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Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates (updated Feb 6, 2010).
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Teacher at Teach for America
Posted Feb 6, 2010
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2009 in San Francisco, CA (took a day)
45 Minutes into the 1v1 interview on the final day, they ask me, "why teach?" and "just HOW familiar are you with our goals and mission?" Talk about hostile trip-up questions!
Overall, you're safer as an applicant if you've done "traditional" leadership programs (ie, fraternity/sororities, campus groups, and athletics) and are a business-finance-law type, since you'll be less rough around the edges as say, an education student. If most of your involvement is something substantial but non-traditional, be prepared to spend the entire final interview defending and explaining it.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation and a Skills Test.
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Teacher at Teach for America
Posted Feb 2, 2010
Interviewed Jan 2010 (took a day)
Interviewer explained phone interview process and then went straight to the questions. Phone interview lasted about half an hour and went through questions about your organizational skills… — Post a review to see full interview
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Human Resources Coordinator at Teach for America
Posted Jan 26, 2010
Interviewed Jan 2010 in New York, NY (took a day)
The interview process was pretty normal. I applied for the position and recieved an email for a phone interview within 2 weeks. The lines of communication for setting the date for the… — Post a review to see full interview
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Teacher at Teach for America
Posted Jan 25, 2010
Interviewed Oct 2009 (took 4+ weeks)
The initial phone interview consisted of questions about related work and volunteering experiences, strengths/weaknesses and our thoughts on required readings. Not difficult and the… — Post a review to see full interview
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Corps Member at Teach for America
Posted Jan 21, 2010
Interviewed Mar 2009 (took 4+ weeks)
The phone interview focused on gauging your interest for TFA. The final round was a presentation, group discussion, essay test, and 1:1. The 1:1 was behavioral. They want to get a sense of… — Post a review to see full interview
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Corps Member at Teach for America
Posted Jan 17, 2010
Interviewed Oct 2009 (took 2 weeks)
The thing to remember is that TFA is looking to staff its own mission - to raise test scores. It is not necessarily looking for innovative teachers, THEY will train you in their own… — Post a review to see full interview
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Manager, Communications - National Development at Teach for America
Posted Jan 16, 2010
Interviewed Jan 2010 in New York, NY (took a day)
I applied online and got an invite that day for a phone interview. I did have an internal employee referral though, so I'm not sure if that's why I heard so quickly. I had my 30 minute… — Post a review to see full interview
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Teacher at Teach for America
Posted Jan 14, 2010
Interviewed Nov 2009 in Saint Louis, MO (took 2 months)
Extremely similar to all other recorded posts. Should be noted that you are not trying to sell yourself as much as your trying to fit into their core beliefs. They are looking for someone… — Post a review to see full interview
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Corps Member at Teach for America
Posted Dec 27, 2009
Interviewed Oct 2009 in Champaign, IL (took 3 months)
After the online app and the phone interview, I was invited to the final, day-long interview. First, we did our teaching lessons. The other applicants were the "class" and the two… — Post a review to see full interview
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Corps Member at Teach for America
Posted Dec 19, 2009
Interviewed Oct 2009 (took 1 week)
The interview event was about 8 hours long. We started with a sample teaching lesson that I thought I did very well on, and then we went on to take a test, write some essays, have a group… — Post a review to see full interview
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