 Hi guys, Linda here from ITTT. Back this week with another live session. How's everybody doing? Welcome, welcome. Today's topic is all about the EFL interview, the teaching job interview. So top tips, we're going to cover top tips to nail your TEFL interview, your teaching job interview today. So last week we talked about some questions that you should be asking in the interview process to your future potential employer to the school. And then I gave some short brief tips for your interview in the beginning of that live session last weeks. And I asked you guys if you would like to have a full live session webinar about the interview more in depth. And you guys said yes. So that's what we're going to do today. We're going to talk all about the EFL interview. And if you're listening to this as a podcast episode, thank you so much for your download. And I really appreciate you. And as always, we do have a 30% off link as well. So this first 30% off any TEFL or TESOL course from ITTT. 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Or you're still up from like yesterday? Let me know how that works. But anyway, we got Emilio and we got a couple other people. Just let me know where you're watching from and then we can talk about today's topic. Like I said, we're talking all about the EFL interview and top tips to nail your Tefl TESOL English teaching job interview. Okay. So that's what's going to happen today. Also, as always, don't forget to like and subscribe. Okay. Don't forget to like and subscribe. Like our Facebook page. Subscribe to our YouTube channel. We share lots of useful content on our YouTube, on our Facebook page. If you're new, you'll find job offers on there as well. You'll also going to find teaching materials that you can use and print out in your classroom if you're already teaching. Of course, lots of Tefl course information and lots of other good stuff. So check it out if you haven't checked it out yet. And you stay up to date whenever we go live. This is a weekly thing, right? I say this every week, but for those of you who are new, this is a weekly thing that is happening. So every week, every Friday around this time we do go live and you will be able to join us. You'll be able to stay updated, get notified whenever we go live. So just like and subscribe and you don't miss out. All right. Great. And then we're jumping right in. So this is what we're going to talk about today. If you're looking at our today's today's aim, what we're what you guys, what I want you guys to take away from today's session basically are certain considerations you should think about before the interview, before the scheduled interview starts, and then some top tips for during the EFL interview. And then three, what happens after the interview? What can you expect? What happens after? So those three before, during and after. So we're going to look at all of these things. And again, let me know in the comment section for those who just joined, where are you watching from right now? I'm very curious. My name is Linda and I'm based in South Korea. It is 1030, now it's 1040 a.m. Friday morning. How about you? Where are you watching from today? Let me know in the comments. And as always throughout the entire live session, you're welcome to leave comments and ask questions in the comment section. There also be a Q&A part at the end. So you get to ask questions and yeah, that's usually how it works. All right. Awesome. Keep your comments coming. And then we're going to jump right in. So before the interview, some considerations, what to think about, what to, you know, what to do before the interview starts. So these are some tips. Usually a TEFL teaching job abroad interview will take place via Zoom, Skype, online, Google Meet, I don't know, online most of the time when people are hiring you from abroad, when you're still in your home country. However, it can also be the case that you're actually interviewing in person that can also happen. Okay. So, but these are tips mostly for video online, face-to-face, face-to-face online interviews. Does that make sense? So it's very important that you find a quiet and well-lit space in your home or wherever you are. It should be in your home because quiet, if you're in a cafe or somewhere outside, it's too noisy. So just find a quiet and well-lit spot. So well-lit, depending on the time that your interview is, it would be best to have natural light, you know, shine on you. So I always say this as an example here in my live sessions, when I do my live, I sit in front of a window and the light is coming in. So natural light, right? However, sometimes I also have meetings or teaching. I teach at night when it's already dark. So then I actually have a ring light. So you can also invest in something like this, especially if you're teaching online anyway. So it looks like this. This is my ring light. It's like relatively cheap on Amazon, $20. You can get something like this and then you just put this up and the light will shine on your face. Very useful. Or you could just prop up, I don't know, a lamp. If you have a desk lamp, you can kind of put that in your face if it's already dark, something like that. So there you go. Quiet and well-lit spot in your home, wherever you're interviewing. All right. And then it's always recommended to just test your Skype connection or your Zoom connection beforehand, right? Even a day before or just a couple of hours before. Also make sure your earphones work and your microphone works before you start. Sometimes, you know, it wants to do like stupid updates. They come in the most inconvenient times. There's a new Zoom version or a new this version or your Windows needs an update. Just make sure you are prepared. No updates need to be done when you have an interview. Very important. And then just make sure that you are online, maybe about 15 minutes before the interview starts, just in case there's anything that pops up that you need to take care of, like an update or whatever it is. There, some things can always happen. So just be sure to be on time, be early, and then that's good. Also, make sure you dress to impress. So you should wear something that you would normally wear to an actual