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      Instructor Interview

      6 Oct 2013
      Anonymous employee
      Austin, TX
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Varsity Tutors (Austin, TX) in Oct 2013

      Interview

      Basically 3 step process: 1) enter your info on the website 2) they call you and do a phone screening interview 3) you install some videoconferencing software (easy), then they do a more detailed interview using this, which could last up to 1 hour. The last interview seems to be basically intended to confirm that you are qualified in the subjects you claim to be able to tutor, so they are specific academic questions. For example if you want to tutor algebra, they will ask you algebra questions, etc. They might also ask you about experience etc., but in my case that aspect was mostly covered in the phone interview. You are also supposed to be prepared to teach a short lesson on some topic. I expected to be able to choose the topic, so I prepared a chemistry lesson, but in the actual interview the interviewer chose the topic and I had to extemporaneously come up with a lesson, so be prepared for this. The topic she chose was physics (wave equation) which is not one of my stronger subjects, but fortunately I did OK. It is probably good to be conservative in the topics that you list as being able to tutor because if you list ones where you are not 100% confident, they might ask you to teach a topic you don't know well and then you will not be able to pass the interview. On the other hand, the more subjects you can teach, presumably the more assignments you will get. I recommend explaining the answers to the questions as you work them, as if you were with a student, because this is the main skill you are trying to demonstrate - i.e. not only state what the answer is but try to explain clearly why it is correct and what is the logical process used to find the answer. (you might run into time limitations though) Another thing, make sure you have a gmail account and it is working. Because they might send you questions with google docs and if you have trouble logging in to gmail for any reason, this might cause a glitch. In my case I had not previously logged in to my google account from that IP address so google went through the security check thing, and the security code it wanted to send was to my previous cell phone which was in another country! For math it would also be a very good idea to have a graphing calculator ready to go, I felt the need for one during the interview, though in the end I passed it without one.

      Interview questions [2]

      Question 1

      I was quite embarrassed to miss a calculus question - it was something like, for the function y = x^2 + p, what is the value of p such that y = 3x will be a tangent line.
      1 Answer

      Question 2

      In isosceles triangle RST, if angle RST=40 degrees, then what is the sum of the two identical angles in the triangle: is it greater than 120, less than 120, equal to 120 or cannot be determined?
      4 Answers
      3

      Other Instructor interview reviews for Varsity Tutors

      Instructor Interview

      30 Nov 2021
      Anonymous employee
      Colorado Springs, CO
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Varsity Tutors (Colorado Springs, CO) in Aug 2021

      Interview

      The interview process was filming my answers to questions and submitting the final product. In my case I did a short 3 minute lesson in the area that I was interested in teaching in. I then did a phone call interview and was offered a position.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      To do a video of teaching a subject that I was interested in being considered for.
      Answer question

      Instructor Interview

      29 Sept 2020
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Declined offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Varsity Tutors

      Interview

      Linkedin message led to preliminary email, which led to a video interview via Zoom. My interviewer was a recruiter from a third party talent sourcing agency, not Varsity Tutors itself

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What experience qualifies you to teach your chosen subject?
      Answer question

      Instructor Interview

      15 Mar 2018
      Anonymous employee
      Virginia Beach, VA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Varsity Tutors (Virginia Beach, VA) in Jun 2017

      Interview

      The interview is a quick eight minute questionnaire. You respond to a few questions about your teaching style, and experience. Varsity tutors gets back to you very quickly by email letting you know whether or not you got the position.

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