 Hello, hello and welcome. My name is Linda. Thanks so much for tuning in. Yeah, I'm back here again like every week, I guess. Live with ITTT, talking about yet another very exciting and interesting teaching and Tefl topic today. And I think especially this topic is going to be so useful. And it's I think not talked about enough, right? We always talk about how to choose the correct Tefl course, how to choose, you know, how to find jobs and all this kind of stuff. But not we're not going down into the nitty gritty of the actual Tefl interview. And that's what we're going to do today. So we are talking about the 15 most asked questions in a Tefl interview. And hi, guys. Thanks so much for watching. I see we already have a couple of people here. If you can see me, if you can hear me as always, please drop a high into the comment section so that I know that everything is working how it should work. You know, sometimes there can be technical malfunctions. You never know. And I am trying out this mic. So you never know. But let me know. Let me know where you are in the world, where you're watching from. I am in South Korea. It is Friday, 10 a.m. I'm super excited that it's Friday weekend. I have a few things planned, but first we got to, you know, get the job done here. So that's what we're going to do today. Hello, Daniel. Daniel says good evening. So Daniel, where are you watching from? Where are you? Because it's evening for you. So maybe are you in the U.S.? Are you in thinking in South America? Oh, okay. There you go. Haiti. Awesome. From Haiti. Cool. Thanks so much for tuning in. That's great. All right. Did I already say my name? I forget. My name is Linda. Linda from ITTT. Yeah. And we're going to talk about Tefl interviews today. Hi, Moses. Good to see you again. Hi. Juliana, good to see you again as well. Still from Illinois. That's awesome. Great. I love seeing the same people week after week. It's really nice. Our family is growing. And some new people as well. That's really great. So let's give it a couple more minutes for people to join. Like I said, I'm going to go through the 15 most asked questions in a Tefl interview today. So if you want to teach English abroad or online, these are the 15 questions that you're most likely going to get asked during the interview process. Oh, okay, Moses. I have another meeting just came up to say hi. I will try watching the video later. Thanks so much for dropping in and saying hi. I really appreciate it and have fun during your meeting. And yeah, you can always watch the replay of all of these videos. So that's really convenient. Even if you miss the live session, you can tune in later and then rewatch. So thanks for dropping in, Moses, and have a wonderful day. We have Giuliano. Hello. Nice to see you again. Nice to see you again too. I'm chatting from Brazil. That's awesome. It's always good to watch your videos. Thank you, Giuliano. Good to see you again as well. That's great. I love having a chat with you. So as always, you know the drill, you know you can throw your comments at me at any time. And at the end, there will also be a Q&A section and time to ask questions. So today we have 15 questions that I'm going to go through and obviously how to answer them. So it might take between 45 minutes and an hour today just to let you know. As said, if you can't watch the whole session, that is totally no problem. You can rewatch it at any time. It will be available on our Facebook page and also on YouTube. As always, we are streaming live on both platforms at the moment. So we are live on Facebook and we are live on YouTube as well. So that's really exciting. And if you are listening to this as a podcast episode, hi, thanks for downloading. We always turn our live events into podcast episodes. So you can find our podcast on any major podcast platform. You know, iTunes, Spotify, Google podcasts. And we recently just hit 1000 podcast downloads. 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So if you apply through this link, you will get 30% off any of our Tefl or TESOL courses. So that is this one. It looks like this. That's the discount link. And yeah, I think that's it for the beginning. We can jump right into the topic. If you've watched my lives before, you know, I like to prepare a bit of visual, you know, a visual presentation. So I'm going to turn that on for you guys. And yeah, let me know also maybe before I start that. What's your experience with interviews? So have you done a teaching interview before? And how did that go? Or have you never done it in your view? Awesome. Carlos says, hi there. It sounds interesting. I'm all ears for you. Awesome. Thanks so much. We also have Fauson. Hi. I hope I say that correctly. Fauson. It's a beautiful name. So what's your experience with TEFL interviews? I actually recently did a TEFL interview. I started teaching English online, I think maybe three weeks ago for a teaching platform. And I might do a live about that, about that experience in the future. I'm not sure yet. I haven't, you know, don't have enough experience about it so far. So I might share that in the future. I did join an online teaching platform and I had to go through an interview process. So that was also, you know, it's always a bit daunting to go through an interview. You feel nervous. You don't really know what they expect from you and all that stuff. So that was my experience. It was pretty relaxed. It wasn't that strict of an interview. So that was great. And I passed and I am now teaching English online. And it's good fun. It's good fun. All right, Fauson says, I have a dilemma. I subscribe, but I couldn't study. Have you got a cure? You know, you just got to sit down, turn the lessons on, and you just got to do it. There is no other way, you know. You have to work through the lessons. You have six months, but six months to complete the TEFL course typically. But, you know, it can go by quite fast. So you might want to start soon. Okay. Juliana says I've never done it before today. I hope to catch some tips. Yeah. Absolutely. Absolutely. Okay. Great. So, um, hold on. Let me turn this on and get rid of this banner. There you go. Okay. Okay. So the 15 most asked TEFL, most asked questions during a TEFL interview. And I have to say these questions were handpicked in a partnership in collaboration with a recruitment agency, a recruiter, a TEFL recruiter. So they know exactly what interviewers ask. And so, you know, these are really the questions that the interviewers ask the most. So, yeah. First though, I always like to introduce myself a little bit. So I am a travel writer and content creator. My blog name, website name is Lindegos East. You can find it at lindegoseast.com and on social media at Lindegos East. Just if you're interested. I'm originally from Germany and the USA. So my mom is German and my dad is American. But I've been based in South Korea for almost six years now. And I really love it here. And also I work for ITTT as a TEFL and TESOL marketing professional. ITTT, if you don't know stands for international TEFL and TESOL training. You can find us at TEFLcourse.net and on Instagram at international TEFL training. And we are a leading TEFL and TESOL course provider worldwide. And I think some of you already have taken a course with us. Some people are currently taking a course and some people are thinking about it. So that's great. You know, come on in open for everybody. And as I said, don't be shy in the comments. You know, leave your thoughts in the comment box. I always like to have a conversation, you know, a give and take during these live sessions. I learned so much from you guys, you guys' experience and you learn stuff from me. So this is our opportunity to exchange experiences and information and I am here for it. So please don't be quiet. Don't be shy. 