Welcoming questions
- Can you tell us about your teaching background and the age groups or subjects you have taught?
- What made you choose teaching, and what still excites you about being in a classroom?
Role-specific / technical competencies
- Walk us through how you plan a lesson, from learning objective to the activities students actually do.
- How do you differentiate instruction in a class where abilities range widely?
- How do you check whether students have actually understood a lesson, beyond end-of-unit tests?
- What is your approach to classroom management, and what routines do you set in the first week?
- How do you use technology in your teaching, and where do you deliberately avoid it?
Behavioural & culture fit
- Tell us about a student who was disengaged or falling behind. What did you do, and what happened?
- Describe a difficult conversation you have had with a parent. How did you handle it?
- Tell us about a lesson that went badly. What did you change afterwards?
Problem-solving / case
- Halfway through a lesson you realize most of the class has not understood the core concept. What do you do in the moment?
- Two students have an ongoing conflict that is starting to disrupt your lessons. How do you address it?
- You receive a new student mid-year who is significantly behind the rest of the class. How do you plan their first month?
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