Everything you need to know about APPLYING to ALTIA CENTRAL| JAPAN ALT 🇯🇵 

Oh my gosh this is so nice of you to say! 😭 Thank you so much! And I'm glad if you learned something from my video! I was all over the place 😂👍🏻

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Ahhh thank you so much 😭 I definitely have more videos coming! Currently editing! 👍🏻😊

I'm really glad if you found my video helpful! 🙌🏻

I'm glad if my videos were helpful 😆 I hope you apply! 🙌🏻 Besides JET I really think ALTIA is the best ALT dispatch company in Japan!

Super glad to know it all went well! 😆🙌🏻 I'm sure you'll have a blast here in Japan!

Omg small world 😂 Lenville Sensei is literally the best! I hope your interview goes well I'm sure it will! 😆👍🏻

I hope your interview went well!! 😆🙌🏻

@@vaninjapan Thank you! 😊 I'd say it went well, I'm working on my demo vid now

Me on Friday of march of 2024. 😅 Wish me luck.

Oh my gosh Matt 😂 Small world honestly! Lol Everything's been good on my end! I hope you've been well too! That's so awesome I'm sure you'll get get hired! Let me know what placement you get once you know! 🙌🏻

Of course! I'm glad if it was helpful! If you end up applying good luck! 😆🙌🏻 And that's crazy lol definitely a fun major/minor in my opinion haha

Haha what a coincidence 😂 it's literally the best major to have studying at KGU because you can take so many fun classes! I hope you're enjoying your study abroad and I highly recommend the internship it was so much fun! I literally thought I wasn't qualified (for the internship) but applied anyway and was glad I did! 🙌🏻 Good luck! For ALTIA too if you decide to apply in the future!

How did the interview go did you pass ? How was your first stage interview now I am currently on that step and scared

Thank you! Good I'm glad to hear that! Definitely don't stress too much about that! It's not a deal-breaker 👍🏻

Hello! I'm glad if you found my video helpful :) I'm sorry my reply is so late! Did you ever hear back from ALTIA? I know sometimes you have to be kinda annoying because they are slow getting back to people!

@@vaninjapan hello! It's alright. Not at all, I haven't heard from them. Thanks for your response 😊

Haha He's the best 😂 lol

I have my interview with Graham next week as well!!! I'm so nervous and excited!

Hello! I've actually received this question quite a lot so I'm planning to post a full video of what I did for my demo lesson really soon! 👍🏻

My Japanese teacher wrote my recommendation letter so I don't know what it said! 😳 And the first year I stayed in the apartments Altia provides which are Leopalace if you want to look them up! :)

@@vaninjapan does it have to be a japanese teacher who recommends ? 😅 Can it be anyone else ? I am an engineering student..

@@mokisan definitely does not have to be a Japanese teacher! Linville Sensei at my school has known Graham (the recruiter) for a long time so just worked out that way.

@@vaninjapan I kinda want to skip the whole leopalace and curious how you found your current apt :)

I used a company called ピタットハウス. I told them what I wanted etc and they showed me apartments. Of course all in Japanese tho they did not speak English. My Japanese boyfriend at the time did all the paperwork and everything (we moved in together for awhile so his name is technically still on the lease) lol A lot of places discriminate against foreigners here so you have to be careful. Also you will 100% have to have a Japanese person to be your guarantor (I've just never heard of not needing one but there could be exceptions!)

Good luck yo!!!! 😆

Hey good luck! Please do tell what they asked. @Delicious Nap

Mines tonight too! がんばろう！

@@vaninjapan It went super well, the person I talked to was super nice, super helpful and made me feel way more at ease than I ever felt talking with interviews like at the JET panel. I do realize that they hire less people for September than in April, but this makes me feel SO GOOD about this company. Your video as well just gave my confidence a big boost, so thank you!

Ahhh I heard the JET interviews are super stressful! 😳 I'm so glad it went well though and if my video helped at all 😆 I really do like ALTIA they take good care of their employees! ♥️ I hope you get to come this Fall 😊👍🏻

It's normal to be nervous! Don't stress too much tho it's pretty casual and everyone is nice. I'm sure you'll do great! 😆If I remember correctly the demo lesson is after the interviews yes! :)

Im glad if it was helpful 😆 I totally understand I was super nervous about it too! I think it lasted maybe 20 minutes? Or even shorter 👍🏻

@@vaninjapan thank you so much. This really helps :D . I really hope I do well.

