Career Guide - Michelin Career Center - Clemson University

INTERVIEWING FOR EDUCATION MAJORS
Behavioral Interview Questions
1. How have you demonstrated initiative?
2. How have you motivated yourself to complete an assignment
or task that you did not want to do?
3. Think about a difficult boss, professor, or other person. What
made him or her difficult?
4. How did you successfully interact with this person?
5. Tell me about a complex project or assignment that you’ve
been assigned. What approach did you take to complete it?
6. Tell me about the riskiest decision that you have made.
7. Describe a situation when you had to learn something new in
a short time. How did you proceed?
8. Can you tell me about an occasion where you needed to work
with a group to get a job done?
9. Describe your three greatest accomplishments to date.
10. Tell me about a challenge that you successfully met.
11. Walk me through a situation where you had to do research
and analyze the results of one of your classes.
12. Have you generated any new ideas or suggestions while at
school or work?
13. Describe a situation in which you effectively developed a
solution to a problem by combining different perspectives or
approaches.
14. Describe a situation where class assignments and work or
personal activities conflicted.
15. Tell me about a time when you worked with a person who did
things differently from you. How did you get the job done?
16. How have you most constructively dealt with a
disappointment and turned it into a learning experience?
17. Tell me how you have effectively changed a student’s
destructive behavior?
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Questions to Ask in Educational Interviews
Instructional Strategies
1. Which grades are responsible for what topics?
2. Who has the responsibility for a particular topic?
3. May I have copy of the scope and sequence?
4. Tell me about supervision visits.
5. How does the administration work with teachers to improve
instruction?
6. Are there school psychologists, counselors, or public agencies
who help students and teachers?
7. What types of media resources are available?
8. How is the budget for this academic program developed?
9. What textbooks do you use in this subject area?
10. Describe the district’s textbook adoption policies.
Staff/Students/Community
1. How would you describe the typical professional staff member
in this district?
2. What professional skills do you expect of the person you hire?
3. Does the staff spend time together outside of normal school
hours?
4. How does the staff feel about new teachers?
5. How active are teachers in working with community
organizations?
6. Tell me about the students who attend this school.
7. How involved are parents in school activities?
8. What do parents expect of their teachers?
Extracurricular Responsibilities
1. What is the budget for this activity?
2. What does the community expect of activity sponsors?
3. Are there auxiliary groups involved in the activity?
4. Are there fund-raising requirements that are part of this
activity?
5. May I have a copy of this year’s activity calendar?
6. Are there other faculty members also assigned to this
activity?
NOTE:
It is important for you to ask questions in an interview
not only to indicate your interest and knowledge, but
also to determine if the position is one that you want.
This list is just a guideline. You can pick out two or three
questions and be prepared to ask those.