Teacher interview questions to practice
Teaching interviews look for how you run a room and how you think about the students in it.
questions to rehearse
- How do you manage a class that isn't listening?
- Tell me about a lesson that went badly. What did you change?
- How do you support a student who is falling behind?
- How do you adapt a lesson for different abilities?
- How do you work with parents who disagree with you?
- Why do you want to teach at this school?
How to answer them
These are examples of the kind of question teachers get asked. Most of them want a story. The STAR structure keeps a story short: the situation, your task, the action you took, the result.
Pick one real example for each question and say the answer out loud. You find the weak parts when you hear yourself.
Rehearse with someone who follows up
In murmur the interviewer asks a follow-up based on what you said. The feedback then checks each answer against the STAR structure, quotes what you said, and suggests what to add. Write your own scenario for a teacher role, or start with the built-in interview.
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