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Nahiri_the_Harbinger Link ParentRight! And when you're demonstrating your work, always be sure to include the project outcome. Something like: "I facilitated systemic change by introducing ancient frameworks to new markets,...Right! And when you're demonstrating your work, always be sure to include the project outcome. Something like:
"I facilitated systemic change by introducing ancient frameworks to new markets, rapidly scaling influence as part of a high-impact emergence strategy."
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Comment on How do I improve at interviews? in ~life
Nahiri_the_Harbinger LinkWhile I don't work in education, I'm a hiring manager that's also sat for many interviews myself. I recommend choosing ~5 stories that you feel best demonstrate your skills and experience and...While I don't work in education, I'm a hiring manager that's also sat for many interviews myself. I recommend choosing ~5 stories that you feel best demonstrate your skills and experience and practice steering common questions back to those prepared stories. For example, teaching your students how to play chess can be a response to:
- "Tell me about a time when you enhanced a process/clasroom"
- "Tell me about your approach to training/teaching others"
- "How do you improve morale and keep your students motivated", etc.
Regarding the rambling, you can use framing methods like the STAR method to do the legwork for you and provide concise structure to your stories. What I do is write down the main point of the panel's questions as they ask them and refer back to it periodically to ensure I haven't gone off-track.
If you feel like demonstrating your experience firsthand, do it! I'm over the moon when a candidate shows up with receipts. A physical item or demonstration displaying the candidate's actual work is worth 1000 words and I now have a general idea of the kind of work the candidate will do/create/perform were they to be in the position. This has the added benefit of reframing the hiring panel's minds to think about you in the position instead of just vying for the position. Seeing teaching aids or (brief!) lesson plans you've made will tell me far more about you than a response alone could.
Finally, if you've made a series of steady improvements it may be worth it to visualize this for the panel, such as average test grades over time, math scores in your class compared to other classes (if you have this information), etc. It's pretty simple to whip up a graph in Excel but there's more robust options as well, including open source options. Youtube is a great resource for learning how to do this.
But really my best advice is to interview often. The more you do it, the more practice you get and comfortable you feel in the interview. You don't have to accept every position you interview for, but every interview is another opportunity to practice.
Re: turning, I had the same problem. It's the very bottom left and very bottom right sides of the screen. You can move and turn at the same time by keeping one finger at the top of the screen (to move) and using your other fingers to hit the bottom left or right when you want to turn. I visualized a triangle on my screen and that helped me.