interview, right? To an actual interview, wear something like nice, like an in-person interview, same kind of clothes. And also I know we're kind of used to, now a lot of us work online or work on Zoom. So we kind of only wear something nice in the upper half of our body, but lower half of our body. We just maybe wear pajama pants. Don't do that. If during an interview, you need to get up or get something and then they see your, I don't know, pink flowery pajama pants. Not so great. Might actually be a funny moment in your interview. Could be charismatic, right? Could be cute, but most likely not so cute, not so professional. So just make sure you're dressed to impress from head to toe, okay? Head to toe. Also, nonverbal communication is very important. That just means like eye contact, you know, try to look at the camera, try to smile, you know, use your hands and gestures. That's very nice always, nonverbal communication. And then remember that you also must communicate well, right? Especially when you're applying for a position as an English teacher, you want to use proper grammar, nice pronunciation. That's what they're also really paying close attention to how you speak English, how your English is, if you have a heavy accent, or obviously if you have bad grammar or whatever it is, that just make sure that you are using, that you're speaking well. So that your potential students will understand you, right? So it's always good to turn on your teacher voice, basically, turn on your teacher voice. And then also what I always also have as an extra tip, have some water near you, a glass of water, whatever you like to drink, just in case, you know, you get something in your throat, you have a sore throat or like a dry throat and you're coughing. So make sure you can take a sip of water here and there. If you need it, it really helps because you're going to be talking a lot and you don't want to like get up. So just be prepared for that. And then there's a couple of other things that we're going to cover now in this section, but these are the most important things to just prepare before your interview and have ready and just keep in mind. And this is something we also covered already last week. So there's just a quick review here. And now we're going to jump into all the new things. And I actually have seven tips, I think seven top tips for you guys for your teaching interview. And let me have a look at the comments. So Emilio says my shift started at 10pm and is until 10 a.m. I have 12 hour shifts when covering the ER. I've been waiting for this live stream since it was published on YouTube. Awesome topic. Oh, thank you so much, Emilio. I appreciate it. I hope everything's quiet for you then. This morning, this night shift. So I appreciate you being here. And Amitava, hi Amitava. Good morning. How are you today? I'm great. How about you? How are you doing Amitava? Let me know. This is also something I think Amitava mentioned last time because I asked if somebody wanted a full in depth webinar life session about the interview. And Amitava said yes, please. So that's what we're doing today. All right. That's what we're doing today, Amitava, and for everybody else. Great. Okay. So this is before the interview. And let's jump in if my computer is willing. Here we go. Okay. So let's talk about the seven tips. Seven tips. Oh, there's a pop-up. See, that's why I need to be prepared. There's a pop-up on this computer. Okay, but we got it. Seven top tips to nail your EFL job interview. And just keep in mind that most interviews are online. They take place over Skype, Zoom, Google Meet, whatever. Sometimes you may have to interview in person. So let's just keep that in mind. But first things first. So it's always very important. This is also kind of before the interview, right? But something that you should use then in your interview. So research the school in general, research the school so you know kind of what obviously what city it is in, what part of the city it is in maybe. And so you can kind of get a feel of how big the school is, right? From looking if they have a website even better, right? A lot of schools have their own website. So investigate a little bit so that you know what company you're dealing with, right? Investigate also very important the school's specialty areas, right? Specialty areas. So this could be like what kind of students go to the school? So is it mostly for children? Or is it for business English professionals? Or is it for exam preparation? Or what is it exactly? So that you just know. Because then from what you've learned on doing your research on this school, you need to draw connections. Draw connections between your past experiences. So your past teaching or tutoring or if you did summer camp work or whatever it is that you did. And draw connections between that and how these experiences and what you've learned in the past can benefit your prospective students. So the students that go to that school, right? And this will be different depending on whether it's teaching children or teaching adults or test preparation, exam preparation can be different. So make sure you do that. That's very, very important just to find some kind of connection because that's what they are looking for, you know, are you the right person for this job, right? And if you draw those connections, then they see like, oh yeah, this is a great fit. They already have experience. That's a good fit. And also, of course, show enthusiasm, be enthusiastic for adapting your teaching style to meet the specific needs of the school's target audience. So that's basically step one, two, three, right here. So first investigate, look at the school, find out as much information as possible, how many students they have and what kind of students, and then figure out what connection can you make between your experience and these students, and then show enthusiasm, show how you will adapt your teaching style from your personal experience to meet those needs of the school's target audience. So that's very important. And then already this is going to be a very successful interview from there when they know, okay, this is actually this person knows what's going on and knows how to