Interview questions

[AliceinWonderland]

Hi all,

I'm going to be interviewing people soon and I'm rubbish at it! I plan to get the candidates to either talk me through an activity they may plan or I may give them it to write down beforehand and bring with them but can anyone suggest questions i should ask at the interview as well please?

Thanks

[finleysmaid]

interview questions for forum.docx

Have a try with these to start with. We have two interviewers and we score them . Then add up the scores and only if they get more than 50%  do we take them further

[FSFRebecca]

We always ask candidates to spend 1/2 hour with a group of children alongside our staff. This works really well as it lets the staff feedback on the 'vibe' from the candidate (we always take feedback from our staff before we make any decisions). We then always have a question 'when you were working with our children, what do you think they were learning?' - this means that those who have experience can demonstrate their ability to link to EYFS and those who are new to the profession show if they have any sense of what it is we are trying to do.

Like Finleysmaid we have two interviewers and we score candidates on their answers and then take into account the 'soft skills' how they fit into the team, what the other staff felt about them etc

example interview 1.docx

[AliceinWonderland]

Thank you, this is really helpful x

[Tinytowners]

Hi

 

recruitment is definitely the worst part of the job, we always get our candidates to do almost a full day with us, usually 10-4. I explain to them that the time is important for them to know whats it's like to work here as much as it is for us to know what they are like. During this time we get them to do an observation (for qualified practitioners) take on a circle time and maybe spend some time in a couple different rooms. We also carry out the interview at this stage. My questions are mostly scenarios  given to the candidate.

 

hope that helps

[Tinytowners]

4 hours ago, Rebecca said:

 We then always have a question 'when you were working with our children, what do you think they were learning?' - this means that those who have experience can demonstrate their ability to link to EYFS and those who are new to the profession show if they have any sense of what it is we are trying to do.

 

example interview 1.docx

really good idea xx