Montgomery College Interview Questions
& Process

So basically, professors will recommend you for tutoring jobs, and then you just go chat with the head of the tutoring centers. They'll ask you about 5 questions on your grades, when you can work, and your transcript.

I applied in December and then didn't hear back until June, so I figured I wouldn't get contacted anymore. It was a surprise when I got contacted after all this time. I was still able to find the job posting and within two weeks, I had three interviews. The hiring manager wasn't the most respectful in how they talked to me, but I figured they were just busy. Two months after the third interview, I still hadn't heard back. I emailed the hiring manager again to express my interest and see if I could get an update. Instead of a response, I received a generic email from HR saying I wasn't chosen. It was a really bad experience, they didn't seem to respect my time at all. I guess they wanted to make sure they had enough candidates for their hiring process.

If you're an out-of-state applicant, don't bother applying. The first virtual interview with the Montgomery College TV (MCTV) staff went fine. Very nice people. Asked the usual questions and gave me a presentation explaining their department and showing pictures of their studio and equipment. Where things went left was when coordinating the second-round interview with the Search Committee Chair. With one week's notice, weeks after my initial Zoom interview, she wanted to know if I'd be able to come up to Maryland for an in-person interview. For me, this would either be a 20-hour round-trip drive, or I'd have to drop $300~ for a plane ticket, not to mention how I'd have to give my current job short-notice that I need to take at least 3 days vacation to even accomplish this if driving (all while coming up with an excuse, because I didn’t want my job knowing I’m looking elsewhere). The following day when I told them I can only make this interview work virtually, and that work at my current job is pretty busy right now, she actually suggested that if we do this virtually, I could do an editing test via video while in my office at my current job using my current job’s equipment(?!?) Another thing that bothered me is that I mentioned in my cover letter that my sister already lives in the area where this job is located. She would bring up my sister almost sarcastically for some reason? As if she didn't believe that I have a sister. I eventually decided to withdraw my candidacy saying that [even if things weren't busy at my current job] I can’t make such large travel plans for an interview. If I went to the interview and didn’t get the job, then the time either wasted or the money spent would be down the drain. A couple of days later they decided to make all the interviews virtual and reached out to me, but I still decided not to go through with it because having so much back-and-forth over a reasonable ask (a virtual meeting in a pandemic? no way!) before my foot is in the door is a huge red flag and tone-deaf on their behalf.

The first interview was onsite and involved a panel of interviewers. They asked a lot of questions about my knowledge of the job. Each panelist asked their questions and also gave me time to ask them questions. It was really important to know the position well and have experience in the field to do well. After that interview, the following week, I had a second interview with the team members I would be working with.