Phone interview had pretty standard questions - tell me about yourself, why did you decide to become a teacher, how do you handle a classroom with unruly students, how do you address student concerns with parents, how do you resolve conflicts with peers, how would you teach a class on functions, how would you prepare students for upcoming tests and assessments, etc.

It depends on the school. Generally, there is a formula they are looking for these days: - student centered classrooms (teacher talks for no more than 15 minutes at a time) - hands-on tasks and discovery learning - differentiation (what they really want is all kids to pass no matter what) - rigor