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Updated 15 Mar 2023

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It was a rather standard interview where they asked questions about the personal essay I submitted and strength/competency based questions. Also required me to prepare and deliver a 5 min lesson to the interview panel of 3

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The interview went smooth. People were nice. Nothing bad to say. Worth a try if you want to become a MOE teacher. Although the waiting time from the point of signing up and interview is quite long.

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There will be a panel of 4-5 educators/ HR personnel. You have to give a 5 minute presentation, before they ask you the standard interview questions. The interview lasts for approximately 15-20 minutes.

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Unpleasant experience. Asked about my failure to provide grief therapy when there was no formal training provided for it during my role as a volunteer. Interviewer was interested in finding ways to fault my experience even as an untrained applicant.

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Why do you want to teach? Demonstrate teaching skill Illustrate why you have a passion Inform them of your hobbies Years of experience teaching 5 interviewers who were principals or HR some of them will immitate students who are mischevious and observe how you handle it

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3 interviewers and 1 HR who was the note taker and facilitated the meeting. 3 interviewers were the hiring manager, +1 level manager and +2 level manager. Start with self introduction to ease in, why applied for this role; in general interview gives candidate the opportunity to highlight good fit for the role.

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Very strict. Asked a few irrelevant qns which are not related to the job. Panel of interviewers gv straight face. Made me so nervous that i lost my train of thoughts.

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Required to write an essay (45mins)related to the position applied for before interview. Whole process took about one and a half hours to two hours. Interviewed by hiring managers and human resource manager

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  • What do you know about the scope of work and why do you think you are the right fit.
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I applied online. I interviewed at Ministry of Education Singapore in Jan 2023

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It was a long process with alot of physical paper work that we need to submit and verify even before the interview. We were given enough time to prepare before heading for the actual interview. There are 3 panel interviewing consisting of the HR personnel, a school Principal and Head of Counselling programme.

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  • What do you think are the challenges that school-going students are facing these days?
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There will be a small written test before the in person interview. There will be around 3 interviewers. Advise: be prepared, do research and read more details from the official website.

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  • Describe how you would conduct a lesson Do you read newspaper
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Ministry of Education Singapore Interviews FAQs

Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Ministry of Education Singapore as 54.0% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.07 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Teaching and General Education Officer rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Teacher and Contract Untrained Teacher (PGDE) roles were rated as the easiest.

The hiring process at Ministry of Education Singapore takes an average of 72 days when considering 261 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for School Counsellor (Untrained) had the quickest hiring process (on average 44 days), whereas General Education Officer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 113 days).

Common stages of the interview process at Ministry of Education Singapore according to 261 Glassdoor interviews include:

Group Panel Interview: 34.68%

Background Check: 16.76%

Presentation: 16.47%

Drugs Test: 10.98%

IQ Intelligence Test: 8.67%

One-on-One Interview: 4.91%

Other: 2.89%

Personality Test: 2.31%

Phone Interview: 1.16%

Skills Test: 1.16%

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