Interview Questions

1. The "bottom line" questions: if we hire you, what is the advantage to North Central?
2. In this search, we seek to hire someone with areas of special knowledge, and yet we expect that person to teach within the structure of a traditional C undergraduate program. What types of general cultural or  literature course would you be prepared to teach in Spanish at NCC ?
3. What changes would you like to see implemented to our curriculum over the next three years or so?
4. How would you like to take advantage of our Dterm schedule?
5. What is the best use of technology for language learning
6. Is there any legal reason that would limit your ability to begin work at NCC on..
7. Would relocating to the Chicago area present any particular challenge for you?
8. If I overheard your students talking about how you teach, what would I hear them say?
9. How do you know if your students have learned what you taught them? What methods do you use to assess their learning?
10. What's your ision of yourself ten years from now?
11. How have you experience at prepared you for teaching at a small, private, liberal arts type setting like NCC?
12. In what ways does your teaching style personalize students knowledge of the language and cultures studies in class?
13. What are some strategies you might like to adopt to increase enrollments in .. course?
14. Why do you feel NCC is a good fit for you?
15. Seeing as this a tenure track position, what are your long term goals/objectives?
16. Since the person we hire in this position may become the coordinator of one or more levels of ..course, how would you describe your administrative style and practices?
17. in what ways do your teaching and research inform one another? What aspects of your dissertation you think might be of interest to NCC students and why
18. What courses would you like to offer in our department?
19. How would you feel about teaching basic language courses and coordinating them?
20.  What specific contributions do you think you can make to our department based on your eduction, interests, and background? Do you have any specific projects in mind?
21. In what ways do you think you can contribute to the college community with interdisciplinary courses on your area of expertise taught in English?
22. What teaching experience do yo have?
23. Describe one challenging teaching experience that you have had. How did you deal with it?
24. What are your expectations for the job?