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And I'm also going to share a discount link into the comment section. I shared it a few minutes ago. If you can find it, it looks like this. So at any time over the weekend until Monday, you can apply and you can get a discount, 30% off. Okay, great. Then let's get started. First, I have prepared a Tefl interview checklist for you guys before we jump into the actual questions. So what's really important before you do the interview? The first one is you should find a quiet and well-lit spot. Of course, if your interview is, you know, in the evening time, okay, because most interviews, I think I have to say that first. Most Tefl interviews are Skype interviews, right? So you will be in your home country at home and they will interview you via Skype. So you need to make sure that you are in a quiet and well-lit spot in your house so that the picture is great, like hopefully for me right now. And if maybe you don't have a well-lit place in your house, you could buy, you know, one of those ring lights, for example, they're very, very cheap actually. Or, you know, you can just put a lamp sort of behind the computer that kind of shines on you and you can get a little bit of more light on your face. That works really well. Also make sure it's quiet, you know. I have two cats, so I'm always in this room when I do my lives and I close the door so that they don't come in and photobomb my live sessions. So, you know, take precautions like that. Also make sure that you test your Skype connection. If you don't do Skype frequently, you know, maybe test it out with a friend first, you know, to see how your Skype connection is. Also have earphones and a microphone ready if you can. It usually enhances the audio a lot and will be highly appreciated by the interviewer. Also, very important, make sure that you're online around 15 minutes before your interview starts. You know, what I like to do is just send them a message maybe like 10 minutes before like, Hello, I'm online now. I'm ready whenever you are. Looking forward to talking with you soon. That usually, you know, creates a very good impression. Then also make sure that you dress to impress. You know, you need to take it as a real in-person interview. If you go to, when you go to real in-person interview, you also dress to impress. Maybe not like this, obviously. But, you know, you would dress up and that's what you also should do in a Skype interview. Same thing. So make sure you have, you know, nice hair, maybe put some earrings in like I have now. Put on a shirt, you know, things like that. Also, make sure you are wearing nice pants or, you know, a dress, a skirt, whatever. Even though they can't see the bottom half of you, they might ask for something, you know, oh, can we see like your TEFL certificate or can we see this and that? And you might have to get up and get it. And then they might see, oh, you're wearing like sweatpants or something like that. Make sure you dress completely because that might, you know, not be so great. Also, nonverbal communication is very important as it is in a real in-person interview as well. So watch out for your body language. You know, don't do this one. Don't like start playing with your hair. That's what I do all the time. Or, you know, things like that. Have eye contact. Have just the same as you would in a real in-person interview. And remember that you must communicate well. You must give, you must give good answers because this is about a teaching job. So you need to make sure that you can speak English correctly and well, you can articulate well. So that's where our questions come in. Always make sure that you are prepared for the interview. I think a lot of people, they just don't prepare for the interview and they just jump in and then they start rambling because you get nervous and things like that. So this is what this live session is about. Sort of a mini prep session for you to get ready for a TEFL interview. All right. Let me know if there are any questions about this checklist before I move on to the actual questions or if anybody would like to add something to this checklist, let me know. I'm going to have a sip of tea. Meanwhile, you know, there's always a delay between me speaking and then it actually going through to you about 20 seconds. So I always give it a bit of time for you guys to be able to respond. So there might be some awkward little silence in between while I'm waiting. But I think this checklist is pretty straightforward. A lot of those things are pretty obvious and pretty clear. So there shouldn't be an issue. All right. I guess I'm just moving on. But you know, if you have any comments or questions at any time, you can leave a comment and I'll get back to you. So let's get into the questions. Question number one, tell me a little bit about yourself. So this is 100% going to be asked. It is an icebreaker question. However, you should really take your time and practice this question before you do the interview. Okay. So this question is about you being positive and telling the interview about your good points, what makes you a good teacher, and also why are you interested in moving abroad to teach? You should cover that. You can talk about previous travels, previous work experience, or you can talk about your personality, why your personality is good, makes a good teacher, and also some of your hobbies. You know, if you have an interesting hobby that might set you apart from other applicants. Also, like I said, this is, even though it's a pretty basic question, you should practice this beforehand. And I know a lot of people don't do this. They don't practice before because, you know, I'm just going to introduce myself. But since it's probably going to be like the first question they ask you, you might be nervous, you know, it's the beginning of the interview, and then you might just not really know what to say in the moment because you get nervous. So what I recommend is writing this out before the interview, especially as self-introduction, because they're going to ask this 100%. So write it out before the interview about a paragraph of self-introduction and then practice it. You can practice it in front of a mirror or, you know, just some key points. But a lot of time people go into the interview, they get asked this question, and then