deal with our students and knows how to teach effectively our students. So that's the first point right here. Let me know if you have any questions about any topics that I mentioned, any points that I mentioned, if something's not clear, if you would like me to elaborate, let me know. But there we go. Amitava says, thanks a lot, Linda, for remembering about my request for an in-depth discussion about today's topic. Yeah, absolutely. And this is such an important topic. And I went through all the previous topics and noticed that we didn't really have one specifically for this area yet. And it's such an important area as well, right? But again, with these things, and you might think like, oh, like drawing connections between your experience and how that can benefit your prospective students, it's not very specific. It's not a very specific statement, but this is going to vary so much from case to case, right? Because I don't know what your everybody's personal experience and teaching background is different, right? And every school is different and has different students and target, the target audience is different. So you have to also put in your work to find out and make these connections yourself, right? I can't do that for you, unfortunately. You still need to sit down and think about these things that specific for your case and the school that you're applying to. And you have to do this for every single interview because every school is different, right? So this is something you have to do every single time you have an interview, sit down, type the school's name into Google with the city and the country if possible. And hopefully they will have a website and you will be able to gather this information. If they do not have a website and you're going through a, you're going through a recruiter, they should be able to give you that information, okay? Or if you know about this job from somebody else's mouth to mouth, or if it's been posted in like one of the Facebook groups, reach out to the person who posted it or ask your friend who recommended that school to you about this, right? What's the specialty of the school? What are the students? Because that's very important information that you need to know. And a lot of people might think every English school is the same. No, they're not all the same. So this is very important that you know exactly what kind of school this is and who the students are who go to that school. This is the basis for the entire interview. So this should be taken very seriously and that's why this is point number one. All right, we have Peter here. Hi, Peter. 9.52 p.m. in North Carolina. Awesome. Welcome. Welcome. How are you doing? Thanks for joining. All right, as always, feel free to keep your comments coming, questions coming. Let me know where you're, where you're watching from today. Just have a discussion, right? I don't want this to be just a lecture. I always say this, but an actual conversation. So you give me something. I'll give you something, etc. Back and forth. All right, there we go. So this is number one, research the school. All right, let's have a look at number two here. Point number two, also very important. So prepare for a short formal class and stick to the methods you learn. And let me have a look at Amitavis comment that just came in before we jump into this. But Amitavis says, so Linda, I presume a formal dress is of paramount importance for making a first good and lasting impression compared to a casual one as regards to the interview. Yeah, this is something I mentioned right in the beginning. Maybe you've missed that. I'm not sure when you tuned in, but absolutely. So dress to impress. And I mentioned that you should wear something like what you would normally wear to an actual in-person interview. So wear something like that. So suit and tie or like for women, like a blouse, something nice. It doesn't have to be like too formal. Also again, this would be something that you would kind of find out for when you're doing this, when you research the school, right? And you kind of see what type of school is it. There are some schools that are super formal and all the students wear uniform that maybe you can also dress up a little bit more. Also depends on the culture of the country. So for example, people in South Korea, they really like to dress up a lot. So then you could also dress up a lot. Yeah, this will be something you will figure out when you're doing your research. And again, I also mentioned that because the interviews are a lot happening online. Zoom and Skype, where you only see the top half of the body, right? And this has kind of become a joke during the pandemic. People only dress up nice at the top upper part of their body. And then they wear like pajama pants or something at the bottom part. But for the interview, I would really encourage you to wear something nice on your entire body, also the lower body. Because just in case, if you need to get up and get something, get a certificate, go get some water. I don't know if you have to get up and maybe teach or they want you to stand up and hold a quick mock lesson. And then you have like weird pajama pants is not a good look. So just try and wear something cohesive on your entire body. All right. Good point. So let's have a look again at number two here. So prepare for a model class, a short model class, and stick to the methods that you've learned. So this is actually something that either we talked about this before actually the demo class, I did a live session about how to nail basically your interview demo lesson. So a lot of schools for English teaching jobs, also online teaching positions, what you need to do in order to qualify for the job is to hold a quick mock or demo lesson. And oftentimes the school, the employer or the online platform, they will already let you know beforehand the topic and how long it should be. They will let you know everything so that you know exactly what to prepare. And then you hold your mock lesson. This is often like either part of your interview or it can be also scheduled on a separate day, things like that. Sometimes it's also, it just happens spontaneously. So sometimes they will not let you know that