I started to study Japanese in my college from my third year onwards in my own interest. After l completed N4 level in Japanese I came to know about ASIA to JAPAN through my seniors. They had also attended and got placed in well reputed companies in Japan through this program. I am a mechanical engineer so basically Japan is the pioneer in the field of automobiles and robotics. And specifically, lot of mechanical concepts came from Japan so naturally I had interest in Japan and made it my dream to work in Japan and improve myself, both technically and personally. Fortunately, I completed N3 level in one year because my mother tongue Tamil grammar is almost same as Japanese so I could easily understand the language.

First round of interview is to test my Japanese skills and how much interest I am showing to work in Japan. After completing this interview, I was allocated with a mentor. Mentors were the key to success as they conducted interviews on a regular basis to train and motivate me in both Japanese and technical areas. They solved all my doubts irrespective of time. I uploaded my project and based on my project and my PR video the chances of getting selected by company increases so I made sure that my PR video is very precise and short to express all my skills and knowledge. And I was selected by 3 Japanese companies to come to Japan to attend the interviews. My mentor helped me in all ways like teaching interview manners, Do’s and don’ts during the interview. They also booked my flight ticket and informed me about weather conditions in Japan and insisted me to prepare according to that which was very helpful during the trip and during the stay in Japan. In first day, ceremony all the participants from Asia are gathered and informed about the interview places and they did a demo on how the interview was going to happen just to make sure that we didn’t face any kind of troubles during the interview and to adopt to the interview environment which was so helpful during the time of interview. The hotel we stayed in was also great. Their way of treating us is too kind. The distance between hotel and company is very short so we couldn’t face any kind of trouble with that. And I got placed in one company so I got an opportunity to go and visit the company which is in Ibaraki and because of that one of my desires to travel in bullet train could also be fulfilled. In company I was informed by all the works which is happening in the company and what is my role in future further I had a huge opportunity to sit and have lunch with my company senior people which was so good. I got friends from national and international level through this program.

During return also they guided us to have a safe flight. So overall it was a great opportunity to get placed in Japan with an effective way of continuous preparation and proper guidance. Now I am eagerly waiting for my day to go and work in my company.