they get nervous. They don't know what to say. They start rambling, and we just want to avoid that because that's going to be one of the first questions and first impressions are key. So you have to nail this self-introduction, right? Even though it is such a simple question. It's very, very important. Okay? I think that makes sense too, right? All right. Yeah. And Juliana says, I had a video mock lesson interview for a tutoring job. Yes. I'm actually going to talk about that also in a little bit. So a lot of times the interviewer will ask you to hold a sort of mock lesson during the interview. So I'm going to talk about that in a bit. Yeah. That's also very, very common for sure. Okay. Then question number two, what do you know about the country you are moving to and why do you want to teach there? So this question, you want to research about the country beforehand. You probably already have some idea because you are choosing that country to go abroad. So there must be a reason why you're choosing that country. So do some research about the country. What's the capital city, you know, just some cities there, some attractions there, or maybe some, a bit of the history and things like that. Mention places that you're interested in seeing, but it's very important not to spend too much time talking about traveling. Yes. One of the reasons why we move abroad to teach is because we want to see a new country, we want to do traveling. But as an employer, you don't want to hear a teacher only talking about, I want to visit this place and that place, and I want to travel the whole country. You also want to make sure that this teacher also cares about their job and puts as much energy into the work that they do into their passion for traveling, if that makes sense. So it's important to stay professional and also talk about why you want to be a teacher. Yeah, I'm pretty sure that also makes sense, but that's very important because I think a lot of people get excited because they really want this job, they really want to go abroad, and then they maybe only talk about all the fun stuff that they want to do and they forget talking about the job because you always have to think about what the employer obviously wants to hear. So that is very important to keep in mind. Let me know if I go too fast or if you have any comments, any questions. Let me know. But yeah. Oh, hold on, yes. Juliana says explore a new culture would be a good phrase. Absolutely, yes. So you want to tell them, oh yeah, I read about this country in a book and they explained the different traditions and cultures and I'm really intrigued and excited about that and I want to experience a new culture that is completely different from my culture so that those are always good phrases, right? Exactly. Very good. Usually there's a very specific reason why people move to a certain country. So for me, I taught before coming to Korea, I taught English in China because I actually studied Chinese and I learned about the history and about the culture. So that was one reason. So you could say something like that because you maybe learned the language or you're interested in learning the language and things like that. So that is definitely a great answer. Good. All right. Question number three of the 15 most asked questions in a TEFL interview. Obviously they're going to ask about what kind of teaching experience you have. Now, if you have teaching experience, great. You're not going to have a lot of problems answering these questions but if you do not have any teaching experience and you can prepare for this before, think about a time, any kind of experience that you had with children or in a role where you taught somebody something. So this could be babysitting experience. This could be summer camp experience or any other kind of experience that you have had working with children or adults. So this could also be, you know, volunteering at your church or doing, you know, teaching children. You teach them how to play the flute or something like that. Or even if you just had a baking class with your younger cousins, anything like that. So all of that, you know, are plus points if you do not have any teaching experience. And typically every one of us has some sort of experience like that. And if you don't, if you really, really, really don't, then you might get behind that and get some sort of experience in that field. Because there's a lot of opportunities, you know, in our communities to get some kind of teaching experience. Yeah, or you could also talk about if you really don't have any teaching experience, you could talk about your learning experience. Maybe you had a very positive learning experience. You're like, oh, I had, I was learning Spanish and I had this really great Spanish teacher. And he really inspired me. I really liked his teaching method. And then you would mention a method that you particularly liked that he had that really inspired you to learn hard, to study hard, to learn Spanish. So that could also be a good answer if you don't have any experience. Yeah. Okay, Juliana says it's good you're going well with your presentation. Aw, thank you. Great, okay. Moving on question number four. Question number four. Have you ever lived abroad before? Or have you been exposed to different cultures throughout, through travel? So this question is your interview, your interviewer will want to know that you're somewhat familiar with the ins and outs of moving through another country. Not only moving, but yeah, like you can handle being in a different place. That's basically what they're trying to do. Oh, Juliana has another comment. He says, you've got to show them that beyond being a good teacher, you're a good person as well. Yes, exactly. That's a very good point. And Daniel says, I'm teaching Creole in my country. Cool, very good. Yes, so that's a great experience as well. If you might not have experience in teaching English, but you might have experience teaching something different, right? Teaching your language or teaching a musical instrument or teaching dance or yoga or painting or you know, whatever it may be. Those are all teaching experiences, of course. So that's great. All right, back to question four. So they might ask, have you ever lived abroad before or have you been exposed to different cultures through travel? So there you can talk about travel experiences and how you sort of navigated that, especially if you traveled somewhere by yourself. That would be a really great answer. You took the solo trip through South America for four weeks, you know. And you picked up some Spanish on the way, but you had some problems navigating, but you overcame them and you learned so much and stuff like that. So they just wanna make sure that if they hire you and you move abroad to their school, that you're not gonna have a total culture shock and leave after two weeks basically because hiring from abroad is very expensive, especially in countries where they provide free housing, free airfare, all of those things. So it costs them a lot of money to bring you over. So they want to