Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) Interview Questions

31 How do you balance cooperation with others and independent thinking? Share an example. (Try to determine if the candidate has a cooperative attitude or is otherwise good-natured.)
32 Would you consider analyzing data or information a strength? How so?
33 Share a time when you willingly took on additional responsibilities or challenges. How did you successfully meet all of the demands of these responsibilities? (Make sure the candidate is a self-starter and can demonstrate some initiative.)
34 Provide an experience in which you were sensitive to somone's needs or feelings. How did your helpfulness affect your work environment?
35 Provide a time when you worked in a rapidly evolving workplace. How did you deal with the change? (Make sure the candidate is flexible.)
36 Provide an experience in which meeting with a supervisor helped you to improve your teaching or a similar skill.
37 Share an experience in which you prepared a successful examination. Name one thing you would like to improve in future examinations.
38 Provide an example when you were able to prevent a problem because you foresaw the reaction of another person.
39 Name a time when you identified strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions to problems. What was the impact?
40 Name a time when your creativity or alternative thinking solved a problem in your workplace.
41 Share an experience in which meeting with a supervisor helped you in your work.
42 Share an experience in which personal connections to coworkers or others helped you to be successful in your work. (Make sure candidate works well with others.)
43 What have you found to be the best way to monitor the performance of your work and/or the work of others? Share a time when you had to take corrective action.
44 What audiovisual equipment are you familiar with? Share an experience in which you assisted someone in the use of audiovisual equipment.
45 Share an experience in which you successfully coordinated with others. How about a coordination effort that was not as successful?