Can you share some teacher interview horror stories?

Sure. One of my worst interview horror stories was when I arrived at the interview location on time, but the interviewer made me wait for two hours without any apology or explanation. By the time the interview started, I was already frustrated and it affected my performance.

One horror interview story I heard was about a candidate who entered a very dimly lit interview room. The interviewers were sitting in the shadows and barely spoke. They just stared at the candidate in silence for minutes, which made the candidate extremely uncomfortable. It was like they were trying to intimidate him on purpose.

Well, I knew someone who went for an interview at a very posh company. They made her wait for two hours before the interview started. Then, during the interview, the panel of interviewers were all very cold and seemed uninterested in what she was saying. They hardly asked any follow - up questions and she left feeling really demoralized.

Well, there was a case where a job applicant thought the interview was a casual event. So, he showed up in flip - flops and a tank top. The interviewers were shocked as it was for a corporate job. Also, a friend of mine had an interview where the interviewer kept interrupting her and not really listening to what she had to say. It made her feel so unimportant and she didn't get the job.

Sure. There was a candidate who showed up to the interview in what they thought was appropriate business attire, but the interviewers clearly had different expectations. They were judged from the start based on their appearance, and it set a negative tone for the whole interview. They didn't get the job, and they felt it was unfair as they were qualified but the first impression was ruined.

One horror story is when a candidate was constantly interrupted during the interview. The interviewers kept cutting in while the candidate was answering questions, not allowing them to fully express their ideas. It made the candidate feel disrespected and flustered, and they couldn't present their best self.

Rude behavior from the interviewers is also common. They could be dismissive of the teacher's experience or ideas. I know a teacher who was told her previous teaching experience in a small school was 'not good enough' in a very condescending way during an interview.

Well, there was this one time when an interviewer started criticizing the interviewee's appearance right at the start of the interview. They made comments about their hair and clothes, which had nothing to do with the job. This completely threw the interviewee off and made them feel really self - conscious and unvalued during the whole interview process.

Sure. One time a substitute teacher walked into a classroom full of rowdy students. They completely ignored her instructions and started throwing things around. She tried to calm them down but they just got worse, and she was so terrified she nearly ran out of the room.

I heard of a teacher horror story where the teacher was very unfair in grading. They would give good grades to their favorite students regardless of the actual work quality, and give very low grades to those they didn't like. For example, one student worked really hard on a project but got a much lower grade than another student who just did a mediocre job but was the teacher's pet. This created a lot of frustration and disappointment among the students.