I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Varsity Tutors (Portland, OR) in Sep 2014
Interview
There are two interviews.
INTERVIEW ONE (phone)
Just covered a few basics to see what you would be ready to teach right away and how far you're willing to travel. Quick, 10-minute interview followed by scheduling your second interview.
INTERVIEW TWO (webcam via Zoom software)
Here you go through practice questions: first, SAT, and then, math tutoring questions. Brush up on your knowledge of the SAT (they asked me what are the two different categories of questions on the SAT Reading section), and practice some math questions in advance if you're rusty. I said I could tutor Algebra II, but it turns out I could only answer one of 5 questions (one of the questions was taking the log of 64, base 4... forgot how to do that on a calculator!), and I struggled with the Algebra I questions (e.g., figure out slope and perpendicular slope given two points)
I was reached out to via email to set up next steps and schedule the video interview. I had to schedule an online teaching video and do a mock tutoring session type thing.
There was not one only exams that had to be passed to teach certain subjects. It is an AI test so it is set up like an interview. I really liked this process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If I fully understood the material I was teaching.
You are sent a link to an online video interview. They ask you about previous tutoring experience and the last question was asking you to do a mock-tutoring session. It's very awkward because you have to make up what you want to teach on the spot, but you get unlimited time to think of responses.
Tutor applicants have rated the interview process at Varsity Tutors with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 69% positive. To compare, the company-average is 67.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Tutor roles take an average of 8 days to get hired, when considering 300 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Varsity Tutors overall takes an average of 10 days.
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Presentation: 15%
Background check: 13%
Skills test: 13%
One on one interview: 11%
Drug test: 11%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Personality test: 3%
Other: 2%
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