I need some advice about where to go from here... I got rejected from Interac.
Basically, all throughout college, I was thinking that I'd go to Japan via JET. I applied last November but didn't make it past the paper application stage. I won't go into any details about it, but the reason JET rejected me is because of something that I can't change in the least, so even if I were to apply again next year, it'd come to the same result. So then I decided to apply for Interac. It went really well at first - I sent in my online application, got a call back two days later: they want to schedule a phone interview with me. I go through with the phone interview - my recruiter wants to invite me to a seminar. I spend all my spare time preparing for the seminar - practicing my demo lesson, reviewing for the interview, gathering my documents. The seminar goes really well. Not to toot my own horn, but out of the five people at my seminar, I think that I did the best job out of all of us in terms of the demo lesson. My recruiter also said that it went really well, and she liked my energy and enthusiasm. So I do the interview in the afternoon - it goes well, and my recruiter seems very optimistic about it. One thing that I thought was weird though, was that she asked me if there was anything that would cause me to terminate my contract and leave Japan early, and I said that probably not, unless there was some sort of family emergency, like a death of one of my close family members or something, but that since my family members are all pretty healthy, I didn't foresee anyone dying. (my brother is 26 and no major health problems, my parents both eat well, exercise daily, and get checkups religiously.) I submitted all my documents to her at the seminar - resume, background check, photos, the works. The only thing I didn't give her was my transcript, but that's because I haven't officially graduated yet and so would have to wait until I received my degree.
After the seminar, there was no word from them for several weeks. (the seminar was at the end of January). But the other day, I got an e-mail from the Tokyo office that said, "We are unable to process your candidacy at this time. It is company policy to not reveal anything about an applicant's rejection..." and the whole spiel about not being able to tell me why I got rejected.
I have tons of questions, but I guess the foremost one on my mind is has this happened to anyone else - been rejected by Interac after going to a seminar? If so, how did you deal with it? Would it be worth my time to try and reapply for Interac and hope for different results, or should I just move on and find another way to Japan?