I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Bright Horizons Family Solutions (San Francisco, CA) in Jan 2015
Interview
Interviewed by director and a lead teacher from another classroom. Very pleasant experience, nice and calm, very sweet and genuine. Director wrote notes down as I answered questions but didn't make it feel to awkward. Ask many scenario questions and question about myself and experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Were there anything you disliked about your previous job?
Tell us about a situation when you and a coworker didn't agree on something?
What is your teaching style?
What do you feel about gossip?
How would you handle a difficult parent?
How would you handle a child who bites?
I interviewed at Bright Horizons Family Solutions (Claiborne, LA)
Interview
Interview process is very organized, efficient and easy. They ask for examples and scenarios so be ready to provide these. They discuss day to day and go over your skills
Standard questions about experience and childcare philosophy. One interview with director and assistant director, questions in office and then a 30 minute working interview took place in the classroom. It was about a week before the offer was made.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Bright Horizons Family Solutions
Interview
Fairly simple, they have a list of questions that must be answered as it’s a corporate childcare setting. Basic preschool teacher questions. Things like how to handle biting, classroom management, customer service, etc.
Teacher applicants have rated the interview process at Bright Horizons Family Solutions with 2.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 81% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Teacher roles take an average of 15 days to get hired, when considering 78 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Bright Horizons Family Solutions overall takes an average of 19 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Bright Horizons Family Solutions as a Teacher according to 78 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 22%
Phone interview: 18%
Background check: 17%
Drug test: 10%
Group panel interview: 9%
Skills test: 9%
Presentation: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Other: 3%
Personality test: 3%
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