Teaching Assistant Interview Questions

  
Teaching Assistant Interview Questions

So you have got an interview to be a teaching assistant, well these are the kind of questions you can expect to be asked:
Why do you want to be a teaching assistant? What makes you think you will be a good teaching assistant? What do you think the role of a teaching assistant is? What do you think will be the main activities of a teaching assistant each day? Why do you think the role of a teaching assistant is important? Do you think you would find the role of a teaching assistant fulfilling and why? What challenges do you think you will face? What do you think the highlights of the position will be? Why do you want to work at this school? Are you familiar with this school? What are your perceptions? Would you be proud to work at this school and why? Whats your experience of working with children? Why do you enjoy working with children? What experience can you use from previous posts that would be of benefit in this school? How would you deal with a child who was disruptive? What would you do if a child complained they were bored? Could you support pupils reading? The list is endless, the interview process is exceptionally thorough because of the environment you are looking to work in with children.

If this is a career choice of yours and you have discovered this early then it might be an idea to do some work experience at a nursery or somewhere similar when before you do your exams.

Check out following questions:

– Please describe your interest in teaching
– Why did you want to be a teacher?
– What is your favorite science book?
Tell me about yourselfWhy should we hire you?Why do you want this job?What is your greatest strength?What is your greatest weakness?What are your salary expectations?What motivates you?Give some examples of teamworkDescribe a difficult work situation project and how you overcame itAre you willing to travel?What can you contribute to this company?Good luck.