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The Princeton Review interviews FAQs
SAT Instructor applicants have rated the interview process at The Princeton Review with 2.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 78% positive. To compare, the company-average is 72% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for SAT Instructor roles take an average of 15 days to get hired, when considering 10 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at The Princeton Review overall takes an average of 18 days.
Common stages of the interview process at The Princeton Review as a SAT Instructor according to 10 Glassdoor interviews include:
Presentation: 21%
One on one interview: 17%
Background check: 13%
Skills test: 8%
Phone interview: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
Personality test: 8%
Group panel interview: 8%
Other: 4%
Drug test: 4%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I applied online. I interviewed at The Princeton Review in Feb 2018
Application
I applied online. I interviewed at The Princeton Review
Interview
Applied online when I saw a Craigslist ad. I got a call from the territory manager, who requested an interview. I went on the scheduled day and no one was in the office (empty and door was locked). I thought maybe I had messed up the time and date. I emailed the operations manager and she rescheduled a new date/time with the territory manager. I was correct initially. (This should've been a sign the company was unorganized.) I went in for the interview and was asked some of the expected questions (Why do I want this job, what is my experience) and had to present a "how to" quick teaching monologue (I was informed of this before the interview). It was pretty easy and I was hired on the spot. I attended an SAT teacher training a few weeks later and passed. The other new hire with me was asked to leave the training, because he did not grasp what the trainer wanted us to teach back/emphasize in each lesson.
Started with behavioral phone interview. First interview had a teach back edition (teach about something unrelated to SAT/ACT). Followed by series of teach back sessions based on assigned pages from the Princeton Review manual.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Teach us something non-academic (5-10 minute teach back)
I applied online. I interviewed at The Princeton Review (San Francisco, CA) in Jun 2017
Interview
After screening my initial application and making me take a qualifying exam to prove my competency, they sent me an email notifying me that I should set up a time for a Skype interview. Fast forward to the date of the interview, they notified me mere minutes before the set time that they had already hired all of the instructors they needed and therefore did not need to interview me. TPR seems very disorganized, and somewhat rude.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
(They canceled minutes before the interview, but I've heard they mainly ask personality and motivation based questions)
I applied online. I interviewed at The Princeton Review (Chapel Hill, NC) in Jan 2016
Interview
I applied online. I had to take a shortened version of the SAT because the SAT is undergoing drastic changes in March. Then I did a phone interview with someone and finally was asked to do a 10-minute presentation via Skype. I presented on how to move. From there, I was invited to training, which is the part I hate. It was Friday 6-9 pm, Saturday & Sunday 9-6 pm for two days. I don't want to continue training because I don't like their strategies. You will not get certified unless you teach their strategies. Training is $8.10/hr and you are reimbursed for food and parking. The non-local candidates were put up in a hotel.