I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at VIPKid (London, England) in May 2017
Interview
It was very straightforward but I did do a lot of preparation for it, this included reading through all materials sent to me via VIPKID and watching hours of videos on youtube in regards to the hiring process.
First there is an interview with a quick demo lesson. I was given positive feedback from the interviewer and was told to take a test in regards to company policies. That took less than a day of studying and reviewing and was quite simple if you read their policies carefully. Then I had a mock class, which was a full 25 minutes of teaching. The interviewer was amazing and put me at ease (she is a teacher herself and was pretending to act as a very shy, brand new to English student). I was very well prepared (I had props, a background, stable internet, flash cards, and I knew my material inside and out) but still missed out on a few things in my mock class. For me, the biggest issue was timing as there are 23 slides to get through in 25 minutes and I missed out the last 7 as I was very focused on getting my 'student' to speak in full sentences rather than one word answers. Luckily did not have to do a 2nd mock and was hired straight after that, but I have heard lots of teachers are required to schedule a 2nd mock class if they did not score high enough on the first mock. The feedback I got back was excellent and I will be applying it to my lessons once I start.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What experience do you have working with children?
Got hired as a British speaking then cancelled as not from America which I disclosed at the first interview which I think was silly and unprofessional at the time it was during covid when this happpened.
Very lenghthy interview process, but the interviewers were nice and helpful. There were several steps to the process and it was pretty involved. I had to prepare a lesson beforehand
It was easy an straightforward. 1 interview and 2 mock classes to pass. They offer a contract for a year with option to renew after 1st contract is over. Overall the process last for about 2 weeks from the time you apply unless you are waitlisted.
ESL Teacher applicants have rated the interview process at VIPKid with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 62% positive. To compare, the company-average is 59.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for ESL Teacher roles take an average of 12 days to get hired, when considering 178 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at VIPKid overall takes an average of 13 days.
Common stages of the interview process at VIPKid as a ESL Teacher according to 178 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 24%
Presentation: 22%
Background check: 18%
Drug test: 12%
Phone interview: 11%
Skills test: 5%
Other: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Personality test: 1%
Group panel interview: 1%
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