☛ When did you decide to become a teacher and why?

☛ Tell us about yourself, your background, and your experience working with children.

☛ Describe yourself using five adjectives.

☛ Describe how your academic training and work related experiences qualify you for this position.

☛ What do you think sets you apart from other applicants?

☛ What strengths do you have that would assist you in being a successful teacher?

☛ Name two areas of weakness that you are working to improve.

☛ What special skills, talents, or knowledge will you bring to our school?

☛ What concerns do you have about your student teaching experience or your last teaching position?

☛ In what ways did a professor or supervising teacher influence your teaching?

☛ How do you handle stress?

☛ What have you learned about yourself in the past few months?

☛ If you had not chosen teaching as a career, what career would you have chosen?

☛ What do you think your students would say about you?

☛ Discuss your favorite book or author.

☛ What have you read that contributes to your teaching success?

☛ Describe a hobby or interest.

☛ On what teams and/or in what clubs have you participated?

☛ How do you see yourself involved in community and/or in school activities?

☛ Describe your fluency in a language other than English.

☛ Relate a situation when you used “people skills.”

☛ What professional conferences have you attended?

☛ How does this position fit with your career goals?

☛ What other credentials are you interested in pursuing?

☛ Is there anything else that you want us to know about you?