1. An in-person interview with the head of the EMASI international department, lasting one to one and a half hours. The EMASI interviewer took notes on their laptop throughout. Very thorough, but more of a conversation about our experiences working in ESL education and knowledge of different methodologies than an interview per se. I left the interview with the impression that a position at EMASI would be a positive working experience.
2. An in-person interview with a member of the board of the parent school (Renaissance), lasting 20-30 minutes. The head of the international department of EMASI was also there, didn't participate, but took notes. This interview was very quick-fire. In fact it felt at times like an interrogation. Thankfully, prior to this interview, I was warned by a friend on-staff to prepare for the Renaissance interviewer's abrupt demeanor. My perception of the interview was that at times my answers were less relevant to the interviewer than my overall reaction to discomfort. A handful of questions were repeated several times, at random times (I assume this was to check that the answers wouldn't change). I left the interview jarred, feeling a mix of relief and adrenalin, similar to that of finishing an exam! But retrospectively I reflected that some of the Renaissance interviewer's questions were inappropriate, and I ultimately I wasn't sure a position at EMASI would be a positive working experience (partly due to the involvement of Renaissance management). Certainly in my home country some things from that interview would be illegal/discriminatory - toward myself, the local Vietnamese staff, and general Asian culture.