When hunting a job for the next school year, new teachers can study up on some of the questions they will likely be asked in interviews. Questions about your teaching style, your passion for your work and for students, your education and qualifications, and your personality are likely components of any interview. Know what to expect to ace your teaching interviews.

Portfolio
Build a portfolio of your student teaching experiences, photos, in-services you attended and other relevant material to show the interviewer what kind of a teacher you want to be and the experiences you have had to prepare you. Even if your interviewer does not want to look at the portfolio, you demonstrate that you are organized and prepared when you come to your interview with one.

Plan
Have a plan for how you want to teach. Know what your classroom will look like, the types of lessons you want to teach, how you will handle discipline, and how you will encourage and support students who are not performing at grade level, as well as those who are performing above grade level. Be able to describe to the principal interviewing you what kind of a teacher you want to be.

You are New
Embrace your status as a newbie when you go into an interview. Recognize the fact that you have a lot to learn to become the most effective teacher possible. State that you look forward to learning from more experienced teachers and improving your abilities over time. However, still demonstrate confidence in yourself and your ability to begin teaching immediately.

Practice Interview Questions
Read through a list of interview questions for teachers on the Road to Teaching and Education World websites. Doing so will help you prepare your answers to common questions about your teaching philosophy, how you would handle certain situations in your classroom and with parents, and how you assess your students, for example.

Know District/School
Read up on the district and school to which you are applying before you interview. It is important to know as much about the local culture as possible. It is advisable to do so even before you apply so you can be reasonably sure that you would be a good fit with the other teachers in the school.