Possible Interview Questions

We all get a little bit nervous before a job interview - it does not matter if you are an experienced professional or not, butterflies arise from nowhere when we are sitting there, facing another new career opportunity.

Even though it can sound quite obvious, going through some "basic literature" on job interviews can be very helpful if the objective is to revise some etiquette, postures, or even try to antecipate some of the questions and simulations you can be asked to perform in an interview. Of course that certain issues such as a timid personality or lack of patience to undergo some tests can be a little bit more complicated to fix; however, if you are interested in knowing some of the possible interview questions, and if you are willing to analyse your own reactions to them BEFORE an interview, you can be quite surprised by the results you may get in your next mission!
Some of the questions posted here have been taken from my personal experience in interviewing possible candidates for ESOL and ESL positions in institutions I have worked in as pedagogical consultant. Others, I have chosen from some published material from my CELTA course.

1 - What do you consider your strengths and weaknesses as a teacher?

2 - What does classroom management mean to you?

3 - How can you define a good class?

4 - What materials are you familiar with? Of these, which do you prefer and why?

5 - What levels have you taught? Which levels do you prefer teaching?

6 - What age groups have you taught How would you feel about teaching children

7 - What size classes have you taught? How would you feel about teaching one-to-one?

8 - Can you give me an example of the first conditional/the past continuous, etc?

9 - Can you handle technology? How would you feel teaching online/with an interactive board?

10 - Can you please prepare a class for a PI1 group, aging around 14, with 12 students in it, using only the board, in half an hour?

11 - What would you do if...

... some students were having problems understanding a certain grammar explanation?
... two students kept talking about other issues during class?
... one student had more difficulty with pronunciation than the others?

12 - How do you usually monitor students?