'm used to application and interview rejections but this was one I was actually kinda passionate about and seemed like it was… Relatively low bar to fuck up? So it makes it sting even worse than usual.
Can I reapply again to them later in the year before spring intake maybe? I'm hoping it was just no openings for the time being and I got the short end of the stick.
by Psych0sis_tv