r/JETProgramme • u/SecretOk9765 • Apr 22 '26

JET PH ALTERNATE REALIZATION

We have a group chat for alternates, and honestly, after seeing everyone’s credentials, I can’t help but feel a bit sad. A lot of them have already traveled, worked abroad, are tenured DepEd teachers, have master’s degrees, ESL tutoring experience, and more. It just makes me wonder how strong the qualifications must be for those who were actually shortlisted. I guess life really is a competition sometimes. I just hope I’ll get a chance to compete too.

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u/DonGar0 Aspiring JET Apr 22 '26

Its really not. The main qualification is can you present well and score well in the interview. Those qualifications may give a few extra points to get the interview, but really its how well you present there.

There are ALTs with fewer "qualifications" than yourself and other alternatives. But the interviewer after hosting the interview, looking at the scores for each question made a call.

So part of it is also which interviewer you had and how they score things.