Teacher interview questions and answers

1. Describe one of the most successful lessons you have taught in a class. Explain why it worked so well.

Provide a specific excellent lesson that you taught. Concentrate on the key points of the lesson and how you used the information to make the lesson successful. A basic skill that all professional teachers must have is to plan for lessons in advance. Affirm that you always analyze the strengths as well as the weaknesses of your lessons and show how hard you worked to improve your skills.

2. What strategies will you use to encourage group work amongst your student?

To answer this teacher interview question, you should prove that you understand what the advantages (praising incorporation among students, making the combination between ideas and information convenient) and disadvantages (social loafing, rule by certain personality types) of team work are and when a learning situation is suitable for team work and when it will be not.

3. What will you do if a lesson doesn’t work well?

Sometimes things go out of the plan. Provide a specific instance in which a lesson did not run. Concentrate on analyzing what went wrong and what the weaknesses of the lessons were. Show the way you did to enhance the quality of the lessons such as making the content less complicated, utilizing useful resources, learning the experiences from other teachers and reconsidering your classroom management. You need to know that failures have occurred and you have ability and lucidity to resolve them.

4. What qualities do you look for in a principal?

This kind of question is made in order to ask your opinion about a successful principal and which qualities that a teacher and a principal must have. Having a vision and a clear goal, planning and motivating, communicating and visibility, consistency and accountability, caring, nurturing and developing staff and students are the qualities which must be concentrated on.

5. What are your personal and professional goals?

Teachers who are also learners themselves are being looked for by many schools. Show your goals that deal with self- improvement in the teaching skills and the profit which the students, the school and the community can get. Think twice before entering an interview so you can present your goals easily and fluently when being asked.

6. How do you evaluate the success of your teaching?

There is no know-it-all teacher and everyone has to try to be better. According to the assessment, you can recognize which teaching skills are good and which need to be improved. Describe an example in which your lessons are reflected clearly and positives and negatives are stressed. Show the specific approaches of self-evaluation that you used. It is helpful for you to make successes and enhance if necessary. Some other useful approaches are the feedback about sessions from students.

7. Tell me about a teacher who has inspired you and what did you learn from him or her?

This kind of teacher interview question is created to discover your values and motivation. You need to prepare some examples in which show their behavior and teaching styles that inspired you. How have you tried to transmit the lesson you learned from him or her to your students? Emphasize qualities that would be valuable in the teaching position you are applying for in your answer.

8. What are your areas of strength in the curriculum?

You need to have an honest self-evaluation of your strengths. Present a clear understanding curriculum and explain why you consider those special districts as your strengths. Identify strengths that you want to enhance and the steps you will or are following to catch your goals.

9. How do you keep your subject up to date?

Teachers have to maintain a constantly developing curriculum. In order to give the high quality instruction, you should express your willingness and competence to keep your subject district in line. A strong positive access between a teacher’s preparation in their subject issue and their implementation and influence in the classroom is presented in research. Show specific examples of resources which you have to update and improve your subject knowledge such as agreeing with related publications, joining seminars and on-line research.

10. Tell me about the materials you use in the classroom to support your teaching?

Show applications of variety of teaching materials and assistances which are helpful for teachers. Describe the way you use to specify which resources are useful and complement their uses in facilitating learning. It is necessary to give the specific examples of lessons that you have directed into your answer.

11. How do you plan when starting a new study unit or topic with your class?

You should prove your skills relate to plans and mention all resources, arrangement, performance, controlling and assessment which you prepared in your teacher interview answer. Remember to give specific examples to the interviewer.

12. Tell me how you develop your daily lesson plan and what do you include?

Add some lesson plans into Your Teacher Profile and consider them as your basic lectures. Describe that you specify the goal of the lesson, the needed conditions for the completed goal, what the necessary materials and recourses, the lesson procedure, assessment and appraisement are.

13. Describe your teaching style?

Your own clearly understanding way in teaching should be shown up, however you should learn some more other teaching styles which are suitable in different learning situations.

Emphasize your ability in adjusting your style to satisfy the needs of students. For instance, with students who are able to learn independently, you can stress on student-centered style. Show the examples that your students and colleagues commended you as a good teacher.

14. Would you be interested in participating in after- school activities?

In the interview, you should express your enthusiastic, active and attractive plans that you will make at school. If you get the job, you can agree or refuse any after- school activities depending on your schedule and interest.

Pay attention that you are requested to train, direct a club, or help in doing homework, at least until you are tenured. You should take time to learn about school policy because some schools ask for participation as extra-curricular activities.

15. How have you used, or how will you use technology in the classroom?

There are a lot of types of suitable technologies, and schools are ready to bring them into their classrooms anytime possible. It is necessary to make sure with your interviewer that you are fervent and expert in using available technologies. Additionally, emphasize that you are always studying new technologies in order to bring them into your classroom, if they are available.

Tell the interviewer some examples in which the technologies that you  used in the past are shown:

I was fortunate when I had one of the first ‘Smart Boards’ in my classroom. Instantly, the children were attracted, and eager to discover the offered possibilities. We had a brilliant lesson and it was really amazing teaching tool.