I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Community Organizing & Family Issues (Chicago, IL) in Oct 2014
Interview
-Applied via email
-Received phone call to set up initial interview about a month after applying
-First interview was with Executive Director- questions were mostly about background and previous experience; was invited to attend 4-day training prior to job offer; training was about 2 weeks after first interview
-Received invitation for second interview about 2 weeks after training (not always the case)
-Second interview was a panel interview with Executive Director, 2 other staff members, and 2 community members- included behavioral interview questions and role play exercise
-Received job offer approximately 2 weeks after second interview
*Altogether from application to start date was approximately 2 months
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
-What made you decide to do this type of work?
-What experience do you have organizing in the school system?
-How do you handle high stress environment with multiple tasks on your plate?
-Role play exercise- asked to enact your approach to recruiting parents outside of a school to attend training