Common Education Interview Questions
Introductory Questions
• Tell me about yourself.
• Why did you want to become an educator?
• What is your greatest strength and weakness as an educator?
• If you could teach any grade and subject, what would it be and why?
• What makes you a good fit for this job and our school district?
College and Student Teaching Questions
• What was the most useful college course you took and why?
• Describe your student teaching experience.
• What is the most important thing you learned from your cooperating teacher?
• What was the most important thing you learned from your overall student teaching
experience?
Instructional and Classroom Management Questions
• Tell me what you do with students during the first few weeks of the school year
to establish a positive classroom environment.
• Of academic rigor, relevance, and relationships, what is the most important to you
and why?
• How do you engage students in their learning?
• How do you integrate technology into your lessons?
• How do you connect “real world” experience to your lessons?
• What does a well-disciplined classroom look and sound like?
• Tell me about a time when you had to deal with a challenging behavior student and
how you handled the situation.
• What information does your daily lesson planning include (e.g., Bell Ringer, Learning
Goals and Scale, Assignments, Model/Guided Practice)
• Tell me about a lesson that did not meet your expectations despite planning and
preparation.
• Tell me what you do when a large number of students perform poorly on a formal assessment.
• Give an example of how you differentiated instruction in a lesson.
Instructional and Classroom Management Questions Continued
• How do you accommodate for a gifted student in your class?
• How do you manage students with different reading abilities?
• Explain how you meet IEP needs.
• Describe your process for completing a school-wide assessment.
• What experience have you had with working in a Title 1 school/site?
Colleague and Parental Relationship Questions
• Describe a time when you had to give a colleague instructional feedback.
• How would your colleagues describe you?
• How would your students describe you?
• How would parents describe you?
• Tell me a story of how you decided that the field of education was a good fit for
you.
• Explain your process of correcting the concern of an upset stakeholder.
• Tell me about a time you had to deal with a difficult parent.
Final Questions
• Would you be able to coach or sponsor a club?
• Is there anything we have not talked about that you would like to share with us?
• What questions do you have for us?
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