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. I interviewed at Varsity Tutors in Aug 2024
Interview
As many have stated here - the first round is a recorded interview. Generally I do well in these, but it assumes people are already teaching or tutoring and can 'flip the teaching switch' on without any real prep. Maybe I'm just really not that smart or past positive reviews of my teaching skills were a figment of my imagination. The last question gives you 10 minutes to throw a lesson plan together without using any supporting materials. It can be on anything you're passionate about (which is confusing if you want to say, teach ESL, and would like to show your skills in teaching ESL. I'm not about to do a presentation on my PhD thesis as that would not be applicable to the tutor roles I'm looking for.). As someone who has taught before but it's been a few years, trying to throw together a lesson plan in that amount of time did not set me up for success at all. I found the whole experience extremely ridiculous and limiting - like the McDonalds of tutoring: "I'd like the happy meal of lessons plans please". I was not surprised when they told me I was not offered a spot in their pool of contractors, as I know my recorded lesson plan was a flop and did not capture my best - but the rejection sure did feel like a major slight considering my background, experience and education. I would have appreciated a heads up on this question so I could have prepared something that would have actually presented my skills.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
"You have 10 minutes to prep a lesson plan on something you're passionate about." - You're given two tries to record a 10 minutes lesson.
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.