they want you to hold a quick demo lesson, but then they're like, Oh, could you like teach? Could you show us how you teach for 10 minutes or something like that? And then you need to be prepared. So make sure you prepare for a short model class. And again, you should model, the topic of this model class should align with their students. So again, this is part of number one when you research the school and you figure out what kind of school is this, what do they teach? Who are the students? Then you would also pick a topic that would fit, would be suitable for this for their students. Okay, so you need to make sure that it's the right level, the right, yeah, especially the right level, right? If this is a school for kids, but you prepare something for business English, that might not really align very well, right? So make sure you pick something that fits. Okay, so think ahead again, think ahead about potential topics for the model class, something like past simple versus present perfect or present continuous versus conditionals, all these things are always good. If it's really, really young students, you could just do like animals and colors is a very common topic to be honest. And this is also something you can find very easily on Google, right? There are a lot of different topics. You don't have to spend too much time on figuring this out. You can just Google demo lesson, 10 minute demo lesson about animals and colors and something will come up. Or again, you can use chat GPT. This is something we discussed a couple of weeks ago during a live session, how chat GPT can help you with things like that. So this would be also something you could type in to chat GPT asking the chat bot to create a 10 or 15 minute demo lesson for this and this type of school for students aged six years old. And they will come out with a or and then you could put in following the ESA methodology, which is point number two here, and they will spit out a perfect demo lesson might have to tweak and modify, right? But it's a good starting point and it will save you time. So then, yeah, you would think about a topic that's suitable and then you would plan out a well-structured class. You have learned this in your TEFL course. You know exactly what to do. You follow the ESA methodology. You took the course. You know exactly what that means and how it works. Again, it stands for Engage Study Activate. This is the teaching methodology that we follow in our TEFL TESOL course at ITTT and it works really, really well. So you can use that and then easy peasy, you have a quick demo lesson here. And it's very important that you incorporate, of course, key TEFL techniques, key techniques like elicitation, modeling, maybe drilling and also CCQs. So concept checking questions, we're going to talk about those in a second too during your demonstration because that's what they're looking for, right? Do you know how to teach? And if you put in all of these cute little techniques here and there, it's going to make a really, really good impression. So that is point number two. And Debbie here says dress formally in case you suddenly have to stand up. Exactly. That's what I was trying to say. Maybe I, maybe I couldn't get the right words here, but yes, that's what I was saying. So dress formally from head to toe in case you have to stand up, right? So that you're not wearing crazy pajama pants or boxer shorts. God forbid. And your future employer is like, what is going on? No things. So good point, Debbie. All right, this is number two. Be prepared to hold a short model class mock lesson. Even if they didn't tell you that beforehand, a lot of people are like, Oh, hey, you know what? Can you just give us a quick teaching demo and you need to be prepared for that. If they don't ask for it, you know, good. It's better than being prepared and not having to use it than having to do it and not being prepared, right? Very important. Okay. Awesome. If there are no more questions or comments or anything for this point, we can move on to tip number three. Let me have some water. Okay. All right. Great. And it's kind of ties into ties in with point number two, but it's just bring your best lesson plans and materials to showcase your capabilities. So even if they don't ask you maybe to teach the topic of like lesson planning and, you know, preparing materials and things like that will probably come up. And then if you have this prepared in front of you, I don't know, obviously maybe nicer than this, but, you know, you can go through, you can be like, Oh yeah, this is, this is a class that I planned out and it's, I use this kind of format. If you can show them, then that really demonstrates, you know, it looks very good. So select lesson plans to demonstrate your creativity and effective teaching strategies. Maybe even in some cases you could screen share if you plan out your stuff, like on your computer, obviously you could screen share and show them, Oh yeah, this is like a class or lesson I just planned out for this and the student. And you want to include materials that you either have designed yourself that makes a really good impression or just used, you know, or found somewhere else, such as handouts, visuals, multimedia resources. This could be a question that they ask, you know, how do you usually plan your lessons? And then you could just have a whole folder binder here of materials and you could just showcase that and then that makes a really good impression. And also very importantly highlight any experience with telephone classes or test preparation, or also any experience specifically with children, any experience specifically with business English, any kind of like niche field, if you have any experience, be sure to highlight that and mention that because it is a sought after skill in English teaching. And even if after your research and even if that school doesn't specialize in that, you could still mention it because they might be thinking about opening a class like that, right? And if they now have somebody who is specialized or trained in that, even better, they could open a new class, things to you and make more money, right? Don't forget that this is a business, right? Private English schools