Teach for America interview questions

The interview process was perfectly normal and well timed until I was asked about my family situation (if I had kids) and my views on DEIA work and my personal experience as a person of color in the field. I wasn't prepared to answer the personal questions, I have never been asked about my family situation in an interview. I was prepared to talk about my professional experience and education in DEIA but not my personal experience as a woman of color in the field. I answered the question as honestly as I could. After that interview I stopped receiving communications from TFA. I was under the impression that this was the final round of interviews. I never received a decline email or any communication letting me know I was not being moved forward. I was really disappointed in TFA for not following up even if it was the standard "moving in another direction" email. I found it incredibly curious that they would ask such personal questions. I felt like I was there to fill their diversity quota so they can say they interviewed a person of color.

Thirteen interviews. Many of them with multiple people so cannot express the difficulty of getting through it. As I went through the process of one position, they would simultaneously interview me for other roles. I don't know if this was their normal format, but it was interesting.