Common Education Interview Questions
Introductory Questions
鈥� Tell me about yourself.听
鈥� Why did you want to become an educator?
鈥� What is your greatest strength and weakness as an educator?
鈥� If you could teach any grade and subject, what would it be and why?
鈥� What makes you a good fit for this job and our school district?
College and Student Teaching Questions
鈥� What was the most useful college course you took and why?
鈥� Describe your student teaching experience.
鈥� What is the most important thing you learned from your cooperating teacher?
鈥� What was the most important thing you learned from your overall student teaching
experience?
Instructional and Classroom Management Questions
鈥� Tell me what you do with students during the first few weeks of the school year
to establish a positive classroom environment.
鈥� Of academic rigor, relevance, and relationships, what is the most important to you
and why?
鈥� How do you engage students in their learning?
鈥� How do you integrate technology into your lessons?
鈥� How do you connect 鈥渞eal world鈥� experience to your lessons?
鈥� What does a well-disciplined classroom look and sound like?
鈥� Tell me about a time when you had to deal with a challenging behavior student and
how you handled the situation.
鈥� What information does your daily lesson planning include (e.g., Bell Ringer, Learning
Goals and Scale, Assignments, Model/Guided Practice)
鈥� Tell me about a lesson that did not meet your expectations despite planning and
preparation.
鈥� Tell me what you do when a large number of students perform poorly on a formal assessment.
鈥� Give an example of how you differentiated instruction in a lesson.
Instructional and Classroom Management Questions Continued
鈥� How do you accommodate for a gifted student in your class?
鈥� How do you manage students with different reading abilities?
鈥� Explain how you meet IEP needs.
鈥� Describe your process for completing a school-wide assessment.
鈥� What experience have you had with working in a Title 1 school/site?
Colleague and Parental Relationship Questions
鈥� Describe a time when you had to give a colleague instructional feedback.
鈥� How would your colleagues describe you?
鈥� How would your students describe you?
鈥� How would parents describe you?
鈥� Tell me a story of how you decided that the field of education was a good fit for
you.
鈥� Explain your process of correcting the concern of an upset stakeholder.
鈥� Tell me about a time you had to deal with a difficult parent.
Final Questions
鈥� Would you be able to coach or sponsor a club?听
鈥� Is there anything we have not talked about that you would like to share with us?
鈥� What questions do you have for us?
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