especially is a business and they think like that, they think of their goals to make money, right? So if you have something to offer better than the staff that they already have, it's even better. If they have more options now, when they hire you, they can open business English classes on top of their regular classes, even better. That's great. So they want to hear about that, even if it's not related to the job right now, still mention it and then you're good to go. And like I said, so any materials that you have, any props that you made, anything you're really proud of, just have it like in front of you so you can show it, hold it into the camera. Or like I said, in case just a screen share, any materials, if you're really good at lesson planning or making your own materials like on the computer, you can show that off as well. So just and make sure you have that prepared and ready already before the interview starts. You have all your things open. So you just have to press the screen share button and it's all right there and you don't have to look through it because usually interviews, they also happen very fast because they're going through a lot of interviews very likely. So you want to save them time, you don't want to make them wait and yeah, waste unnecessary minutes. Okay, nice, nice one. I think that's all about that. Yeah, just thinking but I think that's all about that. All right, jumping into number four. Okay, it's something we also kind of talked about before with using the techniques obviously that you've learned during your TEFL course. Now this is more about using TEFL, you know, teaching EFL terminology confidently to discuss your teaching approach. This is always a question they would ask, you know, what's your teaching style? How do you, what do you prioritize? So it's very important that you use some terms and expressions that are known in the EFL field, right? It makes you look more professional and you know your way around the industry, right? So employed terms like elicitation, modeling, maybe drilling and again CCQ, concept checking questions and things like TTT, teacher talk time in your explanations. So these are all terms you will have heard about in your TEFL TESOL course if you haven't, you might want to take the course, right? If you don't know what this means, this will really help you and obviously look more professional. And then maybe also, I forgot to mention this, but in number three, maybe also if you have it, have the TEFL TESOL certificate, the actual certificate in front of you so that you can also hold that up, that also looks really good, right? Oh yeah, I have this TEFL course from this and this company from ITTT and they've been around since, you know, the 1990s, a very reputable company, they most likely have heard about ITTT anyway in this industry, but you can show that and then also oh and then I've learned this and this and this and I made this lesson plan and these materials from what I've learned during my TEFL course, that's really good. You can do that. You don't have to just sit still into the camera, you can actually showcase and use your things that will look really good because that's what a teacher does as well in the classroom, right? If that makes sense. All right, back to the terminology and relate the usage of specific techniques to different student proficiency levels, right? So they're going to ask you about, you know, what's your preferred teaching style? What teaching techniques do you use and what do you like? And then keep in mind the target audience and the students from our point number one, from the research, keep that in mind and then say, keep that in mind and then make your answer fit for that. So for example, if the school, you know, if they teach like young children, you want to use things like, yeah, CCQ, concept checking questions, this is what I really like to use. Or I do a lot of drilling with my younger students because they really enjoy that, drilling also with music. I like to use little songs and then drill new vocabulary in words and also movements together, things like that. Whereas you wouldn't really do that with maybe business English people, right? For business English, you might want to say that you want to reduce teacher talk time as much as possible because you want the business professionals to get confident in speaking in English by themselves. So you do a lot of group work, maybe debate, you discuss different topics and you try to keep TTT, teacher talk time to a minimum, things like that. So this would be adjusting the techniques to different age groups, different student proficiency levels. But again, this is all stuff that you learn during your TEFL TESOL course. You should all be aware of those things. And this is kind of point number three. So show how you implement these concepts to promote student engagement and comprehension. And this would be different from the age group, what I just talked about with the business professionals, you want to have maybe less TTT with younger kids, you could have more TTT, but also more elicitation, more modeling, more drilling with younger students. Okay, good question. You're from Debbie. So let's have a look. What should we do if asked a difficult question during the interview? I think this is one of the points that's going to come up soon. If not, I'm going to get back to it. But you know, it depends on the question. Let me see what number five is. Yes, so this would be five, but I would recommend be honest, be honest about any struggles, but offer solutions to address them. So if they ask a difficult question, or something you don't know, a lot of first time teachers might be really worried about that because they don't have experience. So what if they ask about what's my teaching, what's my preferred teaching method, but I've never taught before? Be honest, be honest that, oh yeah, well, I'm an inexperienced teacher, I'm a first time teacher, but during my TEFL course, I learned how to use the ESA methodology effectively. And this is a strategy that has worked for me during the course for my, for passing the course and all the positive examples during the course was the ESA methodology. And that's why I think