I'm glad if it was helpful! :) They say you just have to be a native English speaker! There are no English tests or anything 👍🏻

Hello! I answered this question in the video! 🙂👍🏻 It's just like a normal interview but I Japanese. Tho I'm pretty sure they take your level into consideration when asking questions

Also, does the demo lesson take place during the interview or do you send it after ?

Hello Marti! I hope your interview goes well I'm sure it will! 😆 If you just use normal polite form (です、ーます、など ) you'll be fine! Don't worry about being perfect! They understand it's your second language! 👍🏻 I wasn't asked anything else other than what I said in the video (besides them asking me questions about my answers but you can't really prepare for those) Also the demo lesson is done afterwards and sent via email yes! :) Hope this helped!

Hey! I'm glad if my video was helpful thanks for watching! :) Also to answer your question, I personally emailed them twice after the second interview because they took so long to get back to me 😅 They told me I had a position with them and not to worry and they would send me more details later. But really it took them quite a while I'm guessing because they are under staffed, so just reach out to them if you don't hear back! 👍🏻

@@vaninjapan To follow up - I've been given an email telling me I'm on the approval list and they'll start looking for me! Just hoping this means I'm assured a job with them rather than it being a huge maybe...I've been a JET alternate before and it kind of stings to wait around unsure if you even will get a job in the end!!

Hello! 👋🏻 I know ALTs with ALTIA that have arm tattoos too and they also just wear long sleeves! They will definitely ask you about your tattoos in the interview. But since you've been working in a school and already understand how it is I think you'll be fine! 👍🏻

Hello! So ALTIA does not offer any raises at all 😅 Your yearly bonus is the only thing that increases but even then I'm not sure about how much or if it caps at a certain amount. The only way to make more money is to start working in the HR department but even then it's still under 3k monthly.

Ahhh I honestly do not remember the exact timing. I do know they emailed me to set up the second interview and the demo lesson so they definitely did not tell me during/at the end of the first interview.

Hello! A lot of things have soy sauce in them so it can be difficult when eating out but a lot of supermarkets will have small gluten free sections even in the countryside. Bread is harder to find though and usually only sold in specialty supermarkets (in bigger cities). But you can order off of Amazon. Some things I end up just buying on iHerb as well.

@@vaninjapan thank you for taking the time! That is good to know that there are gluten free sections and it is possible to order gluten free online! It makes me feel much better about the moving to Japan and possibly not being in a city

Hello! :) Thank you I'm glad if the video was helpful! I personally did not send a thank you email! Within ALTIA, other than the one Japanese interview, everything for us ALTs is conducted in English so you don't have to worry about sending emails in Japanese! :)

@@vaninjapan Arigato gozaimasu! You’ve been so helpful 😊 P.S. I’m also from Texas (Dallas)

Of course! 😆 Glad if I can be! Ohhhh cool! I'm from a small town called Springtown (an hour west of Dallas) There are actually a lot of Texans here in Japan and it's a popular state most Japanese people know for some reason 😂

@@vaninjapan Sugoi! That's so cool! Update, I have an interview with Graham, but he said he's concerned that my Japanese is limited and I haven't lived there before. Demo makenai :)

Hello savannah. I applied at Altia last week and I am done with demo video and reference check. I am worried about the next step which is the second interview and speaking in Japanese. My japanese is entry level. Will it affect my application?

Ahhhhhh I JUST bought this phone in January so I'll probably have it awhile 🥲 but I do appreciate all the tech advice!! 🙏🏻 If you're teaching in elementary I think it should/might be okay 🤔 your English sounds pretty good to me! Lol and it's all very simple grammar and what not. I hope if you do apply to JET or ALTIA that it goes well! 👍🏻 I might make one 🤔 but I can also link you to the video I watched that was super helpful too if you want. I will not lie I legit thought this was a spam comment for a hot second 😂 but I'm down to read long comments so no worries yo! Lol You can ask me all your questions here!

