Sample Interview Questions

1.  What qualities do you bring to this position which would make you the best candidate for the job?

2.  If I were to walk into your ___ grade classroom what activities would I see you and the students doing?

3.  How do you handle a disruptive students in your classroom? For example your teaching a new unit and ‘Jenny’ refuses to participate. How do you respond?

4.  Describe your experience with computers and related software. How do you incorporate these into your classroom?

5.  What would you do if a parent came to you and said you are not helping her child enough and she is failing because of your ability as a teacher?

6.  What would you do if the principal of your building came to say you are not providing proper classroom management tactics?

7.  Describe cross-curricular activites?

8.  How have you or will you collaborate with other staff members to inegrate cross currulur activites?

9.  What would you do with a colleague who refuses to participate in a cross-curricular activity?

10.  Please describe an outstanding lesson you have taught? Why was it so meaningful?

11.  Please rank in your order of importance the following three terms: curriculum, caring and control? Why do you rank them in this order?


INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

(Team Question)

HOW GOOD ARE YOUR LISTENING SKILLS? HOW DO YOU KNOW?

HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT THE PERSONS WHERE YOU WORK TO LIKE YOU?

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE OTHER PEOPLE THINK OF YOU?

(Motivation)

DESCRIBE SOME FRUSTRATING EXPERIENCES YOU HAVE ENCOUTNTERED ON THE JOB. HOW HAVE YOU HANDLED THEM?

IN YOUR POSITION, HOW DO YOU DEFINE “DOING A GOOD JOB”

(Learning)

WHAT HAVE BEEN THE MOST DIFFICULT TECHNICAL SKILLS FOR YOU TO LEARN. TELL ME ABOUT HOW YOU OVERCAME YOUR STUMBING BLOCKS.

(Leadership)

WHAT PROBLEMS HAVE YOU HAD IN WHICH YOU INCLUDED YOUR PEERS IN ARRIVING AT SOLUTIONS OR APPROACHES?

(Planning)

HOW DO YOU STAY ATTUNED TO POTENTIAL PROBLEMS?

WHAT IS YOUR PROCEDURE FOR KEEPING TRACK OF ITEMS REQUIRING YOUR ATTENTION?

(Tolerance for stress)

DESCRIBE THE TIMES DURING THE PAST YEAR THAT YOU HAVE BEEN MOST UPSET WITH YOURSELF.

DESCRIBE TH ETIME DURING THE PAST YEAR YOU HAVE BEEN MOST UPSET WITH SOMEONE ELSE.