make sure that you are able to adapt to the country and you're able, you're not just gonna go, you know, get up and leave. Irma says, you're giving light to my dream of being an English teacher abroad. Thanks for the session. Hi, good to see you Irma. That's awesome. All right, Walter says, I'm not a teacher, but I used to work as an interpreter. Awesome, that's definitely also great to mention. Any kind of work experience. It doesn't only have to be tied to English teaching. They wanna know about any experience in particular. Of course, you want it to be as close to English teaching as possible, but being an interpreter, I think that's definitely a work experience that you should mention for sure. Irma says, I forgot to greet Thailand. No, you're good, you're good. It's just great to see you. Awesome, because like I always say, I can't see who in particular is watching on the streaming platform. I can only see how many people are watching and obviously your comments, but I can't see if you're not writing a comment. I can't see you watching, right? So, great. So, does anybody have a comment about this question? What would you answer? Of course, if you've lived abroad, you can talk from that experience, even if it's a different country, of course, but it shows that your adaptability to living abroad, moving abroad, also travel. Even if you haven't traveled much, you can still talk about a road trip that you took in your own country or anything like that. Well, those are all great, great answers. So, let me know about you. How you would answer this question? How would you answer this question? Hi, Afiya. Hi there. Thanks for tuning in. Hello. So, when I moved to South Korea and I had my interview with my school here, I talked about, you know, how I moved to China and I taught there and I navigated through life in China and they could relate. It's another Asian country. And so, that was, I think, a positive answer. But yeah. All right, let me know how you would answer it and I'm just going to go to the next question, but I'm just going to pick up your comment if anybody comments. All right. So, question number five. Now, this is a long one. So, for example, let's say you'd like to order some food or buy train tickets, but you don't speak the language yet. How would you tackle these tasks during your first months abroad? I mean, if you lived abroad before, very common scenario, right? So, you might be able, for people who lived abroad, this might be an easy one to answer. But basically, this question, with this question, you need to be creative and talk about how you might accomplish tasks in a different language. And this shows the interviewer how well you understand your potential students' struggles, right? Because they are, they have to deal with this during your classes. They are not native English speakers, so they will have trouble communicating in English, potentially, depending on their level. So, the interviewer wants to make sure that you are able to reflect and are able to imagine what your students are going through. So, some of us might have an experience like that that they can talk about, you know, and some of you might not. So, it's an interesting one, right? I'm curious how some of you might answer this. So, let's read it again. Let's say you'd like to order some food or buy some training tickets, but you don't speak the language. How would you tackle these tasks during your first months abroad? So, maybe you would say, okay, I would write, I would probably look it up in a dictionary how to say it, right, in the language, and then try to practice it at home and then go out and talk to them. And then, if they don't understand, I would probably show pictures. That's what I would do. Yeah. It's an interesting question, for sure. And so, take all of these, you know, as a general guideline. Obviously, they're probably not going to ask all of these questions during your interview, you know, but be ready for these questions. Like I said in the beginning, these are questions that I've received from a Tefl recruitment agency from a Tefl recruiter. They gave me this set of questions. So, those are real questions that people get asked in Tefl interviews. So, take all of these questions and you want to prepare for your interview. You want to have a paragraph per, like an answer, a paragraph of an answer for every question. And you need to practice that before your interview because you don't want to wing an interview like that. All right, we have some great answers here. Daniel says, I will cook my own food. I love that. That's awesome. But I don't know if they would like this answer, though, because you're not confronting your issue. But it's great. And Afias says, I'll buy one month's worth of tickets at once and one month of food. That's great. Great, guys. But I don't know if those would be good answers. They would probably, you know, they would laugh about it like I do now, but it's not tackling the issue. You might want to think about that one harder. But yeah, I know you're just kidding. If I someone don't have any teaching experience, how do they make it out of that question? Well, this question isn't about teaching experience, right? So I think we all probably have some kind of situation where we had a language barrier, maybe. So even like when you talk, if you're, if you haven't traveled abroad, maybe in your own country, there were some issues with someone traveling in your country that you have that you could talk about, some kind of language barrier situation. Or also, okay, if you don't have an experience and they ask you a question and you just don't have an experience, you can just make something up. Okay, you can invent something, make up a story. It doesn't have, it's not a lie detector test, right? So you can just make something up and you should, you know, to nail this, because most people can't just lie on the spot. That's why you have to prepare for your interview. So you would take all of those questions that I mentioned and you have to write an answer to it. A paragraph, three, four sentences, four, five, whatever. And if you don't have an experience like that, you need to invent one, right? So this takes some pre-planning. So that's why you want to, why you want to prepare for an interview beforehand. So, you know, they don't have a lie detector. They don't know you. They don't know your life. So you can just make something up, you know? You can Google this. There are a lot of answers, great answers out there as well. And you can just take one like that and, you know, kind of don't take it word for word from Google, because then they might know you took it from the internet. So you need to put your own spin on it. But, you know, if you really don't have an experience like that, then, you know, you can just make something up. Irma says, maybe Google translate may help. Though sometimes it is not 100% accurate. Will that be fine? Sure. Sure. It shows that you're, you know, a quick thinker, but you also understand that Google is not like 100% accurate. Yes, definitely. That would be a good answer