Interview Questions

• You've looked around the school. Give your general impressions from what you have observed.
• What makes you a valuable teacher?
• What has attracted you to this particular school?
• Tell me about one of your most/least successful lessons and why.
• What made you train to be a teacher?
• What makes a successful teacher?
• What particular qualities/skills would you bring to this school?
• What are your strengths and/or weaknesses?
• Which aspects of your college course have you found most interesting?
• In what ways has your course prepared you to teach?
• What is your view on the national curriculum?
• What have you gained from teaching practice?
• What subject expertise could you offer to our school?
• What is your view on the use of reading schemes?
• Which schemes are you familiar with - what are the pros and cons of each?
• How will you monitor children's progress?
• How will you organise your classroom?
• What work structures will you use with your class?
• What particularly attracts you to the age range you wish to teach?
• What is your view on the role of parents in their child's education?
• How have you coped with any difficulties you have had in the classroom?
• How would you deal with behaviour problems in your class?
• What sort of support will you need in your first year as a teacher? How will you aim to ensure that you get this?
• What do you do to look after yourself and deal with your stress?
• Which aspects of teaching may you have more difficulty with?
• Where do you see yourself in five (ten) years time?
• If you could design your ideal classroom, what would it be like?
• What would you do if a parent comes up to you to complain that you were picking on their child?
• How do you feel about joining this school on its spiritual journey?(particularly for a Denominational School)
• Where are you on your own spiritual journey? (particularly for a Denominational School)