What does the interview consist of?
Invited applicants will meet individually with a panel of interviewers. The interviewers will be faculty members, and occasionally, community professionals. The interview session will last approximately 20-25 minutes. The interview questions are not shared in advance but generally address the applicant’s experience, goals, and communication skills.
This usually lasts up to 30 minutes and we ask you some questions about you and your task. We also tell you about what you are letting yourself in for, ie. the course, and you can ask any questions you may have too! The pre-interview task is not a test – obviously you don’t know all the answers without having to think hard about them and even having to look them up in reference books (which is what teachers do all the time!) It’s more a test of your attitude and instinctive approach to teaching, your inner resources and, where language is concerned, how you would react if a student asked you this type of question. This gives us a good idea of your skills and qualities and therefore, of how you will respond to only four weeks of training – whether it will be enough to bring you up to pass standard and allow us to award you the Certificate.
This usually lasts up to 30 minutes and we ask you some questions about you and your task. We also tell you about what you are letting yourself in for, ie. the course, and you can ask any questions you may have too! The pre-interview task is not a test – obviously you don’t know all the answers without having to think hard about them and even having to look them up in reference books (which is what teachers do all the time!) It’s more a test of your attitude and instinctive approach to teaching, your inner resources and, where language is concerned, how you would react if a student asked you this type of question. This gives us a good idea of your skills and qualities and therefore, of how you will respond to only four weeks of training – whether it will be enough to bring you up to pass standard and allow us to award you the Certificate.