too. Juliana says, I helped my classmate order food in France and taught her how to communicate with the waitress. This would be a great answer. It shows that, you know, you are, a teacher, right? A teacher at heart, I guess. You teach your friends something. So that's great. That would be an excellent answer. Okay, Faussan says, you might find it awkward, but I don't lie in any possible way. I totally understand. Totally get it. You know, and if you don't have an experience like that, then you can just say, oh, I don't have an experience like that, but this is what I would do. That also works, you know. You can just be upfront and honest. Oh, sorry. I do not have an experience like that, but here's what I would do if I was in this situation. And that's completely fine. None of us have all the experiences in the world, right? So Juliana says, I would say I'd go to a place where people speak English and ask for some help. Okay. Okay. That's also a good one. Also, maybe you might want to find an answer that shows how you can handle a different situation. What if there are no English speaking people that can help you, you know? But yeah, it's a good answer. Sure, you're welcome, Faussan. Honesty is always great, of course, of course. I don't condone lying. That's not what I'm saying. All right. Okay. Then let's move on to question number six. What do you hope to learn from your year of teaching abroad? So this is also a very, very common question. And you need to base your answer on your motivation to teach. Okay. Do not use this question as an opportunity to talk about traveling to other places or learning the local language. Okay. I actually have to disagree with the learning the local language part. I think that's pretty okay to say, because that shows your willingness to learn. So I think that's actually a good answer. But yes, do not use this question to just talk about traveling. Oh, I want to see this. I want to see that. I want to climb that mountain. I want to go to that beach. No. Take this. You can say that, of course. I want to make a well rounded answer. So you can talk about a little bit of traveling. You know, oh, I want to go to, you know, this national park is very high on my list. I would really love to see that. And I'm planning on, you know, learning the local language. I have a plan to take this language proficiency test, perhaps after a year and reach this in this level. And I also would really like to fine tune my teaching skills. There are still a few things that I would really like to work on. And I would like to take this opportunity to learn from all the other teachers here and maybe add some new teaching skill to my skill set, something like this. So you want to focus on the teaching part, yourself development part. And I think language learning is definitely part of that. So you can definitely say that. I hope this helps. Let me know what you think. But yeah, question number seven. So they might ask you what is your favorite age range to teach and why. And so with this one, you really need to basically look at the job description of the job that you're applying to and then answer accordingly. So if the job said the job description says teaching kindergarteners, then it would be kind of weird to answer, oh, I love teaching adults because they're like, well, this is a kindergarten position. So base your answer on that. And if you're open to teaching all ages, it's great to say all ages, but maybe still then you would kind of narrow it down. It's a little bit too broad to say all ages. You could say like, I love teaching students of all ages, but I particularly love teaching younger children, things like that. So yeah, always base your answer on the job description. That's a really good thing to keep in mind. So if the job description says teaching students aged six to 10, then you would say children. And that's probably why you are applying for this job anyway in most cases. So if you really want to teach kids, why would you apply for a job teaching in a university? That doesn't make much sense anyway. So typically no problem with this question, but then also elaborate. You want to say why you like working with this particular age group. So don't just say, yeah, I love teaching kids. And then they're probably going to be like, yeah, why? So elaborate why you enjoy working with children, why you enjoy working with adults, or why you like teaching students of all ages. So you want to elaborate your answer, always elaborate your answers. If you just answer yes or no, or a very, very short answer, it's just not going to go over well. And Daniel has a really good answer here. The kindergartners are learning well. Okay, so are adult students not learning well? But I know what you mean. I taught kindergartners as well. They're very easy to excite to learn, to motivate to learn. A reward system works very well on them. So you give them a sticker and they're like, oh yeah, let me do this other page too. So yeah, you could maybe say something like that. That's a good answer. Great. Question number eight. What would you say are the most important qualities an ESL teacher needs to have? Good question. Some good answers would be the following that I've listed. So good communication skills with a clear and concise voice. Time management skills in class. Creativity and a passion for working with young learners or adults. Patience for new language learners and a sense of humor. And ideally, especially the first part, good communication skills with a clear and concise voice. You want to portray that during your interview that you are all of those things, right? So during an interview, you're most likely, or most of the time, at least in my experience, you're interviewing with also a non-native English speaker, most likely some kind of manager from your school who are most likely not going to be English native speakers. So you want to adjust your voice also to them. That's a really good way to do your interview to sort of talk in that teacher voice, very concise, very clear, because that's what they need for their students. All right. Juliana says, it's a kind of question that you have to answer what they want to hear. Yes, that is true. That is true. I think we can all agree that these traits make a good teacher, correct? So also time management skills in class. So that's why you want to show up on time for the interview. Be online 10 minutes, 15 minutes early. Have maybe, you know, have your resume in front of you. Like me, I have it here, my TEFL certificate in front of you. You can have it all in front of you or your interview notes. Always have a pen and a notebook ready to take notes and things like that. That shows also your organization skills, all of those things. Make them laugh. That shows your sense of humor, all of those things. All right. Moving on, question number nine, what is your greatest strength as a teacher? What can your new school expect of you? So for this question, your school, they will want to know what you excel at or what you think you do best. And this answer really depends on everybody