I received a random message on LinkedIn from a recruiter. We had a call where they went over interview prep and scheduled the meeting. They asked pretty standard questions. Teaching experience, why teaching and why this specific academy, a time where you dealt with a difficult situation or person, how do you take constructive criticism then a simulated situation where they give you a scenario about ‘difficult’ parents and kids.

This has to be hands down one of the worst interviews I have ever been to. I was in absolute disbelief that the interviewers main focus was not on education but rather on disciplining children. At one point we even role played on how I would punish a child, to which the interviewer informed me to be even more strict. Considering that they work with a significant number of student of color, this practice feels incredibly racist. It seems like they are in the business of hiring correctional officers that punish children and guise themselves as pioneers of education. These company should not exist.