I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at VOICE Charter School (New York, NY) in Aug 2014
Interview
Month-long process; included two phone interviews, two writing samples, and finally an in-person interview. The phone interviews weren't too hard; they each had similar questions for me. I could tell that the interviewees were definitely interested in meeting me because they responded promptly after each interview. I was happy to know that I was going somewhere with them. By the time the in-person interview came along, 3 to 4 weeks had gone by. The two women that I had the phone interview with were the same ones to meet me for the in-person one. They gave me another writing sample to complete and then asked me a few questions. I answered with clarity and purpose, just as I had practiced. To be honest, I thought I gave they honest and deep responses. After I completed that interview, they asked me to wait to see if they had anything else for me. Which they did, another woman wanted to speak with me. We role-played a situation where she was the teacher and I was the TA. After my response, she gave me some feedback. I figured that we had connected as she said that my answer was one of a kind. She told me that they'll have a response within a week.
A week dragged along and they sent me an email saying they couldn't offer me the position. I felt defeated because they didn't include a reason why. They didn't have to I guess, but I felt that I deserved one at the moment. I did however gain valuable interview experience with VCS, I thank them for that! Next time, I'll buy a more comfortable suit and pursue a TA certification.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
One of the questions were "What was the best advice you had given to someone". Something to that effect.
I applied online. I interviewed at VOICE Charter School (New York, NY) in Sep 2016
Interview
I had a phone interview that I thought went really well although it seemed a bit rushed. I was shocked when at the end, my interviewer referred to the children as "little (insert curse word here)" I did not react to her comment. I just said that no two school days are alike and that children will have good days and bad days. It felt like it was a complete waste of time, because I was later told that they weren't hiring for that position.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
How would you handle a stressful situation at work?
I applied online. I interviewed at VOICE Charter School in Aug 2014
Interview
After submitting my application via their website about a month ago I was contacted by their "Selection Committee" to submit a writing prompt to the following question: "Consider your school, teaching, and/or internship and volunteer experiences to date: Please describe, with detail, an experience that has been especially challenging (or frustrating) for you. What is your "take-away" from that experience and how might that help you, should you join the VOICE team?"
In all honestly, after reading the interview reviews here I was scared off a bit. I was given 48hrs to respond by didn't do so. I was sent an email once again with 48hrs to submit a response. I submitted my response after the allotted time and was soon contacted to schedule a phone interview. I was asked to block off a two-hour window: "We ask you to block off the entire two-hour period, however, because we schedule multiple conversations and we can thus only provide a time range for our call."
The morning of the interview I was contacted by a young lady working for the school.She seemed to be reading off a list of questions the entire time (I could hear the paper rustling in the background during awkwardly silent periods) and wasn't very conversational no matter how hard I tried. Maybe it was just too early in the morning for the effort? Either way I was very disappointed in the end and felt as though I had blown the interview.
Two days later I received one last email from the committee: "This email is about your phone interview with VOICE Charter School – thank you for taking the time to speak with us.
"At this time, we are not able to invite you for an in-person interview at VOICE"
Classroom/Office Assistant applicants have rated the interview process at VOICE Charter School with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 29% positive. To compare, the company-average is 20.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Classroom/Office Assistant roles take an average of 51 days to get hired, when considering 7 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at VOICE Charter School overall takes an average of 31 days.
Common stages of the interview process at VOICE Charter School as a Classroom/Office Assistant according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 45%
Other: 18%
One on one interview: 18%
Group panel interview: 9%
Skills test: 9%
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