Teach for America Corps Member Interview Questions

Multiple rounds including phone interview, eventually followed by a group interview with other candidates, a lesson presentation that individual must prepare ahead of time, and individual interview to assess candidacy with a Teach for America interviewer.

Essay, and remote interview. From your initial application, you find out if you get an interview. You have 3 parts to the interview: a sample class, a case proposal, and a basic interview. My interview took around 2 hours.

Pretty conversational and ask about experience. Then you have your case study and your lesson. I think they do a good job with their interviews. I enjoyed mine. You definitely need to be prepared. Other questions are the typical behavioral ones.

Intensive interview and mock teaching required. You should prepare props for your mock teaching. There are looking for people who will commit to 2 years in the corps. Be sure to show your commitment.

The application process included an online application, phone interview, and in-person interview. The interview had both group and individual components. The questions were very focused on organization's core values and there were multiple interviewers.

Hour and a half long interview. First you give your 5 min practice lesson, then they ask you some questions about it. Then, you give your proposal about the case study and they ask follow up questions as well. After that, it's about 45min - 1 hour of traditional interview questions. They are very thorough and ask you about your experiences and give you scenarios to think through how you would act in different situations. The interviewer I had was very friendly and genuine as I did my interview and it was definitely a positive and welcoming experience.

The recruiter called me at the scheduled time and asked me a few basic questions, including "tell me a little bit about yourself," "what motivated you to choose your major," and "what is your long term career goal." Then, the recruiter gave me a general introduction to Teach for America and how Corps members will be trained and prepared for the next two years they will be spending with students from disadvantaged school districts. Finally, I asked a few questions that I had for Teach for America.

Mock lesson, group activity on leadership and problem solving, then you have a one-on-one where you are asked several questions about yourself, your stances on certain topics, and your education philosophy.

The whole interview process was very smooth. Everyone was very kind. I do recommend applying within the first deadlines rather than the last. There is a lot of stuff to do to prepare for the school year so the sooner the better.

TFA was helpful in interview prep and provided a lot of useful resources. Interview itself wasn’t too demanding and I had enough time to prepare. They gave me an answer regarding a job offer very quickly too.