Career Services: Sample Interview Questions for Teacher Candidates
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The questions below will give you a sample of the types of questions
that are frequently asked at interviews for positions in the field
of education.
Motivation and personality:
- Why have you selected education as a profession?
- What do you enjoy most about teaching?
- What do you feel would be the most significant contribution
you could make to our school system?
- Why did you decide to teach your subject area in particular?
- What is there about you that would cause a district to hire
you over others?
Academic Preparation:
Describe your student teaching experience.
- Tell me about your most difficult and enjoyable experience during
your student teaching?
- What was the highlight?
- What was the worst problem you had? How did you handle it?
- Describe one activity or lesson that you were particularly proud
of that you accomplished during your student teaching experience.
- Did you have any discipline problem? If not, how do you account
for that? If so, what behavior modification program did you use?
- Please tell me about your other work experience with children?
- What evidence can you cite of rapport-building in your teaching
experiences?
Teaching Techniques and Style:
Explain your style of teaching - strategies, methodologies, techniques.
- What is your grading philosophy?
- How do you plan for a year? A week? A day?
- What are some examples of "rules" you would have in
your classroom?
- Describe what I would see if I walked into your classroom while
school was in session.
- What area would you like to strengthen?
- What steps would you take to improve a student's self-concept?
Knowledge of the Employer:
- What do you know about our school district?
- Why do you want to be a teacher in our district?
Hypothetical Questions: What would you do if...
- You caught a student cheating?
- A student never had his/her homework completed?
- A student seemed to be an outcast in the class?
- You knew a student had a serious personal problem?
- How would you communicate with parents?
- How will you go about meeting the needs of exceptional students?
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