Interview Questions

What brings you here today?

What's your biggest dream in life?

How do you think that lesson went? What would you change if you
could?

How were you treated today on your visit?

What do you do to grow during and after the school year?

Where do you want to be in five years? and What dont you want to
be doing five years from now?

What do you do in your spare time? What are you reading?

What 2 or 3 accomplishments have given you the most satisfaction?

What have you started, created, initiated?

Whats the biggest misconception people have about you?

If you had to pick one adjective to describe students after they come
out of your class, what would you hope that adjective would be?

What excites you about high schoolers?

How do you create programming? Whats your process for designing

How do you handle unmotivated or a-intellectual students? Students

who claim they hate reading?

How would you past students describe you? What would they say
about you? How about colleagues?

What are the most important milestones or yardsticks by which you

evaluate a person's effectiveness as a teacher?

How did you come to be an educator? What's your career life story?

Do you have questions for us?

How would you approach underperforming students/faculty?

Where else are you looking and why do we stand out in your set of
choices? Are there any reasons why you would not take this job if it
were offered?

Whats your ideal vision for a class / division / program / etc.

If you could create the perfect space for students to learn, what would
it look like? What skills and knowledge would teachers need?

Think about a recent lesson in which you planned, prepared, and

executed differentiated instruction. Describe the differences in the
student outcomes.

Kids Cant Learn From Teachers They Dont Like Rita Pierson
Explain why you agree or disagree with this quote.

What have you read or studied recently that lead to a change in your
classroom?

Tell me about something youve invented or created.

Give me an example of a time when you solved an analytically difficult

problem. (you get to see how they actually interacted in a real-world
situation, and the valuable 'meta' information you get about the
candidate is a sense of what they consider to be difficult.)

If we're sitting here a year from now celebrating what a great first
year it's been for you in this role, what did you and/or we achieve
together?

Walk me through your rsum, particularly why you changed from one
job to the next.

Top 10 attributes executives look for in a new hire:

Collaboration abilities;
Passion;
An ability to overcome challenges;
Reflective abilities;
Problem-solving skills;
Curiosity and a passion for continuous learning;
Communication skills;
Adaptability and flexibility;
Self awareness; and
An ability to deliver impact through their work.