| If you have searched for advice about teacher job | | | | If while in the interview an aspect of the school you |
| interviews you've probably found several articles or | | | | really would not enjoy is described, you may be |
| websites giving you common interview questions and | | | | tempted to say it doesn't matter, or you may even |
| the answers you should give. This advice can be | | | | stretch the truth and respond that a situation like that if |
| useful to you for getting your thoughts pointed in the | | | | fine with you. Let's say you do that to one or more |
| right direction. But you should not try to memorize the | | | | questions. Consider the consequences. |
| answers. Nor should you accept the answers the web | | | | If you end up getting that job, the one thing that you |
| sites give as correct if they don't feel right to you. | | | | agreed to, maybe even happily, could be the thing that |
| A desperate job seeker may be tempted to say | | | | makes you dislike the position or the school. Then you'll |
| almost anything, within reason, to get one of the few | | | | find yourself in the predicament of not liking your job. |
| positions available. But you will really do yourself a | | | | Granted, that could happen anyway, but there is no |
| disservice if you are not completely honest in your | | | | need to help it along. |
| answers. | | | | It's better to express your true, professional feelings |
| That's not to say that you should lean back in your | | | | and risk not getting the position. Even if it means taking |
| chair and give the interviewers a version of the world | | | | a non-teaching job for awhile until you can find a more |
| according to you. But you should give good, | | | | suitable position. The best teacher job interview advice |
| professional, honest answers to all of the questions | | | | is to be honest with your answers. When you finally |
| asked. This will serve as a natural filter for you, and the | | | | find the position that fits your personality you will shine |
| interviewers. | | | | in the interview and the job. |