Interview Question For Teacher’s
- Tell me your educational background? (Or I see you went to [insert school name here]. Which part is most rewarding part of attending that university?)
- What are you currently reading for enjoyment?
- What do you want to have in five years further in your carreier?
- Tell me about your five adjectives that describe yourself.
- Tell me about your weaknesses, and how are you working to improve it?
- What else interests do you have outside of the classroom?
- Which teams and/or clubs did you belong as a student?
- What type of suggestion/activities might you coach or advise as a member of the teaching staff?
- why and when do you become a teacher, and why did you choose this field?
- Why do you want to teach at the ____ level?
- What personal strengths do you find especially helpful in your teaching?
- Which subject is your favorite to teach? Why?
- Tell me your least favorite subject, and how do you overcome your indifference toward it to teach it well?
- What do you like most about teaching as a career?
- What is your least favorite aspect of teaching?
- Which philosophy do you have of education?
- Which role do you standard play in your classroom?
- Explain your teaching style.
- Tell me how do you organize your classroom?
- How do you manage time for all of the duties associated with teaching?
- Tell me about your greatest success you have had in teaching?
- What do you think is the greatest challenge facing students today?
- Which aspect is most difficult of teaching today?
- What are the qualities of an excellent teacher?
- Describe the “worst” lesson you have taught. What did you learn from it?
- What is your approach to classroom management?
- What role have parents played in your classroom?
- What strategy do you use to motivate your students to become active learners in your classroom? (Or: How do you encourage class participation?)
- Tell us about a troubling student you have taught and how you helped him or her.
- Tell me about your best professional development experience.
- Explain about your ideal lesson.
- How would you deal with a student who regularly missed school or your class?
- If most of the students in your class failed an assignment, test, or project, how would you respond?
- What would your students say they had learned after spending a year in your class? (Or: What do you want students to remember about your class?)
- How would you establish and maintain good communication with the parents of your students?
- What steps would you follow to deal with a student who displays consistent behavioral problems in your classroom?
- Tell me about your planning process for a major project or unit.
- Describe your experience with [insert teaching strategy here].
- Tell me about your plans do you have for the integration of technology in your own classroom?
- What experience have you had with team-teaching? What is your opinion of it?
- How have and will you address your students’ different learning styles?
- Tell me about the assignments you give offer students the opportunity to express their creativity and individuality?
- Under which circumstances would you refer a child to the administrator’s office?
- What could a visitor to your class expect to see?
- What do you hope to learn from your mentor?
- How would you take advantage of resources within the community to enhance your teaching?
- Why should you be hired for this position?
- How do you modify your teaching to reach students who are struggling to perform at grade level?
- How do you provide support for students with exceptional ability?
- What would you tell your incoming class in a “back-to-school” letter at the start of a new school year?