I don't have any advice about the interview, but I can say you are going to love S. Korea. My sister-in-law was stationted there for one of her tours of duty in the air force. She got out before we invaded Iraq, though. Doesn't matter how long ago. She still can't shut up about it.

You will love it.

Do you speak Korean? I imagine that would help.

Koreans? I work for a company which works for a company which works for Korean company. We don't really work with them (only our supervisors) but we were borrowed a book which contained a few pages of Korean culture and language. A few things which got stuck in my memory are:
There must be a lot of respect to your future chiefs - never smoke in front of a significantly older man unless he offers you a cig. Also, don't drink directly in older respected Korean man's sight, turn back, if possible.
NEVER dig a pit in your rice.
Do not blow your nose in the same room with Koreans.
If you're invited to a party, prepare for a karaoke. No exceptions and specially not for white devils.
A traditional Korean folk song is called Arirang, but it's probably not an anthem.
One of Korean traditional meals is kimchi, which is like our sauerkraut, but it's a chinese cabbage instead, and it's bottled with a hot spice. North Koreans would die out during winter, if they wouldn't make kimchi fanatically in the autumn.
"Aigu" = OMG (probably nothing what you want to hear during your interview)

There are two words for dog.

One means dog as pet. The other means dog as food.

Kom-som-ee-dah means either 'thank you' or 'I love you'. Either way end it with 'yo-bo' and you'll get laid. According to my friend whose girlfriend spent her childhood there as a military brat.

Intensive research can be garnered from go-go bars in North Central Tennessee as every one of them has Korean wait staff(all females) that will gladly tell you all of the subtleties of Korean social life. You have to buy them a drink and occasionally pay for a handjob ($10 is acceptable to them).

Good luck.

I'm pretty sure "sarang hae" means "I love you." That's about the extent of my Korean.

Anyways, good luck Kev! Let us know how things went when you get back. I'd offer to pray for you, but...

Thanks for all of your support. Unfortunately, I was denied the visa; so it look like things won't be going through.

I appreciated all of the help & pep-talk, though.

Small update for anyone who was interested:

I recieved a very, very polite letter from the Consul explaining why I was not given the visa. The recruiter I was in contact with is apparently an agency that hires people to work in Hagwons (I don't know exactly what this means, but apparently it is some form of privately-owned cramming school run for profit) and there is apparently some concern about how Hagwons treat younger foreigners that they hire.

This actually made my day my day considerably better, as I had been dreading that I had done something wrong.

I don't know about advice. I've never done it before, although I am currently applying for an Australian visa.

My new gameplan is to simply get a job, pile-up about 4 thousand dollars (likely about 4-5ish months of PT work) ad just go get a Holiday Visa to Japan frm the Japanese embassy in Calgary. Frankly, going through a recruiting agency was an experience I do not care to repeat; very time-consuming and expensive, as well as hugely disappointing in the end.

The Japanese consulate is in Calgary, so all I have to do is arrange an appointment, demonstrate my ability to take care of my own expenses and head off.

The downside is that the Holiday Visa only lasts up to 12 months and is only ever issued one time per person. So if I really wound-up liking Japan, well, tough noogies as it were.