Reading Teacher Interview Questions
Go Back1. What methods have you used or would you use to assess student learning?
2. Do you manage your time well?
3. Ten years from now, where do you see yourself?
4. Why do you want a career as a reading teacher?
5. What are your career goals?
6. What is your favorite thing about being a reading teacher?
7. Tell me about yourself.
8. What is your teaching philosophy?
9. What do you see as your role in the educational, social, emotional, and psychological development of students?
10. What is your philosophy on reading?
11. What three words would you use to describe yourself?
12. What experience do you have with diverse populations?
13. What specific reading programs would you like to see implemented for struggling readers?
14. How do your life experiences prepare you for teaching?
15. What do you like most about a teaching career?
16. What kind of work environment do you thrive in?
17. How do you go about classroom management?
18. Describe a situation where you had to make a quick decision.
19. What was the most frustrating thing that happened to you as a teacher?
20. Please tell me about your most challenging experience while working with children and how you handled it.
21. Tell me about a time you dealt with an upset parent or guardian.
22. How would you work to engage a student who appeared to be disinterested in reading?
23. Have you ever been overloaded with work?
24. How do you see yourself partnering with teachers?
25. How would you go about assisting a teacher who came to you and explained that her students were struggling with reading comprehension of a specific text?
26. How would you help to expand our school library?
27. As a Reading Teacher, what do you believe is your best asset?
28. Why should we hire you?
29. What is your greatest weakness? What are you doing to improve it?
30. What is your greatest strength?