the ESA methodology is something that is going to help me. And that's what I like. So stuff like that, be transparent. First point here, be transparent about any challenges you faced during the TEFL course, not just TEFL course, but any challenge you faced, even like, especially if you're inexperienced, right? So just be transparent and honest and say, yeah, you know, I don't come from a teaching background. I've been like, Emilio, I've been a emergency room doctor for the past 20 years. So I don't have much teaching experience, but I have a lot of experience in working under pressure in managing a team and getting work done. So I'm planning on using these skills in the classroom. And I think that's going to make me a really good teacher, something like that. So be honest, say what you can't do, but then offer a solution, right? Demonstrate your commitment to continuous learning. So just that's always a good thing, not just in the teaching interview, but anything that you don't know, just show them that you're willing to learn, willing to learn and adapt, right? By expressing your willingness to improve in specific areas. Maybe if they're like, oh, do you have any experience with business English telephone classes? You could be like, not yet, but this is something actually an area that I'm very interested in. And I've already done a little bit of research. And I would love to take my specialized TEFL course in business English very soon so that I learn these skills. And I would love to, you know, learn more about that at your school, learning from your staff. So that's an area I'm very interested in. And I would love to learn more about something like that. And just emphasize your proactive approach to also staying up to date with grammar structures you teach, or any kind of new teaching methodologies, teaching techniques, always staying up to date, just show them that you're very interested obviously in being a teacher and that you're always kind of looking for what's new and staying up to date. So you could say things like, yeah, I'm part of a lot of groups, EFL teaching groups, and we share a lot of information, news or new studies came out, new teaching methodologies, new websites to get lesson plans or games from. So I really like to stay on top of that and stay up to date and use the latest teaching methodologies or something like that. And also, you know, every school is different, like we said in the beginning, and maybe something that how you've been teaching the past few years is different from what the school uses, what kind of materials they use, or the teaching techniques that they use might be different. So just be honest and say, yeah, I haven't used this technique before, but I'm, I heard about it, and I would like to try it as well. So if that's what your school uses normally, then I would really like to, I'm going to give it a try as well. I think that could also be very effective and beneficial. And I'm here to learn and improve many different techniques. Something like that. So again, be honest, be transparent and offer solutions and be open-minded to new ways of teaching and just showcase that you are willing to learn. And yeah, like that. That makes sense. All right, perfect. Welcome Debbie. If you have any other questions, let me know. Just put it in the comments. All good. All right, then let's have a look at number six here. And this is also very important because that's an important skill of a teacher, right? So number six, stay organized and keep track of interview details with a diary. So this could be something like this. Carry a small diary or planner to note interview schedules, locations, travel times, well, maybe not that. This is more for in-person interview when you have to go to the location, but just have this also in front of you, right? And you could have this in front of your computer, my mic, and take notes, right? Take notes about anything. Also take notes about information that they give you about the school that you can then look, you know, keep an eye on during the entire interview. If they say, oh, we have 315 students, write that down. Our students are aged between six and 15, write that down, write all of that stuff down so that you can always keep an eye on that and incorporate that in your answers. So it's always good to have a kind of planner in front of you. And just because now when I'm doing this, and I'm pretending, okay, I'm pretending like to write, I'm writing something down now. It looks like I'm looking down, right? And that's kind of bad body language, basically, right? So let them know that, oh, hey, I have a planner here in front of me. So when I'm looking down like this, I'm taking notes. So just be aware. It's not that I'm being impolite. I'm being rude. I'm just taking notes. So just let them know so they know. And then it's, oh, yeah, wow, she's taking notes. That's nice. So it also looks good. And then this is for in-person interviews. So use your maps, of course, to familiarize yourself with the interview location. This is for if you're, yeah, an in-person, have an in-person interview. So you also kind of know the neighborhood. But you can also do this, if this is an online interview and you've researched the school beforehand, you can look up kind of what part of town it is in, look up kind of the neighborhood, and they can be really impressed by that, right? For example, if it's like, oh, yeah, our school is like in a really nice, the neighborhood our school is located in is really nice. And a lot of our teachers, they in their break time, free time, they like to go downstairs to the first floor to grab a coffee. Then you can be like, oh, yeah, I saw that on the map. There's like a Starbucks nearby, just 50 meters. And they're like, oh, yeah, yeah, right. Oh, you searched about that. That's good. You know, something like that. That can be really impressive. It's a small detail, but it can be really impressive. So make sure you do that. And of course, I mean, at this kind of, yeah, of course, we know that avoid double booking or arriving late for interviews and just maintain an organized schedule. Of course, right, we should do that. That's kind of clear. Yeah, just make sure you kind of