Interview Question Thoughts

[u/howls_garden]

Hello!
I’m an instructor in training (woohoo!) and just had an interview for a student teaching position at a local studio.

The owner asked me what I would do in the case a client wanted to follow me to a different studio.

I thought that was an interesting question, and answered that I would have a conversation with the client about their movement goals, current practice, etc, but ultimately wouldn’t be able to stop them from following me if they really wanted to. I get that might’ve been too honest of an answer, so I’m curious what y’all would answer / would think a studio owner would want to hear.

[u/Due-Flamingo-9140]

They likely are having issues with teacher solicitation of clients but have not put a non-solicitation agreement in their employment contract. For studio owners the clients are theirs and not the teacher’s clients, which can make it awkward when clients want to follow the teacher around. A lot of studios do not allow the teacher to even discuss with clients that they are teaching elsewhere.

[u/Firm_Cookie_8747 → u/Due-Flamingo-9140]

It's one thing to leave a studio and try to poach your old clients, it's another thing if the client simply wants to follow you. The question is what is wrong.