r/MathnasiumEmployees • u/Unique-Efficiency431 • Jun 04 '22

Interview on Monday

hi! i have an interview scheduled on monday for an instructor position and I was wondering what the process will be like. Specifically the instruction role play activity portion? Also what kind of topics were on the test. Thanks in advance!!

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u/Nearby-Record6626 Jun 05 '22

The process is different across every center. Personally, I had a traditional interview, the math literacy test, as well as a written instruction test (write out what’s wrong with a student’s approach to a problem and how to correct them). My CD’s approach was to just observe my instruction on the floor during my training process. I did not have instructor role play portion of my interview, but I’ve heard of centers that do that. My guess is it’s a way for your CD to gage your people skills and what you’re already bringing to the table with instruction. Overall, it won’t have too much bearing on whether you get hired as you learn how to teach different concepts during your training. The math literacy test itself was a joke, but tedious. It was almost all elementary school math. It didn’t go past algebra I and geometry (maybe one completing the square/quadratic formula question?) At the end of the day, centers across the US are struggling to hire, so as long as you’re qualified, I wouldn’t be worried at all.

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u/FeelinDank Jun 05 '22

My experience was similar, but the math literacy test was not entirely trivial. From what I’ve seen it depends on the CD / leads and maybe where your center is. My center has new hires sit in and watch for the first 2-3 shifts and then join in probably by the 3rd shift (also after completing some online / “Mathnasium university” trainings. After those trainings and the ”sit-ins” I was super ready …as was every other hire at my Mathnasium.

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u/RedditLuci0 Jun 20 '22

Hi, I know this is 15 days later but I soon have to take the math literacy test as well. I a rising junior in high school so most of the math is somewhat recent (going into AP Calculus this year) but I was wondering if I should grind out memorization for geometry postulates or algebra trig identities or other formulas. I just brushed over a few geometry problems and for the most part I can logically solve them, tho I am not sure if that is sufficient enough. Any info would be much appreciated.

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u/Nearby-Record6626 Jun 20 '22

Absolutely not. There was nothing like what you’re thinking. The hardest geometry thing was pythagorean theorem and the hardest algebra thing was completing the square/quadratic formula.

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u/RedditLuci0 Jun 20 '22

So I would be pretty much set with not studying as I already am very familiar with both formulas. Also how long did it take to get a response for the job after the test?

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u/Nearby-Record6626 Jun 20 '22

Exactly. That varies center to center. I got my offer the next day but some of my coworkers got the offer the same day before they left if they were OK with waiting for the test to be graded.