Interviews
Interviews are scary and nerve wrecking so to make things a little easier I will be posting interview questions here. These are questions that I am asked at interviews myself and questions that others have been asked and posted to facebook or educationposts.ie. I hope they are of help to everyone preparing for interviews. Good luck :)
PS I will sort these questions into types soon and remove any duplicated questions
PS I will sort these questions into types soon and remove any duplicated questions
Interview Questions
General Questions
Tell me about yourself.
What qualities do you have that make you a good teacher?
What is your favourite subject and tell us about a lesson you have taught in that subject?
What would you do if a child came in with a bruise on their neck?
What would you do if a parent complained that their child was bored in class?
How would you help integrate a child with SEN?
How would you involved parents in their child's education?
Talk about your CV, what you have done up to now
What made you decide to become a teacher?
In your qualifications/previous experience, is there anything you can use as a teacher?
What makes an effective teacher?
How would you go about teaching maths and making it interesting for the class?
What does immersion education mean?
What is the role of a learning support teacher?
If I were to come into your class in the evening(with everyone gone) what would i see?
What would you do about a child who was falling behind?
Assessment – how would you do it? How would you use assessment for the end of the year? How do you assess and plan for a child who is struggling?
How would you plan, long term and short term?
What are the duties of the teacher in the schoolyard?
How do you feel about the schools external activities, staying back after school, would you be ok with that?
How would you promote Irish with parents?
Is there any area of your CV/application you would like to discuss?
Tell us about yourself and your teaching exp.
What can you bring to this school? I see you have an interest in music?
What qualities are required for being a 5th class teacher?
What would you do if a child was being consistently disruptive in class?
For this particular child, they have an SNA. Have u any experience working with an SNA and how do you find it?
This is for 5th class. How would you approach planning?
Are you willing to share your talents with other staff members?
This is for a multi-class position. Tell us about your experience of multi-class teaching.
What special traits/skills do you have that you can bring to the school ?
If you had a disagreement or conflict with a colleague how would you deal with it?
What would you do if an angry parent arrived at your classroom door with a problem?
After your final TP what areas did you feel you still need to improve on?
What do you think are the main challenges that will face you in the classroom?
How do you feel about Aistear?/ what do you think of it?
If a child came to you and said they were being bullied what would you do?
What do you know about School Self Evaluation? Do you think its a good idea?
What assessment methods have you used in the classroom/ what do you know about assessment?
How can you use the skills you've attained from studying with hibernia in the classroom?
What was your favourite part of your teacher training?
How would you teach a mixed ability class?
What makes you a great teacher?
How would you check if your year teaching was successful?
How would you deal with a child that was saying no one would play with him?
How are you a team player?
What type of teacher are you?
Tell us about yourself and your college history.
Where did you get an interest for Irish?
What extra curricular activities could your bring to this school?
How would you deal with dyslexic children in your class?
Is it important to have communications with parents?
What difficulties would you expect to encounter in a Deis Band 1 school?
What is an IEP and how would you go about making one?
How would you use ICT in the classroom.
How would you go about teaching multiplication to 3rd class?
How would you go about teaching religion?
Have you ever taught singing / music / dance?
What would you do to increase the standard of literacy in your class?
If you had a troublesome child that was constantly acting up in class how would you deal with it?
Why this school?
How would you assess Science in the middle classes?
How would you deal with a parent whose child is taking longer than an hour to do their homework while the average person in the class takes a half an hour?
What do you know about the school ethos? and how would you implement it in your classroom? What about if you had a child who is not a Christian in the classroom what would you do?
How would you deal with someone who is misbehaving in class?
If you had 4 students who were gifted at Maths in Sixth class what would do?
What strategies would you implement for those who have special needs in the class room?
How would you enhance reading skills in the higher classes for English?
What is your understanding of Gaelscolaíocht?
Questions of Ethos
How do you feel about the ethos of the school, no religion?
This school is a Catholic school - how would you promote this ethos?
Are you willing to prepare students for sacraments?
What do you think of the Alive-o curriculum and how do u think it aids the schools catholic ethos?
How do you feel about the alive o curriculum?
How do you practice your faith?
Ceisteanna as Gaeilge
Inis duinn faoi do caitheamh aimsire.
Conas atá do chuid Gaeilge
An bhfuil suim agat sa scéalaíocht agus filiocht?
Cad é do thuairim faoin Gaeilge labhartha sa lá atá inniu ann?
An bhfuil suim agat sa Ghaeilge?
An mbéadh tú muiníneach ag múineadh Gaeilge sa seomra ranga?
Conas is féidir suim a spreagadh sa Ghaeilge?
Céard iad na cáilíochtaí at mhaith leat a bheith ag na daltaí i rang a sé ag fágáil na scoile dóibh?
Má tá deacrachtaí le dalta agus muna bhfuil siad sásta rialacha na scoile a choinneáil, céard a dhéanfadh tú?
Céard iad na deacrachtaí a cheapann tú a bheadh ag múinteoir ón am go h-am?
Cad é do thuairim faoin obair bhaile?
Questions for Special Schools
Tell us about your qualifications and their relevance to this position.
Tell us about your time as an SNA, what did you learn/what skills can you bring to this teaching position.
What do you know about Autism, how does it affect children.
Give us examples of impairments the child may have and how they will affect them in the classoom.
Experiene of Aistear- its usefulness for children with ASD
How would you deal with an agressive outburst
Experiene and importance of teamwork/how would you handle conflict within the adults of your team.