individually. So, you know, if you lived abroad, if you learned a foreign language, you can draw from that experience and can say, yeah, because I learned, you know, Spanish for five years. So I know exactly what it's like to learn a new language. And that's why I will, I understand, I'll be able to understand my students very well and we'll be able to teach them well. Or yeah, I've lived abroad in Spain for three years. So I'm very adaptable. I know how to adjust to a new culture, things like that. And you can also of course talk about your TEFL course. Yeah, I've completed three different TEFL courses. So I know exactly what kind of teaching skills to use and what situation I know how to plan my lessons very well. You can draw on your own teaching experience. Yeah, I've been teaching online for two years and it's been great. I had a lot of students that were able to pass their TOEIC exam or pass their IELTS exam, you know, show something, put something on the plate for them for this question. All right. Juliana says, I always do that during my interview. That's awesome. Perfect. Great. So this answer, you know, you should really think about this before the interview. All of those questions, like I said, don't go in the interview unprepared. I know I keep saying that, but that's very important. So really sit down and think about your answers. Write them down and you can also show them to a friend, you know, or ask your friend to ask you the questions and then you answer and then give you feedback or your parents or anybody, you know. So that's a good way of practicing and preparing for your interview. And, you know, it's not, you don't have to prepare for every TEFL interview individually, right? Because they're all going to ask similar things for teaching jobs abroad. So you just do your TEFL interview prep and then you can do all kinds of different interviews, right? So yeah. I hope I'm making sense. I feel like I'm starting to ramble again. Okay. Question number 10. How would you describe your teaching style? And actually, I have never gotten asked this question before, but I also haven't interviewed at too many schools. Because typically, yeah, typically they will kind of have their own teaching style in-house. So a lot of times you would get training from, you know, other teachers in the school to fit that teaching style. But yeah, they might ask that. And if they ask that, you should review the advertisement for the job and focus on the qualities mentioned in the job description or do some research about the school. Most of the time, you are able to reach out to teachers currently teaching at the school so you could ask them what the teaching style of the school is. Or you can just talk about your own personal teaching style, what you believe in. Maybe a good answer would be, yeah, I don't like to focus on, you know, too much on textbook only. I like to have a variety of different materials, also using a lot of new technology. I like to use virtual interactive whiteboards, but I also like using flashcards. But then I also like to use a lot of authentic materials like newspaper articles and also songs. So like, you could mention something like that. And I think that would be really impressive. If you have an idea, if you have any, I feel like any clear idea that you have about your teaching style would definitely be a good answer. Even if you don't have any teaching experience yet, you can still say, yeah, I took my TEFL course and they presented a range of different teaching styles. And I really resonate with this one in particular because... And so on and so forth. Alright, question number 11. How would you go about teaching a specific lesson to a group of young learners? So this is where the mini mock lesson comes in. Most of the time they would tell you in advance if they want you to teach a mock lesson. You might also sometimes have you record it. And if they ask you to record it, it would be important not to edit it too much. So not cut it. Usually that's a requirement. If you have to do a mock lesson before the interview and then send it in, do not cut the video file because they might want to roll what happened. You can't hold a whole lesson on cut or what happened during the cuts. It might be kind of strange. It doesn't flow. So do not cut it. And if they ask you to hold a mock lesson during the interview, you have to obviously prepare that in advance and know what you're doing. So prepare it in advance so that ideally that you can adapt on the spot in your interview. That would be really important. And this is also something that our lifetime job support includes. So we offer a lot of help with this specific situation mock lessons. So it's not my department, not what I do, but my colleagues, the admins, the post course support team, you can email them and they will help you create mini lessons for your interview. So that's also the great thing about ITTT and our TEFL courses that you have that lifetime job support. That includes help with your resume, also something like this interview prep. And this help with mini lessons that you might have to teach during your interview. Okay. Question number 12. How do you maintain discipline and control in your classroom? How do you handle kids with behavioral issues? And I think this is a very common question in interviews. I got asked that before. And here you also want to draw on your experience and explain effective ways that you've used for classroom management in the past. So how you've handled different situations from your previous teaching experience. And if you do not have any teaching experience, you can talk about your lesson planning skills and how they are designed to keep the students busy, engaged and focused on the lesson. That is a really good answer for people who don't have any teaching experience. I would write that down right there. If you don't have any teaching experience and they ask you this question, you can talk about your lesson planning skills that you've learned during your TEFL certification course and how your lesson plans are designed to keep students busy, engaged and focused on the lesson. This is, I think, a really great answer if you don't have an example. And also, I mean, you can, again, just invent a situation that you've had before and say that that's also good. Yeah. But I mean, yeah, if you've never taught before and you suddenly have a teaching experience, then of course that would be awkward. So, yeah. But even if you can't think of one, you have been a teacher but you can't really think of one. You can do that, invent a situation from, or you know, you can combine previous events into one situation. Things like that. All right. Hello. Hegmatullah, nice to see you again. He's this high teacher. Good morning. I remember you. Yeah. Hegmatullah. I hope I'm saying that right. It's a really great name. I love his name. Good to see you. We are talking about the most commonly asked Tefl interview questions today. 