I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Varsity Tutors (College Park, MD) in Mar 2016
Interview
I applied to Varsity Tutors and less than 30 minutes later I received email and texts prompting me to select a date and time for a phone interview. I had the interview the same day. The phone interview lasted approximately 15 minutes. She asked for my hourly pay expectations and said they would pay me more than what I asked. The interview ended with the lady saying "We will get in touch within 3 days." 2 days later at 11:32 pm I received an email stating my availability or time did not match their needs. I have graduate degrees and work in the field of education and have a good amount of years of experience. I felt like the person who interviewed me had no clue about education. I think my vocabulary and teaching strategies went over her head.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you approach a tutoring session with a student who struggles in writing?
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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