Tips to crack the Japanese language interviews

 

The main root of the origin of the Japanese language is still unclear. Exploring around, it is nearly similar to the Altaic language family, which includes Turkish, Mongolian, and other languages. It also has some similarities to Austronesian languages like Polynesian. The Japanese language is considered an aesthetically pretty language. Not to forget the most beautiful Japanese Kanji, for example –  愛 (ai) – love, or 魅 (mi) – meaning a strange.

The Japanese language is easy to learn because it has no gendered words. This language can be easy for Indians to learn. But according to the US Department of State, the Japanese language stands as one of the resilient languages for the English natives to master. The syntax structure for Japanese is Subject-Object-Verb, so the pronunciation etc is closer to Indian languages than English. The best part is that Japanese grammar is simple than English grammar. The language has only two tenses, no plurals, and no determiners(a/the).

Tips to crack the Japanese language interviews

·         Prepare beforehand for the interview

·         Practice proper behavior before an interview with a Japanese

·         Prepare yourself for typical Japanese interview questions

·         Know your strengths and weaknesses

·         Don’t be surprised if things get personal

·         Be on a positive note before leaving the interview 

 

General questions:

·        Tell us something about yourself?

·         How did you come for this job?

·        You are from which part of the globe?

·         Do you know the Japanese language? If yes, how good do you know?

·        How did you learn the Japanese language?

·        Can you elaborate on your skills?

·        Can you explain how your experiences match the current job position in our company?

·        Why do you want to switch to a Japanese language-related job?

·        How do you envision your career goals?

·        What are your future dreams?

·        Where do you want to see yourself in the next 5 years?

·         What are your achievements so far?

·        What is the reason you left your current job?

·        Why do you want to fill the current job position in this company?

·        How do manage the situation if you are about the miss the deadline?

·        You have a new idea for the project, how will you convince your boss to consider you?

·        Your co-worker is not in agreement with you to work on the same project. How do you think you can solve this issue? 

·        How do you think you are able to work in a Japanese environment?

·        You are asked to attend so many non-productive internal meetings, how will you manage?

·        Where do you see yourself within the starting 30 days of this job?

·        Do you consider yourself a team member?

·        Your client is frustrated with the issues in the project, how can you manage the client in this case?

·        If you are a team leader, and the team members are senior(in age) to you. How can you deal with them?

·        For the Japanese language, what do you prefer is important? What will you prefer, a good listener or a good communicator?

·        At times you need to explain the project to the less technical team member. How can you make him/her understand the technicality of the project?

·        You are underestimated at work. How will you cope with that situation?

·         What type of person you are?

·        How long do you have a plan to stay in Japan?

·        How do you spend your free time?

·        What are your hobbies?

·        Sometimes due to project deliverables you may reach home late. Is it okay?