I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Varsity Tutors in Mar 2016
Interview
I applied online along with my resume. The morning after, I received an email from Varsity Tutors requesting a phone/video interview. I was given time slots to choose from for my phone interview. I scheduled for 10-11AM, the interviewer called around 10:45. The connection was terrible, so the interviewer ended up having to call me back again, but the connection was still bad. Then, he had a different person call me back a few minutes later, and we restarted the whole interview. The interviewer asked about my availability, how I heard about them, what subjects was I most comfortable with, if I spoke any other languages besides English, how much I'm expecting to get paid, etc. She asked questions that tested my knowledge in the subjects that I listed as subjects I'm comfortable in tutoring. I didn't proceed with the second interview, which would have been a video interview because my availability didn't match their current needs.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the Pythagorean Theorem?
What is FOIL?
What is the slope formula?
I was reached out to via email to set up next steps and schedule the video interview. I had to schedule an online teaching video and do a mock tutoring session type thing.
There was not one only exams that had to be passed to teach certain subjects. It is an AI test so it is set up like an interview. I really liked this process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If I fully understood the material I was teaching.
You are sent a link to an online video interview. They ask you about previous tutoring experience and the last question was asking you to do a mock-tutoring session. It's very awkward because you have to make up what you want to teach on the spot, but you get unlimited time to think of responses.
Tutor applicants have rated the interview process at Varsity Tutors with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 69% positive. To compare, the company-average is 67.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Tutor roles take an average of 8 days to get hired, when considering 300 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Varsity Tutors overall takes an average of 10 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Varsity Tutors as a Tutor according to 300 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 28%
Presentation: 15%
Background check: 13%
Skills test: 13%
One on one interview: 11%
Drug test: 11%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Personality test: 3%
Other: 2%
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