15 questions. We're already at number 12, but you can always watch the replay. So don't worry about that. All right. Let's move on to question number 13. Question is, how do you deal with kids that learn at different rates to other students in class? So this is also, I think, a very, very commonly asked question. Some schools, you know, they will group their students not according to level, but according to their age. So you might end up teaching students of different levels. And then the question is, how would you deal with that? So a good answer would be this is sort of like a textbook answer, but it works. Would be matching students with poor English speaking abilities or poor English skills in general with a student who is more advanced. So always match a weaker student with a stronger students. They can work together. The stronger student can sort of mentor the weaker student. The weaker student can learn from the stronger student. That makes if that makes sense. I mean, that makes sense. So that would be a good answer for this question. Or if you have a specific experience, of course, from your past teaching experience, then you can also say that, of course. And question number 14, how proficient are you with technology in your classroom? So you can mention using hardware such as tablets and computers or specific software apps. I know, especially in the past year, I think all of us have become very, very proficient with the use of technology in our classes. You know, apps and online education sites or online teaching platforms, online tools. Especially if you've seen my colleague Lisa's live sessions, she actually talks a lot about this kind of stuff. She's been teaching online for a while and she uses a lot of great online resources. So, yeah, I think all of us can definitely say something about this. Me included. I recently started teaching online and I've used a couple of really great apps and online teaching interactive boards or like online education sites. So there's so much out there. I'm sure this would be very easy to answer. But even in the classroom, you know, I sometimes use my iPad for with flashcards. It's not only really easy, obviously, to prepare, but it also, you know, saves paper and is better for the environment. So that's also a good answer to say. All right. And final question, question number 15. Do you have any questions? Okay, for here, the worst thing you can do to this question is to say no, I don't have any questions. Okay, never say no, I don't have any questions. You should have a couple of questions ready, written down in your interview prep on your paper in front of you. You know, anything from how many foreign teachers are currently working at your school. What does a typical teaching they look like at your school? What is your, well, you should probably know that what is your school's mission and motto. You know, what is perhaps you could ask what what's the neighborhood like where your school is located. Any, any question like that. Just don't say no, I don't have any question. What would be other good questions to ask at the end of a of a Tefal job interview? Please let me know what you would ask at the end if they say, Oh, do you have any questions? What would you say? My voice. What would you say? When they ask, do you have any questions for us? You should be like, yes. And then let me know, type it into the comments right now. What would be a good question for to ask as an interviewee to the interviewer in a Tefal interview? I already gave you a few examples. But I would like to know, I would like to hear some more, some more good answers. What would you say? I'm not signing off until I hear some good questions. Let me know. Please let me know. I'm waiting. I am waiting. Good, fouls on. Great. I would say, have you ever had an Algerian teacher before? Then other questions will come based on their answer. Fouls, that's a really good question. Yeah, yeah. Good. I like that. Have you ever had an Algerian teacher before? Have you ever had a German teacher before? Have you ever had a teacher from Haiti before? Yeah, really, really good. Nice. Moses, what are some of the professional development opportunities available at your school? Yes, that's a great one. That is really great. Because that shows you're eager to learn. You're eager to improve. You're eager to move up. Self-development, perfect. That's great. Very, very good. Nice job. Good. Excellent. What else? We're getting some good stuff here. I feel like you don't even need my sessions. You're already pros over here. That's awesome. Even better than the questions that I came up with. Excellent. Excellent. I want to hear some more. I want to hear some more. Now I'm intrigued. You're all really great. More from Moses. I love it. What are some of the challenges foreign teachers face at your school? Okay. Yeah. Uh-huh. Great. Okay. Sure. Or you could also say what are some benefits for foreign teachers to come to your school? What makes your school so great? Right? Daniel, I would say you never have a black teacher or teach to teach for your students. Yeah. Have you ever had a black teacher at your school before? Sure. That's a good question. Yes. Same with like the Algerian. Yes. But that's great. Juliana says, I think the great question would be about their specific teaching style and their expectation for their students learning English. Yes. That's also really good. Yes. You could ask them what's your teaching style at the school? I have to laugh if that's on. I might say have you ever met Linda? She's really fun. You're really fun. Just kidding. No, I like it. I like it. You're fun. Yes. Okay. Some good answers here. Awesome. All right. We are one hour and seven minutes in guys. That's amazing. So official Q&A, but you already got some really good answers for me and questions. Let me post the 30% off link into the comment section one more time. I just put it down. Looks like this. You can click on it. It will lead you straight to the application page of our courses. But you can also first, you know, check out the website in general and then just go back to this link when you apply to make sure you get 30% off. And you can also scan the QR codes here for 30% off. I know that since all of COVID, QR codes are everywhere now. So maybe because it took me a while to figure out QR codes. I never knew you could just scan it with like the phone camera. Somebody showed me that a few months ago, but I was like, why? I didn't know you could do that. Awesome. So either scan the QR code or use the link. Everything is fine. 30% off. And then before I sign off, do you have any questions? Okay. What will happen if someone doesn't reach the 75% as a total? So in the TEFL course to pass your TEFL course. Yeah. It's very rare. I have to say not a lot of people don't pass. But you will be able to extend it for a small fee and then you can retake either. You can retake. You can retake the whole course, I believe. Yes. So there's always options. It's not the end, but really it's quite rare for people not to pass. Don't worry about it. You seem like you can handle it, you know, how many units are you in? Did you complete a lot of units yet? Right. I'm going to make myself