Hi, this is my first time posting here, but for everyone who's done grad school in Japan I wanted to get your perspective.
I did a grad school admissions interview for a masters and I think it could've gone better. I thought I was prepared and ready, but I'm afraid my answers came off as rambles instead of something coherent, even though I think I hit all the main points. My nerves definitely failed me and after I completely forgot a term I said "I'm sorry I'm kinda nervous," which I think definitely left an egg on my face.
Overall I think I started strong and ended kinda strongly, they asked some of the usual questions you'd expect. "Why our school?" "Why do you want a masters?" Ya know the usual. And it was only a 30 minute interview, it went by so fast that they didn't even have time for me to ask any questions. And as prepared as I was when it came to see them pop up on my screen I became nervous.
It was all in English though, so my rambling was at least comprehensible.
But for those of you who have done interviews like this, do you think I blew my chance? I thought I made a pretty good application, I submitted a good research proposal, a solid writing sample from my first MA (which was a non-thesis track hence why I'm going for a second one) my grades are really good with a 3.9/4 gpa, I even turned in the optional letter of recommendation. But now I'm worried that the interview completely blew my chances.
I will say though, all of my answers were academically related, I even mentioned I was IRB trained. I didn't say "I just want to study in Japan so I can be in Japan" or some variation of that.
by themajortachikoma