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Updated May 11, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Teacher at Teach for America
Posted Mar 19, 2011 — 0 of 1 people found this helpful
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4.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2009 in Chicago, IL (took 2 months)
The process was long and very detailed. You first had to schedule a phone interview after submitting a personal statement and resume. The phone interview was straight to the point with an interviewer asking questions about my job history and challenges that I have overcome. She took notes as I gave answers
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Presentation.
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Teacher at Teach for America
Posted Mar 16, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2010 in Philadelphia, PA (took a day)
I was passed through to the final round with no phone interview, but usually consists of a 30 min phone interview with similar questions. Questions like: how do you stay organized? Name a time you held a leadership position? Have you ever missed a deadline?
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Did not feel it was the right fit for me.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Teacher at Teach for America
Posted Mar 15, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2010 (took 2 months)
phone interview was really rushed and the interviewer wasnt very interactive. after that, in the final round, the 5 minute presentation was fine but slightly awkward. the 1 on 1 interview was pretty bad actually..i was unlucky to get the last slot at the end of a long week for them, since they had 4 full-day interviews before me. the interviewer was really tired and sluggish and it showed. i personally felt that it went really well but ultimately i didnt get it. though i dont want to say that the interviewer's fatigue had anything to do with it, but it really was difficult to pick up his mood and try to impress him, no matter how upbeat i was....
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Presentation, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Background Check.
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Teacher at Teach for America
Posted Mar 12, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 (took 2 months)
Submitted an online application and essay. Heard back in about two weeks. Moved straight to the final interview. Make yourself really reflect that you understand what it means to teach in an underprivileged school that your are truly committed to doing it. That want passionate individuals who are don't give up.
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Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation, a Skills Test, a Personality Test and a Background Check.
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Teacher at Teach for America
Posted Mar 10, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 (took 2 months)
I first applied online. The online application is pretty basic: letter of intent, extracurricular activities, leadership roles, etc. A few weeks later I received an email confirming a phone interview. The phone interview was also pretty basic: asked a lot of questions about leadership roles, how you have overcome a particular conflict, etc. About a week later I received an email saying that I got a final interview. The final interview consists of a 5-minute mock teaching lesson, group activity, assessment test, and 1:1 interview with a role play component.
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Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation and a Skills Test.
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Teacher at Teach for America
Posted Mar 5, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2011 (took 2 months)
The girl who called was really nice and she was reading off a script in the beginning. She asked really general questions. Be prepared to answer basic questions about TFA and why it interested you to apply. I think a personal touch to the questions helps a lot. She asked me specific questions about the leadership position I held and the questions afterwards geared towards what I had done. ie. how I dealt with difficult situations or if there were particular projects I was proud of. In the end I got to ask her questions directly and i think this is a really important part because it shows that you have been thinking about TFA and you have active questions that need to be answered.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation and a Skills Test.
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Teacher at Teach for America
Posted Mar 2, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2010 (took 6+ weeks)
In the final interview, 2 TFA recruiters watched our teaching presentations, facilitated a mock discussion between interviewees, administered a short test on data, and told us of their own experience in the program.
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Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Presentation and a Skills Test.
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Teacher at Teach for America
Posted Feb 8, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 (took 4 weeks)
I submitted the application and was scheduled for a first round interview, which consisted of basic questions about why I wanted to do Teach For America
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Skills Test.
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Teacher at Teach for America
Posted Jan 18, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2009 (took 3 weeks)
The interviewing process included a very detailed online form, which also included one or two essay questions, after which each candidate could choose an interview timeslot. The interview itself was conducted over the phone and was about one hour long.
I am not sure why I was ultimately not chosen for the positions open. They declined to give any feedback on the process (online form and/or interview). I found the phone interview to be a bit difficult as it is for me hard to 'talk' to someone without seeing them. It would have been fine to have an initial short phone interview followed by a face-to-face interview.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Teacher at Teach for America
Posted Jan 11, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 (took 2 months)
Intense and overall great experience although i was thrown off by the "extra" phone interview that I was given and the unnecessary emails from recruiters that made an already tense process more tense. The interview process itself was good though.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation and a Skills Test.
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