GMAT Instructor applicants have rated the interview process at Kaplan with 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 59.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for GMAT Instructor roles take an average of 45 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Kaplan overall takes an average of 19 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Kaplan as a GMAT Instructor according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 40%
Background check: 20%
Skills test: 20%
Presentation: 20%
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An audition where you have to explain something--anything--to an audience for 15 minutes.
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Accepted offer
Positive experience
Easy interview
Application
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Kaplan (Boston, MA) in Dec 2012
Interview
Applied through their website - took about 20 min. Applicants for the Instructor position have to have had at least a 90 percentile score on the test they plan on teaching. Received an email about a few days later asking me for an interview.
The interview lasted about 45 minutes and covered topics like - Why Kaplan, have you taught before, what would you do if some students were not getting the material, etc.
A lot of the interviews and interaction takes place over Skype.
Employment offer is tentative and only finalized after the successful completion of their training program. That program consists of "teachback" sessions - anywhere between 5 and 8 of them, for which candidates are reimbursed. Prep for the sessions is reimbursed, however, at a much lower rate - about $8/hr. Teachback sessions are compensated at the actual rate for teaching - in my case $30/hour.
There are also 2 observation sessions that must be completed before one starts work.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you make sure everybody learns regardless of wide range of capabilities of students.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Kaplan
Interview
They asked me to audition less than 24 hours after I applied. They asked me to interview less than 24 hours after I sent in my audition. Then they didn't get back to me about the interview for over 2 weeks. After I finally had the first interview they asked me to do the second interview and they would send me the details. They never did and I contacted my only contact there several times but never heard back again. Oh well.