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[mishmumkin]

Does anyone working at ZU have some interview advice to share?

Thanks in advance!

[Imdramayu]

I interviewed with ZU and they asked these Qs. Beware that I interviewed with other universities at the time and their Qs are mixed in.

GENERAL BACKGROUND

1) Tell us about yourself. How did you like working in your past jobs?
2) What really excites you in the classroom?
3) What duties have you had in your present school?
4) What�s your teaching methodology? What�s your classroom like?
What interactions might I see in your classroom?
5) Why are you interested in teaching at this school?
6) Could you explain how this experience relates to Ss in KFUPM�s context?
What skills or abilities can you offer us that would give students an edge?
7) What did you get out of your MA in TESOL?
Why are you leaving your present employer?
9) Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

INTERACTIONS WITH OTHERS

10) Weaknesses?
11) What did you do when you had a problem with a colleague?
12) How do you deal with discipline or motivation problems?
13) How did you know what students thought about your lesson?

TEACHING SKILLS

14) What skills have you taught?


15) How would you teach X?
Can you describe a lesson that you were pleased with?

16) Can you tell me how you plan a lesson?

17) Assessment
� How do you determine whether your lesson objectives/main aims
have been met?
� How do you know if students have learned something in class?
� Can you give me an example of how you monitor and
correct students in your classes?

17) What common errors have you noticed your students make?
1 What strategies do you use to get students to learn & improve vocabulary?
19) What strategies do you use to improve Ss academic listening skills?20) What things would you have to be careful about when choosing an authentic reading text?
21) How would you exploit a reading text?
23) What examples of writing do you do in your class?
24) What do I do with a paragraph in class?
25) What kind of feedback do you give Ss in writing class?

MATERIALS

26) What textbooks have you used? What did you think of them?
27) What kind of material have you developed?
2 If I want to prepare material, what steps would I go through?
29) How do you computers in your classroom? (HCT)
OR How would CALL language lab programs help your students?
OR What e-learning background do you have? (QU)
OR Describe the language software you have used. (HCT)
OR What further class tasks did you do related to their work with any example language software?
31) How did you present your conference presentation?
32) Do you have any questions for us?