I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Success Academy Charter Schools (Harlem) in Oct 2025
Interview
They ask very personal questions about you and also your experience with children to see how well your personality will mesh with their very structured teaching culture. They do seem a bit desperate to hire as they offered me the job immediately after my second interview and wanted me to start full time ASAP within the next week of my interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Gave a scenario of a child disrupting class and asked how I would handle it to get the class back in order.
I received a random message on LinkedIn from a recruiter. We had a call where they went over interview prep and scheduled the meeting. They asked pretty standard questions. Teaching experience, why teaching and why this specific academy, a time where you dealt with a difficult situation or person, how do you take constructive criticism then a simulated situation where they give you a scenario about ‘difficult’ parents and kids.
Not bad just a interview with normal amount of questions, I'm not the one who work as teacher that I came from EE background but they give me the interview
I applied online. I interviewed at Success Academy Charter Schools (New York, NY) in Apr 2026
Interview
This has to be hands down one of the worst interviews I have ever been to. I was in absolute disbelief that the interviewers main focus was not on education but rather on disciplining children. At one point we even role played on how I would punish a child, to which the interviewer informed me to be even more strict. Considering that they work with a significant number of student of color, this practice feels incredibly racist. It seems like they are in the business of hiring correctional officers that punish children and guise themselves as pioneers of education. These company should not exist.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They prioritized asking me how beneficial it was for me to have strict teachers that supposedly aided my growth as a student (incredibly disturbing). As others have mentioned, they also asked me how strict my parents were?! Insanely unprofessional.
