I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Kumon (Lodi, CA) in Mar 2019
Interview
I applied for a part time job at the Lodi, CA center as a tutor. They expressed interest but told me I’d have to quit my job as an online tutor to kids in China so I politely declined and gave my reasons.
Here’s what I said, “Sorry, but if I have to stop working for VIPKID then I’m not interested. There’s no way for their organization to be in competition with yours being that they are based in China and yours isn’t. VIPKID offers me the independence to work remotely all over the world as much or a little as I want and yours is only offering me 12-15 hours in one location. Thanks for your interest!“
They replied in a very salty tone and accused me of being unprofessional just for being honest! They replied with, “Although we understand your reason and desire to continue your work with VIPKID, we do not appreciate the unprofessional tone you use in your reply. We are glad to find out that you are not the right match for our work environment after all.”
Some people don’t take rejection well I guess. How dare they think they can monopolize my time outside of work for a lousy 12-15 hours?!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Are you aware you will only be working 12-15 hours a week?
1 on 1 discussing past experience especially working with kids, tutoring, communication styles, hypothetical situations with your students. They also have you take a test to see where you should be placed
1. It was a brief phone call it figure out a schedule whether you can come in to taken an exam.
2. Ones you complete the exam, they will let you know if you are right for the position.
There is an application submission, brief interview, basic math/reading assessment, discussion of availability and responsibilities, possible training session, then hiring decision based on communication skills, accuracy, and ability to work with children.
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Tutor applicants have rated the interview process at Kumon with 1.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 66% positive. To compare, the company-average is 70.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Tutor roles take an average of 5 days to get hired, when considering 138 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Kumon overall takes an average of 9 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Kumon as a Tutor according to 138 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 38%
Skills test: 22%
Presentation: 9%
Phone interview: 8%
Background check: 6%
Other: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Personality test: 4%
Drug test: 3%
Group panel interview: 1%
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