Teach for America interview questions

First you have to submit an online application with three short answer questions. Within a week, you are notified if you are selected for a phone interview. After the phone interview, you may be invited for a full day interview. The full day interview consists of a 5 minute sample teaching lesson and a group activity in the morning. In the afternoon, you have a 40 minute personal interview that consists mainly of behavioral questions. Overall, it was a comprehensive but generally positive interview experience.

I remember it being quite a long process. You start with the initial online application and if you make it past the first round you do a group interview with other local candidates. It took place right at my university and I had a friend interviewing as well. First the representatives present about TFA, including being honest about the pros and cons, which I thought was refreshing. Then you do a group exercise so they can see how you participate and work with others. Next is the 5-min (strictly timed) lesson plan presentation they ask you to come up with prior to the interview (I did a biology lesson). Finally, there are one-on-one interviews. The representative I talked to was very nice and engaging, but waiting out in the hall for my turn to go in was brutal.