keep also if it's an online interview, just keep your calendar kind of empty after the interview, just in case it runs late, it runs late, or it runs longer, you don't want to have something right after and then have to rush or anything like that. Yeah, just show them that you're very organized, that you can also do this again by just showing them, oh, yeah, these are all my lesson materials that I use. That also shows that you're very organized. So just have a very organized impression that you're like to plan. That's a very important skill to have as a teacher. So make sure that that comes across during the interview. That's what I'm saying. And then let's have a look at the last point here. This is number seven. Of course, we have to say that, right? It's kind of a no-brainer. Always be punctual, right? And this reflects your professionalism and commitment. And there are some people who are struggling with that. So that's why I put it down. Just always be punctual. Even for an online interview, you need to be punctual. So prioritize punctuality as a crucial aspect of being a reliable and responsible teacher. Because if anything, in teaching, time is money. If you arrive late to your lesson, it's going to look very bad. The school might be losing money, parents are going to get angry. So the last thing that you want to do is be late for your interview. That could be already over before it even starts. So arrive early for the interview, okay? This demonstrates respect for the interviewer's time. Also for online interviews, also for online interviews, be on time. Like I said in the beginning, be early, like 15 minutes, 15 minutes before. I want you to sit down. I want you to be ready. Have your water, have your mic, have your light set up, have your materials in front of you. Don't be late. Do not be late. Arrive early for interviews. And again, punctuality is a positive indicator of your potential reliability in the classroom. It's what I mentioned too. It's like the basic skill of any teacher to be punctual. Any reliable employee, I would say any reliable human maybe, to be punctual. Punctuality is very important. Okay, I think this is it. The seven tips. And then yes, let's have a look at what is next. So you did your interview, you did all of that. You gave good answers. So what happens next if it will load? Okay, so the next steps after your interview, if your interview, of course, was successful, you will usually, of course, be offered the job and be given some further information and documentation. So this is when then they will start sending you to contract. You will go over your contract. Also don't do this quickly. I think I did a live session in the past about what to watch out for before signing your contract. So this would be a good live session to watch after this. Read your contract very carefully. There are a couple of things how a good teaching contract should look like, and that's mentioned in that live session. So go back and check that out. That's very important. And if you didn't get the job, you might actually be given the opportunity to complete a second interview and or do a demo lesson. You might might not be over. So don't be discouraged. It might not be over. You might get a second chance. You might get some feedback and then you can improve on that. So make sure the employer sees that you have made improvements based on the feedback that you were given after the first interview. If they give you any feedback and then you have a second interview, just make sure that you make these improvements. You don't want to screw that up. So that's very important. So these are the next steps. And just to recap, this might be a lot of text, but just recapping real quick what we've learned, what I mentioned, what's really important for your TEFL interview process. Okay. So again, showcase your best lesson plans and materials to demonstrate your teaching capabilities, including any experience with specialized English. So any experience you have with business English, with telephone English, with test preparation, teaching very, very young students or teaching university students any kind of specialized field, you want to mention that as well. And again, you can have all of your materials kind of next to you in a beautiful folder that will look really, really nice. Second point here. So use TEFL terminology confidently to discuss your teaching approach, employing concepts like elicitation, modeling, CCQs, and TTT, teacher talk time. Make sure you just put these terminologies kind of in there. So it's, you know, they know that you're a teacher and you know what you talked about. You are part of the field. You know the terminology. And that just makes a really good impression. Number three, be honest and transparent, you know, about any challenges, about anything that you don't know, and offer solutions to improve and stay updated with any kind of anything like grammar structures, but also things like teaching techniques, methodologies, just showcase them that anything that you don't know, you're willing to learn, you're willing to put in the work and you're always staying up to date. You're very driven. You're always looking to learn more and new things. And that needs to come across. That's very important. A lifelong, lifelong learning, right? That needs to come across. And number four, prepare a short model class, demo class, whatever you want to call it, demo lesson and stick to the ESA methodology that you've learned in your TEFL course and incorporate any key TEFL techniques like elicitation and modeling, what we talked about. And then that should be also a really good mock lesson if you stick to that, if you stick to what you've learned. And again, it's very important just to prepare that beforehand. If you're like, oh yeah, I took the TEFL course, I know how to do that ESA engaged study activate. I know, you know, when you're doing an interview, you might be very nervous and it's not a good idea to wing this kind of stuff. So just prepare that beforehand and have your notes in front of you. And then you will ace it. There should be no problem. Okay. Cool. Then again, this is how to find ITTT online, just real quick how to find us. And then we're going into Q&A. And again, I want to mention that we have a 30% off discount code for you all today. So what you can do is you can scan this QR code right here, or I'm going to share the link with you again in the comment section. You just copy and paste this link and it will get you a 30% discount. 