Tips to Get a Job at the Best English Medium School in Kolkata

Candidates who aspire to pursue a career in the teaching profession do lookout for a job in the best English medium school in Kolkata. If you are one of them, then this article will be of much help. Here you will find some useful tips that will help you to prepare for the interview and help you to crack it at go. Let’s check out what’s in store.

Now before you think of applying for a teaching job at the best English medium school in Kolkata, do confirm if you are coming from an English medium background. As the school has English as the first language of communication, it expects that the candidate they would hire as a teacher will be a role model for students when it comes to English. The management considers that candidates who belong from an English medium background will be able to pull this out in a better way. Thus it’s better to check out your academic background before you apply.

Moving forward, if you are from an English medium background, you are good to go forward with your application. Check out the eligibility criteria and fill out the application form as per instruction. Do remember to put in only credible information about yourself on the application or else it might get canceled.

Once you are done applying for the teaching job at the best school in Kolkata, you will need to wait for the school management to go through all the applications, make a list of the shortlisted candidates and call them for the interview. In the meantime, the best thing that you can do is prepare for the interview.

While preparing, do remember that as the interview will be conducted in English, it is very important that you have a good grip over the language. Groom yourself with the fluency and practice speaking in it with confidence. Your body language during the interview should showcase that speaking in English comes naturally to you and you do not need to put in any extra effort. Maintaining positive body language during the interview is also very important and you should also work on that.

Apart from brushing up on your fluency and pronunciation in English, you should also consider working on your area of expertise. If you are called for the interview, no doubt you will be asked technical questions on your major subjects. Be well prepared. Get hold of the latest updates of the domain and keep yourself ready to face any question.

Last but not least, brush up on your soft skills. The interview panel will certainly be looking into how well you are presenting yourself during the interview. Wear ironed clothes and try to look fresh. Carry an air of positivity when you enter the interview room and do not forget to greet the interviewers based on what time of day it is. Do take the chair only if asked for and not before. Be calm throughout the process and make the interviewers believe that you are ready and up for the job better than anyone else.

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