How will you teach the children the curriculum
Importance of scheduels/PECS/rewards
What would you expect from us as a school before you begin the post
Have you any experience with IEP's- planning/implementing
What areas of the curriculum do you think would be easiest/hardest to teach ASD children.
Tell me about yourself.
What qualities do you have that make you a good teacher?
What is your favourite subject and tell us about a lesson you have taught in that subject?
What would you do if a child came in with a bruise on their neck?
What would you do if a parent complained that their child was bored in class?
How would you help integrate a child with SEN?
How would you involved parents in their child's education?
Talk about your CV, what you have done up to now
What made you decide to become a teacher?
In your qualifications/previous experience, is there anything you can use as a teacher?
What makes an effective teacher?
How would you go about teaching maths and making it interesting for the class?
What does immersion education mean?
What is the role of a learning support teacher?
If I were to come into your class in the evening(with everyone gone) what would i see?
What would you do about a child who was falling behind?
Assessment – how would you do it? How would you use assessment for the end of the year? How do you assess and plan for a child who is struggling?
How would you plan, long term and short term?
What are the duties of the teacher in the schoolyard?
How do you feel about the schools external activities, staying back after school, would you be ok with that?
How would you promote Irish with parents?
Is there any area of your CV/application you would like to discuss?
Tell us about yourself and your teaching exp.
What can you bring to this school? I see you have an interest in music?
What qualities are required for being a 5th class teacher?
What would you do if a child was being consistently disruptive in class?
For this particular child, they have an SNA. Have u any experience working with an SNA and how do you find it?
This is for 5th class. How would you approach planning?
Are you willing to share your talents with other staff members?
This is for a multi-class position. Tell us about your experience of multi-class teaching.
What special traits/skills do you have that you can bring to the school ?
If you had a disagreement or conflict with a colleague how would you deal with it?
What would you do if an angry parent arrived at your classroom door with a problem?
After your final TP what areas did you feel you still need to improve on?
What do you think are the main challenges that will face you in the classroom?
How do you feel about Aistear?/ what do you think of it?
If a child came to you and said they were being bullied what would you do?
What do you know about School Self Evaluation? Do you think its a good idea?
What assessment methods have you used in the classroom/ what do you know about assessment?
How can you use the skills you've attained from studying with hibernia in the classroom?
What was your favourite part of your teacher training?
How would you teach a mixed ability class?
What makes you a great teacher?
How would you check if your year teaching was successful?
How would you deal with a child that was saying no one would play with him?
How are you a team player?
What type of teacher are you?
Tell us about yourself and your college history.
Where did you get an interest for Irish?
What extra curricular activities could your bring to this school?
How would you deal with dyslexic children in your class?
Is it important to have communications with parents?
What difficulties would you expect to encounter in a Deis Band 1 school?
What is an IEP and how would you go about making one?
How would you use ICT in the classroom.
How would you go about teaching multiplication to 3rd class?
How would you go about teaching religion?
Have you ever taught singing / music / dance?
What would you do to increase the standard of literacy in your class?
If you had a troublesome child that was constantly acting up in class how would you deal with it?
Why this school?
How would you assess Science in the middle classes?
How would you deal with a parent whose child is taking longer than an hour to do their homework while the average person in the class takes a half an hour?
What do you know about the school ethos? and how would you implement it in your classroom? What about if you had a child who is not a Christian in the classroom what would you do?
How would you deal with someone who is misbehaving in class?
If you had 4 students who were gifted at Maths in Sixth class what would do?
What strategies would you implement for those who have special needs in the class room?
How would you enhance reading skills in the higher classes for English?
What is your understanding of Gaelscolaíocht?
Questions of Ethos
How do you feel about the ethos of the school, no religion?
This school is a Catholic school - how would you promote this ethos?
Are you willing to prepare students for sacraments?
What do you think of the Alive-o curriculum and how do u think it aids the schools catholic ethos?
How do you feel about the alive o curriculum?
How do you practice your faith?
Ceisteanna as Gaeilge
Inis duinn faoi do caitheamh aimsire.
Conas atá do chuid Gaeilge
An bhfuil suim agat sa scéalaíocht agus filiocht?
Cad é do thuairim faoin Gaeilge labhartha sa lá atá inniu ann?
An bhfuil suim agat sa Ghaeilge?
An mbéadh tú muiníneach ag múineadh Gaeilge sa seomra ranga?
Conas is féidir suim a spreagadh sa Ghaeilge?
Céard iad na cáilíochtaí at mhaith leat a bheith ag na daltaí i rang a sé ag fágáil na scoile dóibh?
Má tá deacrachtaí le dalta agus muna bhfuil siad sásta rialacha na scoile a choinneáil, céard a dhéanfadh tú?
Céard iad na deacrachtaí a cheapann tú a bheadh ag múinteoir ón am go h-am?
Cad é do thuairim faoin obair bhaile?
Questions for Special Schools
Tell us about your qualifications and their relevance to this position.
Tell us about your time as an SNA, what did you learn/what skills can you bring to this teaching position.
What do you know about Autism, how does it affect children.
Give us examples of impairments the child may have and how they will affect them in the classoom.
Experiene of Aistear- its usefulness for children with ASD
How would you deal with an agressive outburst
Experiene and importance of teamwork/how would you handle conflict within the adults of your team.
How will you teach the children the curriculum
Importance of scheduels/PECS/rewards
What would you expect from us as a school before you begin the post
Have you any experience with IEP's- planning/implementing
What areas of the curriculum do you think would be easiest/hardest to teach ASD children.