The interview went smoothly, and the interviewer was very pleasant and helpful. It was low pressure and overall a positive experience! All in all I can say that it was professional and well-run.
A recruiter acted as a child with limited understanding and you had to demonstrate a class. You are supposed to use a pdf that that supply you with teaching instructions. The instructions tell the teacher to read different things on each page - things that a new English learner would not understand. Yet, you are told to do so. I normally wouldn't say such long sentences that a student would clearly not understand in the context of a class. So, you are torn between following the instructions, and doing teaching well. Lose-lose.
I ended up following the instructions. And of course, the student (recruiter) acted as if they didn't undertand what I was saying. I "passed" the interview, but was offered the lower base pay.
Was this a trick? I don't believe tricking people on interviews. If this is how they treat potential teachers during an interview, how do they treat them when working with them?
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Question 1
What could you have done better during the demo class?
The hiring process took nearly 2 months. It was very easy and they didn't ask many questions. The hiring managers also didn't have good English so it was very hard to understand what they were talking about and instead of answering a question directly they just avoided it or started talking about something completely different.