Interview questions and tasks

Curated interview questions and tasks by role

Interviewing for a standard role?

Use our curated lists of interview questions and tasks based on common responsibilities to help you run a successful interview. You can adapt our pre-prepared lists to suit your school.

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Interviewing for a role that's more tailored to your school? Create a bespoke list of questions and tasks to match your job description and person specification

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Senior leaders

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  • Assistant/deputy headteacher: interview questions and tasks
    Adapt and use our interview questions, tasks, and record sheets to find the best candidate. We've included tips on what to look for in their answers, with questions for primary, secondary, special, and faith schools.
  • Designated safeguarding lead: interview questions
    Adapt these interview questions, find out what to look for in candidates' responses and use our template to record and score your evidence, to help you recruit the right DSL candidate for your school.
  • MAT CFO: interview questions and task
    Download and adapt our list of interview questions and task to help you recruit your next chief finance officer (CFO). We've also included a task candidates can complete to help you manage your shortlist.
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Support staff

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Teachers and middle leaders

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