Early Childhood Interview Questions: Are You Ready for This? — Transcript

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1. 0:00hello everyone and welcome to story time
2. 0:02with kate today i'm going to talk about
3. 0:05interview
4. 0:06as an experienced educator and early
5. 0:08childhood teacher and also as a trainer
6. 0:12i had a lot of experience with going
7. 0:14through the interview process so today
8. 0:16i'm going to share a few questions that
9. 0:19you may be asked during your first or
10. 0:22second or third or next interview as an
11. 0:26early childhood educator so my questions
12. 0:29are targeting pretty much people who are
13. 0:33experienced but also will be suitable to
14. 0:36people who are looking for their first
15. 0:38job in early childhood field
16. 0:40let's get started so number one is tell
17. 0:44me about yourself
18. 0:46so this question is a little bit tricky
19. 0:48and in my next video i will
20. 0:51actually will be answering all these
21. 0:53questions but today let's focus just on
22. 0:55the questions
23. 0:57second one why do you want to work as an
24. 1:00educator
25. 1:02simple right
26. 1:04three
27. 1:05please tell me about your current or
28. 1:08previous role
29. 1:11four can you describe a day in your life
30. 1:16as an early childhood educator
31. 1:18if you are applying for a teacher's job
32. 1:21this question will sound like can you
33. 1:23describe a day in your life as an early
34. 1:26childhood teacher
35. 1:28and if you are a room leader it would be
36. 1:30the same can you describe a day in your
37. 1:33life as a diploma qualified room leader
38. 1:38number five how would you do
39. 1:40number five how would you describe your
40. 1:43current supervisor be respectful and
41. 1:46careful when you do that
42. 1:48why do you want to leave your current
43. 1:50role
44. 1:51another
45. 1:52question that is quite tricky
46. 1:54number seven
47. 1:56at this point what are your greatest
48. 1:59strengths
49. 2:02number eight what about your weaknesses
50. 2:06number nine how would you describe your
51. 2:08own pedagogy
52. 2:11number 10 in your own words describe
53. 2:14national quality framework
54. 2:1711. in your own words describe key ideas
55. 2:21of the eylf or early years learning
56. 2:25framework
57. 2:26number 12 can you provide an example of
58. 2:29intentional teaching
59. 2:31number 13
60. 2:33what would you do if child displays
61. 2:36challenging behavior
62. 2:38number 14
63. 2:41how do you reflect critically
64. 2:43number 15 if you are selected for this
65. 2:46role
66. 2:47how would you manage the room 16.
67. 2:51can you tell us about the issue you had
68. 2:54and how did you manage it
69. 2:57number 17
70. 2:58what would you do differently if this
71. 3:01situation happened again
72. 3:03number 18
73. 3:05can you tell me about yourself
74. 3:08number 19 at times planning can be
75. 3:11challenging and may cause anxiety and
76. 3:14stress
77. 3:15how do you feel about planning number 20
78. 3:20why do you work want to work here number
79. 3:2322
80. 3:25where do you see yourself in five years
81. 3:29number 23
82. 3:31what interests you most in our company
83. 3:34and the position offered
84. 3:36number 24
85. 3:38what questions do you have for me
86. 3:42or for us
87. 3:44thank you for watching and next time i
88. 3:47will be answering these questions