Interviews

I had the opportunity, after we talked about interviewing on the first weekend, to interview four candidates for a language art position at our middle school. Something hit me this weekend when we were looking at the critical incidence situations. We asked the applicants general questions and it seemed that they were all "canned" answers. They were the answers that they were taught were the right answers. I wish we would have presented them with a few situations. One applicant in particular, could tell us what she wanted her classroom to look like but couldn't tell us what she would do if it didn't work the way she planned. I think that posing a situation and asking how they would respond really gets to the heart of their abilities. I might save these until the end of the interview so they may be less nervous!