I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Achievement First (New York, NY) in Oct 2018
Interview
I applied online, did two phone interviews then finally went to NY for demo lesson. The lesson was engaging ( I believe), but I’m not an actual teacher and I only had 15 mins to give a demo. Many resident teacher programs approach hiring new teachers this way, but it never makes sense to me. You have 15 mins to teach a “demo lesson” to about 15 kids on a topic that they may or may not have background knowledge about and they test you to see how you respond to their behaviors etc. I mean I GUESS..but there are better teaching programs that will pay for your education entirely and will properly train you to teach while you work full-time. The interview process was overall OK (because they moved pretty quickly, about 6 weeks, to interview and to let me know whether they wanted me or not)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
In a situation where you have to turn in lesson plans for the week or have a conversation with a student about their behavior that day which would you prioritize (since you’re too short on time to do both)?
Recruiter reached out and scheduled an informal 30-minute phone interview, which was followed by an application with essay questions, then a longer scheduled virtual interview including preparing a lesson plan.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Achievement First (Providence, RI) in May 2020
Interview
Interview was well put together. 2 phone interviews then a final interview with the principal and other figures giving a demo lesson. Also had another one where I practiced in front of a recruiter before my final.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Achievement First (New York, NY) in Mar 2020
Interview
The process is pretty straight forward application, phone interview, references, and demo lesson interview. The demo lesson was a video call due to the epidemic with the school principal, talent acquisition member, and 2 deans. During all exchange of contact they were very genuine and welcoming.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are your areas of strength’s that you can bring to AF?
Resident Teacher applicants have rated the interview process at Achievement First with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 83% positive. To compare, the company-average is 71.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Resident Teacher roles take an average of 17 days to get hired, when considering 18 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Achievement First overall takes an average of 19 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Achievement First as a Resident Teacher according to 18 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 22%
Background check: 22%
Group panel interview: 16%
One on one interview: 16%
Presentation: 9%
Other: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Drug test: 4%
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