SAMPLE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS FOR AN EDUCATION MAJOR

  • Tell me about your academic qualifications.
  • What teaching experiences have you had?
  • How do you set up classroom rules/policies?
  • How do you determine grades?
  • What do you do when a student doesn't understand a concept?
  • How do you control students?
  • Should students evaluate their teachers?
  • Describe a good teacher.
  • If I were to ask your principal/mentor teacher to describe you and your performance, what would they say?
  • How would you handle an irate parent?
  • How do you know a student in your class has progressed?
  • Why are you going into teaching?
  • Why do you want to teach for us?
  • What are the current methods/texts of preparation in your field?
  • What is your philosophy of education?
  • What kinds of relationships would you like to have with students - with your fellow teachers?
  • Describe a major problem you have faced and how you dealt with it.
  • Discuss your student teaching experience.  What did you like/dislike?  Change you would have made?
  • Describe the best lesson you have delivered.  Why was it successful?
  • How will you instruct/challenge students with varying abilities?
  • What techniques would you use to be sure that pupils understand?
  • How do you deal with the unmotivated student?
  • How would you apply technology to enhance daily instruction?
  • Describe your philosophy regarding discipline.
  • How would you deal with a student who disrupts?
  • What would a typical day look like in your classroom?
  • When students say they want their teacher to be fair, what do you think they mean?
  • Describe a situation in your last job when you felt pressure.  How did you handle it? 
  • What kinds of tests do you like to give?
  • How do you stay current in your field?
  • What educational research do you find most compelling and how have you incorporated it into your classroom?
  • What are some oft he considerations you make when planning your lessons?
  • Are you willing to sponsor any extra-curricular activities?
  • If you could establish an ideal school, what would it look like?
  • What does "teamwork" mean to you?  Give an example.
  • What are some methods of communicating student progress to parents other than report cards?
  • What are your career goals short-term and long-term?
  • What do you bring to the community besides your educational background?
  • WHat makes you an effective teacher?
  • Describe your fears of being a teacher.
  • Why did you sign up to interview with our system?