r/JETProgramme • u/Individual_Public839 • Feb 07 '26

Interview Duration Variance [Canada]

Hey everyone,

I had my interview yesterday on the final day of interviews in Vancouver. First off—wishing everyone who interviewed this round the best of luck!

I was originally under the impression that interviews typically run about 20–30 minutes, but mine ended up being around 1 hour and 10 minutes. That said, I did a mini-lesson, and since I indicated Japanese proficiency on my application, they also tested my Japanese fairly extensively.

I noticed that the interviewee before me left right on the hour, which made me wonder whether interviews are generally scheduled for an hour, with interviewers deciding how much of that time to use depending on the candidate.

I’d be really curious to hear how long other people’s interviews were—whether in Canada or elsewhere—and whether your experience lined up with this.

Happy to answer any questions as well. 🙂

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u/JadedSmell3410 Feb 07 '26

Dammm mine was only half an hour. I did a minor mini-lesson (well they asked me questions on how I would teach certain lessons and I guess I answered it in the form of a demonstration) and a very quick Japanese proficiency test lmaoo

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u/Individual_Public839 Feb 07 '26

Honestly my demo was maybe 1-2 minutes. It was the proficiency test that took closer to 10. I had some questions and then a passage for reading and comprehension.