Teach for America interview questions
Updated May 7, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 10%RecruiterRecruiter
- 8%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 4%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 1%In PersonIn Person
- 1%OtherOther
- 0%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
Interview search
1,172 interviews
Teach for America interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Teach for America as 68% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.37 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Member and Elementary School Teacher rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Internship and Teaching Fellow roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Teach for America takes an average of 48 days when considering 1,155 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Corps Member/Teacher had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas ESL Teacher roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 180 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Teach for America according to 1,155 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 22%
One on one interview: 21%
Group panel interview: 19%
Presentation: 14%
Background check: 9%
Skills test: 8%
Personality test: 2%
Other: 2%
Drug test: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
- Teacher(232) ;
- Corps Member(166) ;
- TFA Corps Member(84) ;
- Director(62) ;
- Managing Director(62) ;
- Campus Campaign Coordinator(35) ;
- Manager(25) ;
- Campus Ambassador(24) ;
- Recruitment Manager(22) ;
- Teach for America Corps Member(22) ;
- Operations Coordinator(21) ;
- Manager, Teacher Leadership Development(20) ;
- Senior Managing Director(18) ;
- English Teacher(17) ;
- Recruiter(15) .
