Module 10: Getting a TESOL job
A common question that interviewers ask is why you are leaving your old job. Try to avoid saying anything negative about your old employer or company. Even if you frame it as a compliment to the interviewer or his or her company, it will still seem that you are being disloyal, and no one wants a disloyal employee. Give a reason that is steeped in positivism, such as you are looking to grow professionally.
Although you want to appear confident, do not bulldoze the interviewer. It is all right if you take control of the interview at times, but always let the interviewer know that he or she is in charge, or else he or she may be put off. Who wants to work with someone who is just going to drown them out?
Have an opinion, a purpose, and a set of standards. You have to strike a balance between confident and flexible. While no one wants to hire someone who is rigid and arrogant, no one wants to hire someone who just goes along with whatever he or she thinks the management wants.
Avoid being a cliché. The biggest cliché is answering the classic “What is your greatest weakness?” by turning it into a strength by saying something such as, “My greatest weakness is that I work too hard.” Your interviewer is not an idiot, and this is not going to impress him or her. Give an honest answer, but also provide the work you have done to improve on that weakness and how you handle your weakness on a daily basis.
A common question that interviewers ask is why you are leaving your old job. Try to avoid saying anything negative about your old employer or company. Even if you frame it as a compliment to the interviewer or his or her company, it will still seem that you are being disloyal, and no one wants a disloyal employee. Give a reason that is steeped in positivism, such as you are looking to grow professionally.
Although you want to appear confident, do not bulldoze the interviewer. It is all right if you take control of the interview at times, but always let the interviewer know that he or she is in charge, or else he or she may be put off. Who wants to work with someone who is just going to drown them out?
Have an opinion, a purpose, and a set of standards. You have to strike a balance between confident and flexible. While no one wants to hire someone who is rigid and arrogant, no one wants to hire someone who just goes along with whatever he or she thinks the management wants.
Avoid being a cliché. The biggest cliché is answering the classic “What is your greatest weakness?” by turning it into a strength by saying something such as, “My greatest weakness is that I work too hard.” Your interviewer is not an idiot, and this is not going to impress him or her. Give an honest answer, but also provide the work you have done to improve on that weakness and how you handle your weakness on a daily basis.
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