School Counselor Interview Questions
Go Back1. As a counselor, how would you use your role to prevent violence in school?
2. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
3. How do you handle criticism?
4. Why would you make a great school counselor?
5. What is your favorite age group to work with and why?
6. What is your greatest strength?
7. What is the difference between a therapist and a school counselor?
8. What is the difference between Counseling and Coaching?
9. How would you handle an irate parent?
10. How do you try to counsel students who are known to cause violence?
11. What would you do if a student told you they were touched inappropriately by a teacher?
12. Can you share an experience when you went above and beyond to help a student?
13. Why should we hire you?
14. What is your counseling philosophy?
15. Why did you choose to apply in our school?
16. What influenced you to be a school counselor?
17. How would your role as a school counselor support this school's mission?
18. Who is your role model? Why do you look up to this person?
19. What is your greatest weakness? What are you doing to improve it?
20. What makes you most passionate about being a school counselor?
21. Why did you choose a career as a counselor?
22. How would you explain cultural differences to students?
23. What experiences have you had that make you feel capable of being a counselor?
24. What is your experience with parenting programs?
25. What experiences have you had in working with special education students?
26. How would you divide your time between meeting the immediate needs of the students and keeping up with the paperwork?
27. How do you keep yourself organized?
28. What would you do when a student tells you that he or she wants to drop out of school?
29. How do you manage your time?
30. How do you advocate for students?
31. For you, what is the role of a school counselor?
32. What is the role of the school counselor in relation to teachers, parents, and administrators?
33. Can you share an experience when you had to work on a project with teachers? What was your role and how did your group go about the task?
34. Describe a challenging experience while you were counseling a student. What did you do to overcome it?
35. Can you walk us through a time when a case you handled failed? If you would be given the chance to redo it, what would you do differently?
36. You witnessed a bullying incident. How will you address the situation?
37. What do you do to relieve stress?
38. What steps would you take if a student told you he or she was being abused?
39. What would you do if a student tells you that they want to end their life?
40. How do you think our school could improve?