30% discount off of any TEFL or TSOL course from ITTT. 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Let me know your thoughts, your feedback, your questions. I hope that this is something useful today that you've learned something again. You know, with almost everything like that, your answers are really just going to vary so much from case to case, right? Like I said, your background is different than Debbie's background, then Peter's background, Amitava's background, my background. We all have different backgrounds. So all of our answers to different interview questions might be very different and then also the schools are very, very different. So you always, the first, the really most important thing is really to do as much research about that school as possible. That's very important. So Google that school, look at their website, get as much information about the school, how big it is, how many students there are, what kind of students, what kind of English teaching they do and then you can build everything around that. That should be the core because that's what they're looking for if that makes sense. All right. All right. Good question here from Debbie. Debbie says, when I prepare a demo lesson, do I just teach a lesson or do you think it's a good idea to show I know some of the students struggles while learning and mention in front of the interviewers? I think, yeah, it's a good idea to kind of show some of the struggles, but kind of incorporated like in your teaching already. So don't, you really want to pretend like you're acting, right? So that it flows the demo lesson. And I actually did a live session about the demo lesson before. So you can also find that in our playlist. Do check it out. Just type in like demo lesson, EFL demo lesson or something like that and you find that there. But just, you know, if you, if it's really, really young students, you can just do like a little bit of drilling, right? Do repeat the words, repeat the words. So that kind of is a struggle or you could be like, like look at my mouth for the pronunciation, pronunciation struggles like that, but just stay like in your role. Don't just break it and say, oh, because a lot of students struggle with this, I would teach like that. Don't break that wall. If that makes sense, stay in your role while teaching, while doing the demo lesson. And you can give any explanations about it after as well, right? Any explanations, but during the demo lesson, just kind of play the role of the teacher and don't break that. Don't go out of your role. If that makes any sense. So you can mention anything like that afterwards. That's a good point. But yeah, check out that previous live session about the demo lesson. It's really helpful and I recommend anybody check it out. Because I think this is more and more, a lot of schools are doing that with the demo lesson. And like I said, a lot of times they will let you know beforehand. A lot of times this could be like stage one. So they first let you do a demo lesson. Sometimes you also just have to record it. So they give you a topic, how long it should be. And then you should record the demo lesson and then you send it in. And only if they really like it, they actually invite you to an interview that can happen as well. Or they will interview you. And then if everything in the interview looks good, then they will be like, okay, we would like to see a demo lesson right now. Maybe then you have to have something already prepared or they're like, okay, but we'd like to have a demo lesson. When are you available? So it would be on a different day. It really depends on the school. But this is something that you can also ask your recruiter, you know, also some of the recruiters, they will actually have like a file on you. They will have a file on you in their like portfolio, I guess. And they will already have, they will already ask you, can you make a demo video? And then he's going to send the demo video out to different schools. And then they might invite you to an interview. So all different kinds of ways that this could happen. But it's very common to have a demo class. So you really want to be prepared. And it can be very daunting, right? And it can be really strange because you have to kind of act and be in this role and pretend like your future employer is like your student could be a little child. So it's a little bit awkward for sure. But they also know it's awkward. So yeah, it's just something you kind of have to go through, even though it's a bit awkward. Also a lot of online teaching platforms, they want that. They will have like a Skype or Zoom interview with you before you will be added to the platform and they want you to teach and hold a demo lesson as well. That can also happen. Okay, good stuff. All right, still taking questions. I still have a couple of minutes here. So keep your questions coming. And again, don't forget I will be back again next week as well. So next week and next week because it's the first Friday of a new month, August already. Wow. I'll have an entire the live session will be an entire live Q&A session. So no specific topic attached to it. We do this every first Friday of the month. It's just a Q&A, live Q&A. So you can ask me your questions just like what we do right now. But we're going to do this for longer. And I also have some slides with some of the most common questions asked. So Debbie says take away lots of ideas. Thanks. Oh, I'm glad. Thank you. I appreciate it. I hope it's helpful. All right. Well, then, well, I'm going to say goodbye then. If you have any other questions, you can just leave them down below or I will see you again next week for our Q&A live. And you can ask me all of your questions then. And until then, I hope today was useful. And if you liked it, just like and share this if you want with some other EFL teachers. 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