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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I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Varsity Tutors in Mar 2014
Interview
I applied online and I was contacted within 1 day by text message and e-mail notification to schedule a phone interview. I'm not sure why but the connection was very poor and I could barely understand my interviewer. I was really nervous so I didn't mention it - you absolutely should if this happens to you because it might make the difference in your case. The entire phone interview was under 15 minutes.
She asked basic questions, first about my availability, salary expectation, then she went through the subjects I requested and gave me specific questions (posted below). Finally she asked what subjects I'd prefer to tutor and what age groups. We scheduled an online interview and I was e-mailed the information.
The online interview lasted almost a full hour. I applied to teach many subjects and during the online interview I was emailed a document with questions for each of those major subject areas. I was asked to answer most of those questions. Some were strictly subject matter, multiple choice questions while others asked about the specifics of the standardized test such as time for each section and the way it is graded.
After we went through the documents, my interviewer said that she would submit her comments to the city director who makes the final hiring decision based on need.
Interview questions [5]
Question 1
Algebra question: What is the equation for the slope of a straight line?
Physics question: You have one ball traveling with a momentum of mv that collides with another of momentum mv. What is the total momentum after the collision?
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.