@@vaninjapan aye thanks! I am worried about my japanese. Idk anything. I only know "Sumimasen Boka Gaijin desh" which i learnt form the james may series. 🥲 But ya i will try, does altia.have any particular timeline i have to apply ? Because JET has time of september to october to apply for, there initial clearence and then an interview.

@@mokisan I would definitely recommend learning the basic if not just a self intro and how to write your name in katakana for the interview. But again like I said there are ALTs here that were in the same boat as you so it's not necessarily a deal breaker. Also schools start in April here in Japan so I do recommend applying in October If you want to start at the beginning of the school year 2023. However, there are placements that need filled now. You just have to check the website to see what's available when.

@@vaninjapan thanks. Will do and see how it pans out.

Hello I hope your interview goes well I'm sure it will! 😁👍🏻 So I personally live in Okayama. There's an Okayama Prefecture Facebook page where you can link with people but also I became friends with people during training, especially the ones that went to my same town. ALTIA has Facebook and LINE groups too. My town also had an international society so I was able to make friends that way as well. I was pretty lucky though because one of the girls who had lived here for 4 years added me to her friend group and that's where I made most of my friends. If you live in a more rural prefecture you can always make friends by going to local bars and such too, both Japanese and foreign. But in my experience the foreign community in rural places isn't that big so it's easier to make friends. Sorry I'm not sure how helpful this was 😅

@@vaninjapan Oh one more question if you have a minute! Were the English and Japanese interviews conducted at the same time, or do they do the English first then do a separate Japanese interview at a later date?

Whoops so sorry I didn't see this until now! Not sure if you still need the info but my English interview was in person and then my Japanese interview was a week or so? maybe? afterwards via Skype!

I don't believe the actual application cost any money. At least not for ALTIA.

こんにちは！北海道にも行ってみたいですね！👍🏻

Hello Jonathan, good question! So currently in Japan we still wear masks in school everyday so you most likely would not have to shave your bread. (My friend doesn't shave his) Buuut once we go back (if we ever do..) to no mask life then it might be a different story I'm not 100% sure. It might depend on your individual schools. I, for example, wear all 7 of my ear piercings and get my nails done and my schools don't care so 🤷🏼‍♀️

@@vaninjapan Awesome, thanks for the answer :)

毎月の支払い、お金の使い方、など色々なことによって違うかもしれませんね。私の場合、家賃は高めので、たくさん遊んだりすればあんまりお金を貯めることできないんですけど、生活費は全然いけます。

I have my Interview with him tomorrow pls what did he ask. ? I’m so nervous

@@amandabrown9684 why you want to go to Japan what your experience with kids is can you speak Japanese and write your name in katakana do you already have your degree/when do you graduate what is your degree why Japan and not another country like Korea since Kpop and Kdramas are so popular now how long have you studied Japanese can you drive/are you willing to drive/will you get your Japanese license? can you get to the training location alone? a little roleplaying where he pretends to be a student and you are the teacher and youre just having a little conversation have you ever been to Japan or another country? have you ever studied abroad? what did you like about being in a new country if yes/ why not if no have you ever taken the JLPT/what level did you pass (take the practice test on the official website, so you at least have that for reference, it doesn't affect if you get in, but it does show taking initiative) basic stuff, BUT he is REALLY informative so take notes and if you dont get this job you will 100% get into another company with those notes, their process is harder than all the other companies i applied for at the same time (i applied to 10 companies and got offers from 6, this company had the best contract) (he basically called me lazy because i studied Japanese for 10years and never took the real JLPT -its too expensive but he didn't ask about that- even tho i always score high on the practice tests)

Thank you I did the interview before I saw this haha I have to do a demo lesson which I just did and will submit tonight. I can we write my name in katakana and I am able to introduce myself in Japanese so I hope I get the job.out of all the alt I think Altia is kinda better so I really want this . I do have borderlink and two others lined up for interviews in May

@@amandabrown9684 good luck you can do it study a little for the Japanese test, they ask you basic questions like your hobbies and if you like sports and the hardest one for me was "what message would you like to give your students"

You'd have to learn how to write your name in Katakana and a basic introduction (but like I said they give you a legit script you could memorize) 👍🏻

Thank you so much!