Ask about your past experience as a mentor, tutor, in education. Previous experience is valued but not required. Also favor those with previous experience working with students from low-income backgrounds.
I applied through university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at CollegeSpring (Los Angeles, CA) in Aug 2017
Interview
Interview was scheduled quickly and was very relaxed one on one. She asked me to talk about myself and my experience getting into college, background in teaching/tutoring/working with adolescents, why I want to work for CollegeSpring and care about their mission, and then asked me to solve and teach her a math problem to evaluate how well I can communicate and teach solutions.
I applied online and then was invited for an interview in-person on my campus. The interview was about 30 minutes and included doing a sample SAT question. Staff was friendly!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do you know about CollegeSpring? Why did you apply?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at CollegeSpring
Interview
Had a Skype interview due to distance from LA. Interview consisted of questions related to prior related experience and a sample of teaching 2 SAT questions. Four questions were presented. Two were critical reading and two were math. Questions had to be chosen one from each category.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Talk about the most challenging time with a student. How did you resolve the situation?