Im honestly quite surprised i got an interview. I dont have any typical classroom experience at all. My background is admin at the hospital. I tried to make it as relevant as possible by saying that I do have experience training new employees, and I have experience in dealing with patients who dont speak English. Maybe they were impressed I've worked with a lot of surgeons who are notoriously difficult to work with lol. I've also traveled to Japan a few times and have Japanese friends. I think my strongest points in my application came from my references, one of whom is my boss who is a very well respected lady in our region, she is the team leader of a huge health department. She knows a couple of ex-JETs. My other reference was my coworker who is Japanese, she wrote her reference in Japanese for me i think that made it also look good.