bigger again. Hi. Hello. Here I am. Yeah. So if there are any more questions, I'd be happy to answer them. If not, I will be signing off. Been here now an hour and almost 10 minutes. Thanks so much for everyone sticking, staying here until the end. It's awesome. It's awesome. It's fun to be here every week, you know, and seeing familiar faces, new faces, answering you guys' questions. All right. Moses has a question. One quick question. Since you are teaching in Korea, I think this is an appropriate question to ask you. Okay. I see that ITTT has an in-class course in Korea. If I sign up for the in-class course, does that increase my opportunity for being placed in a school in Korea? Mind you, I am a non-native. Okay. Yes, we do have an in-class course in Korea. It's pretty new. It's super exciting. It's going to depend on your nationality for Korea. They are sort of strict. So you might or you might not. So it's going to depend on your nationality. I forget where you are from. I know you said that before, but I'm sorry, I forgot. So typically in South Korea, you would get an E2 visa. I feel like I'm in a small little space here. Anyway, English teachers get an E2 visa. This visa is only issued to people from seven English-speaking countries. Okay, great. You're from India. Perfect in that case. So it's seven English-speaking countries. Canada, US, UK, Ireland, South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia. But there is a special thing for Indians in particular. So if you're from India, and this is, I think, particularly for the Epic program. And I think you've heard about it. I did some live sessions about this program before. So go to the Epic program website. And they have a disclaimer specifically for Indian nationals. If you fulfill all of the requirements and you have a teacher license from India, then you also qualify. So you should look into that. For Indian nationals, it's possible. So check that out. Okay, Irma, I want to ask, do you think a working experience in customer service will be a good plus? Yeah, of course. Customer service, yes. Any kind of experience working with people? Absolutely, absolutely. Absolutely, yeah. Daniel says, what's your nationality, Linda? I am both German and American. I have two passports. I actually had to renew my German passport. It was a bit of a hassle, but I made it. And yeah, I am a dual citizen. And I have a Korean ID card. I don't have a Korean passport. And I don't need one either. All right, Brett says, I'm registered for a course this summer and really excited about it. How many days in advance do you suggest arriving before the start of the course? I'm from the US, by the way. Okay, which course is it? Where? Is it the Korean one? It's totally up to you as long as you show up on the first day of the in-class course, you're good. I mean, it depends, you know, if you want to do some travel, traveling before your course, you can arrive earlier, or you can stay longer. It's totally up to you. But which course are you taking? Curious. That's exciting. Good for you. Love that. Oh, Rome. Nice. Well, you know, you could travel before the course and then take the course four weeks, right? You're taking the four week course. So you could arrive early, check out some other places in Italy, and then go to Rome, spend four weeks there, or the other way around. Also depends on your budget, you know. So that's awesome. Have you ever been to Rome? I've been to Rome. Me and my husband, we went to Rome. I think it was, yeah, 2019 for like three days. It was amazing. Yeah, it was great. Yes, four weeks, okay. Yeah, so, you know, depends on your budget, you can extend your trip however you like. I would recommend it, you know, it depends how much time you have off in your budget, but yeah, totally stays as long as you want as long as you can. Danielle says, do you have a plan for Haiti? Like a plan to visit Haiti? I would love to visit Haiti. I've seen pictures. It's beautiful. It's just, I live in Korea, so it's super, super far to get there. But yes, I would love to go. If I could stay at your house, you know, that would be great. Okay, Moses is asking into our group. Anyone currently talking, Tefl here looking for a study partner. I'm interested. Feel free to leave a private message. Cool. Tefl study partner. That's awesome. Yeah, hook up with Moses and study Tefl together. That's amazing. Cool, cool, cool. Okay. Well, I hope that this session was helpful and you learned a couple of things here and there. And you can always watch, excuse me, watch the replay, of course. And don't, again, don't forget to like and subscribe so you never miss any of our other future lives, live sessions. And yes, Brett. Brett says, I've heard wonderful things about Korea. Yeah, Korea is great. I have a lot of American friends here. Very popular. You can earn a very good salary. You can live really well here. It's a fun place. Definitely check it out. Come over. It's cool. You can teach in Italy first and then come over to Korea. Yeah, everything with a Tefl. The world is your oyster basically. Great. Don't forget to take advantage of the discount if you are yet to take a course. And I see you guys hopefully next week. I'll be here. I would love for you guys to be here too. And yeah, thanks so much for tuning in. I hope to see you all again. And again, Moses is looking for a Tefl study partner. I have a message that would be great. And yeah, I hope you guys have a good night. A good day. Anything. Oh yeah. And Juliana says happy lantern festival. I totally forgot about that. Happy lantern festival. Actually funny memory. And this is one of my favorite, favorite moments, I think ever. I, when I lived in China, I actually traveled during Chinese New Year. And I didn't even know it was the lantern festival, but I flew to Shanghai. And the arrival time was like at night. It was already dark. And so lantern festival is the last day of Chinese New Year. Correct. And you typically light fireworks that day, right? And so I am arriving in Shanghai at the airport. And we're already sort of descending. And that's when all the fireworks went off. It was amazing. I was in the airplane and you could see all the fireworks all over the city on the lantern festival day. It was amazing. A once in a lifetime experience, I think. And like totally not planned, did not know about it, but it was amazing. That view, seeing all the fireworks over the city and you're watching this from above from the airplane was great. I just remembered that. That just blew my mind. That was one of my favorite moments ever. So and I didn't have like a phone, like I had a phone, but like I didn't record it or anything. So it's just like in my mind forever in my mind, just one of those memories. And those are the best memories, right? Some of the best memories you just don't have any pictures or videos from it. That's okay, you know. Anyway, guys. I'm rambling. I'm signing off now for real. And I'll see you guys next week and I wish you an amazing weekend. And stay safe out there and see you next time. Thanks so much. Bye bye. Signing off.