I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at The Y (YMCA) (San Jose, CA) in Aug 2016
Interview
The interview process was relaxing and did not put too much pressure on the applicant. I myself was surprised that the process was not too formal as it was a conversation.
Group Interview, very simple personality questions. Were interested in extracurriculars and swimming experience. The Swim Instructors were interviewed us along with the life guards. They were very kind people at the YMCA
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at The Y (YMCA)
Interview
One simple in-person interview with the aquatics director. It was very casual, she asked me general questions regarding my experience with the YMCA and with swimming in general. She also asked if I would be interested in working as a Lifeguard at the same time, which would require additional training.
I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at The Y (YMCA) (Canberra) in Aug 2018
Interview
Group interview. Arrived with maybe 20 other individuals and got divided into table groups. Brief introductory of oneself: "Hi my name is [ ], I'm a [role] at [organisation], I'm interested in the swimming teacher role today. I have 5 years experience in competitive training and so think I would be an excellent candidate for the job, I also love working with kids of course!" etc.
In table groups, we worked through scenarios-- see question section for scenarios. One (or multiple) people present on behalf of the group.
Overall, they assess how well you work in your group, amiability, character traits, quality of answers. No individual interview questions were asked.
I got accepted. They do a Police Check and ask for two references to be completed through XREF. I declined the offer for another company.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Time management: a parent wants to talk to you, a child from your last class is lost, but you need to begin your lesson with some other children and can't take your eye off them. What would you do, how to prevent this next time?
You yell at some children for divebombing into the pool, then a parent divebombs and you ask him politely to get out. He is angry that you treat the kids differently to him, asks to speak to supervisor. What do you do, how to prevent this next time?
Swim Teacher applicants have rated the interview process at The Y (YMCA) with 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 90% positive. To compare, the company-average is 76.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Swim Teacher roles take an average of 22 days to get hired, when considering 10 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at The Y (YMCA) overall takes an average of 15 days.
Common stages of the interview process at The Y (YMCA) as a Swim Teacher according to 10 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 26%
Skills test: 19%
Drug test: 19%
Presentation: 19%
IQ intelligence test: 7%
Other: 4%
Personality test: 4%
Group panel interview: 4%
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