I had an interview with IH Moscow on Nov. 12, 2003. They threw me a curve by starting off with "How do you like Korea?" and related questions. I'm used to that sort of thing from interviewing in Korea, but I didn't expect BKC International House Moscow in Russia to care. If you're curious about what they asked me, keep reading.
When were you born?
What kind of passport do you have?
When does your passport expire?
How many hours of instruction was your CELTA?
What grade did you receive on your CELTA?
Do you have business English experience?
Have you taught ESP?
What books have you taught with?
How would you explain the difference between "be going to" and "will"?
Why do students have trouble with the future tenses?
Why do students have trouble with phrasal verbs?
How do you teach phrasal verbs?
How would you handle a teen who is disrupting class?
How would you handle a good student who is so enthusiastic that he dominates a class?
ADOS questions
Do you have any administrative/ supervisory experience?
How would you deal with complaints from teachers?
Have you observed other teachers?
How would you conduct a class observation?
By the way, if you're also dealing with them you might want to know that they told me this interview would only be about teaching and that if it was successful, there would be a follow-up interview about being an ADOS. As you can tell from the questions they asked me, the IH Moscow interview actually covered both topics. Perhaps they wanted to get answers that I wasn't prepared to give because they prefer a "gut resonse" to a planned one. Maybe they're just a bit disorganized.
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