FAQs by Employers in Interviews 

Do not expect to be asked every question. They are examples to use for interview preparation.

1. Tell me about yourself.
2. How would you develop and maintain positive working relationships with parents?
3. How did you like your student teaching? What were some of your successful experiences?
4. How would you set up your program if you could have anything you wanted?
5. If the following situation were to occur, how would you handle it?
6. Which is the most important in working with children: academics, self-concept, or citizenship?
7. How do you feel about children?
8. What do you think your strong points are in teaching? Why?
9. What do you think your weak points are in teaching? Why?
10. What are some examples of your classroom creativity?
11. What are your personal interests, hobbies, activities, etc.?
12. What is your philosophy of education?
13. What is your philosophy on discipline, on grouping, or on grading?
14. What works best for you in the area of discipline?
15. Why do you want to teach in our system?
16. Why will you make a good teacher?
17. What are your qualifications for this position?
18. How will you allow for individual differences in your teaching?
19. What can you offer your community and school outside the classroom?
20. How well do you accept the extra duties that go along with the job?
21. What do you expect of the students in your classroom?
22. How do you feel about teaching minority children?
23. What do you think of today's educational methods of instruction?
24. Why are you in your field (subject area)?
25. What type of curriculum are you prepared to offer your students?
26. Why should I hire you?
27. How do you feel about living in our community?
28. What new or different ideas would you implement in our system?
29. What is the purpose or place of your subject in the school curriculum?
30. Are you really interested in this job, or just interviewing for any available position?
31. What do you think of yourself?
32. How do students react to your teaching?
33. How will you fit into our school system?
34. How do you define education?
35. How do you use lesson plans?
36. Which grade level would you prefer? Why?
37. How would you work with students below grade level, especially lower socioeconomic students?
38. How would you handle reading in the content areas?
39. How do you deal with controversial subjects?
40. What is your best quality?
41. What would you do or how would you treat a student who refused to do the work you assigned?
42. Where do you want to be in five years from now?
43. What evaluation techniques do you use?
44. What college courses have you liked best? Least? Why?
45. How will you communicate with parents?
46. What makes a good teacher?
47. What is the best thing about being a teacher?
48. How do you build rapport with students? Parents? Other teachers?
49. What is your teaching style?
50. What is your greatest concern about teaching?