I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Varsity Tutors (Calgary, AB) in Nov 2021
Interview
The interview process was done online. It was okay, however the questions were extremely long and packed into a paragraph. The answers were answers and there was limited thinking time, regardless of how large the question was. Some of the questions literally took up almost 50% of the interview screen.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Not a direct question per se. They gave 10 minutes to prepare a mini lesson for a subject you can tutor in, and then another 10 minutes to teach it.
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.
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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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