Teach for America Interview Questions

1.5 hours, had to teach a sample lesson. I also had to read a case study before and prepare a proposal for a solution. It was an interview with one other person.

Overall good experience learned a lot and will be a very fun process for any individual who wants to go and see what it’s all about to me and to be who we are together

Basic questions about my experience and education (masters degree, veteran, teaching and education leadership experience overseas). Then it got blatantly political. When I side-stepped the bait question (see below) with a perfectly acceptable, socially clever answer that was clearly not the answer she was fishing for, the racist interviewer (a BF) got all marble-mouthed because she didn't know how to respond to it. She ended the interview and ghosted me.

Interview process had multiple rounds with multiple teams. Very situationally oriented and structured, asking many questions about specific values and scenarios. Overall, the interview process gives a very fair chance to show who you are and what you are good at!

Lengthy but overall pleasant. Multiple rounds of interviews which culminate in knock out rounds. I liked all the people that I interviewed with but I did not get to meet with many people beyond the sets of interviews.

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.

They ask you a lot of questions about why you get into education and how you would handle hypothetical classroom experiences. They're looking for leadership qualities and patience. Think through things and show that you're able to make good decisions under pressure.