TEFL Job information
Questions that have been asked at interviews:
1. What does the expression ‘a good lesson’ mean to you?
2. Do you have any opinions on the difference between good and bad
whiteboard work?
3. What’s a good warm-up that you use for a pre-intermediate class?
4. How would you do a pair-work exercise if you had 11 students in a
class?
5. What would you do if a student asked you an extremely tricky
grammar question and you didn’t have a clue how to answer it?
6. Why can’t we say ‘the beach was very wonderful’?
7. Which two topics do you find generate no interest whatsoever for
a class of foreign students?
8. “A teacher should be an entertainer” Do you agree or disagree
with this statement? Why?
9. What’s the difference between ‘I’ll see you on Sunday’; and ‘I’m
going to see you on Sunday’?
10. How would you handle a situation in which an student in an
adult class suddenly said “Teacher, this lesson is boring”?
11. How would you explain the difference between ‘slender’; and
‘thin’?
12. What’s the difference between a class test and a class quiz?
13. What do you think is the most difficult age group to teach
and why?
14. What is a grammar point that you particularly enjoy teaching
and why?
15. ‘I often go to Paris’ could mean that you go twice a year,
however, you wouldn’t use ‘I often go the dentist’; even though you
have your teeth checked twice a year. Why is that?
16. What is the ideal group size for a conversation class and
why?
17. How long should it take to prepare a two-hour lesson on
phrasal verbs?
18. When you address a beginner level class for the very first
time, what is important to keep in mind?
19. Give an example of a sentence in present perfect passive.
20. Which topic/grammar point do you find difficult/tricky to
teach and why?
21. What's the difference between teaching a class of adults and
a class of young learners?
22. What are your strengths as a teacher?
23. What areas of your teaching do you think need
more development?
24. What coursebooks have you used? Which did you like and why?
Which didn't you like and why?
24. Tell us about an instance when a young learner behaved badly in
class. How did you deal with it? What could you have done
differently?
25. Talk us through a lesson you taught recently. Why did you do
[pick one stage]? What was the aim of [pick another stage]? How did
you present [the language point]? etc.
26. What are the differences between teaching monolingual
classes and multilingual classes?
27. Are there any particular things about [Thai/Mexican/Saudi]
student you should bear in mind which might not be so relevant for
European students?
28. How would you teach a lesson to contrast the present simple with
the present continuous?
If you can answer all these questions well in an interview, you
should stand a reasonable chance of getting the job!
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