I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Teaching House (Chicago, IL) in Jul 2022
Interview
It was a smooth process even though it happened from abroad as I was going to be a J1 Participant. They focused not only on the job but on living abroad the entire traineeship program.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you approach your first 30 days on the job?
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Teaching House
Interview
A disgruntled former employee interviewed me via phone, spewed a lot of information that is quite outdated in terms of Second Language Acquisition Theory. I felt there was no chance they would hire me as this person was completely uninvolved.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was asked odd things like "why would you have students read out loud! that's bad!" and then not given a chance to answer.
I applied in-person. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Teaching House (New York, NY) in Mar 2013
Interview
Easy, they are desperate for trainers so essentially they offered me the job on the spot. Everything then needed to be submitted to Cambridge for approval before starting the job. I had a 30 minute face to face interview and then had to provide references in order to get the final offer