Texas Education Agency Specialist Interview Questions
& Process

The interview process is pretty long; it starts with a prescreen call, then you do a task, and end with a panel interview. It can take a good couple of months to even get to the panel interview, and then you have to wait around again to see if you got the job.

Found the job online at the State employee site and applied in early Spring. Didn't hear back until late Fall for a phone and in-person interview. There were the usual interview questions asked by a 5-person panel. Right after the interview, there was a timed inbox exercise. After several weeks (about 5-6), I got a call saying references would be checked. Later, I received a call with an offer. Definitely negotiate your salary high before accepting, as promotions and raises are very rare once you're in, for just a select few.

I put in my application on the internet and then about a month later, I got a call for an interview. The first interview had six people and they asked me some pretty basic questions. After that, I had to make a 45-minute presentation for the panel. That went well, so they invited me back for another interview with a manager and the director. That interview also seemed to go fine, and they told me they'd be checking my references soon. My old managers were called and it sounded like I would get the job. About a week and a half after that, I got a call asking if they could call my current supervisors. I said I wasn't comfortable with that because it might put my job at risk. I asked if I could get a firm offer before they called. They insisted they couldn't consider me unless they spoke to my current bosses. Since I really wanted the job and had already gone through a few stages, I agreed. I let my current bosses know beforehand so they wouldn't be surprised. They told me when TEA called and said it looked like I'd probably get the position. They asked me to let them know ASAP if I wasn't returning the next school year. A week and a half later, I still hadn't heard from TEA, so I emailed the manager I interviewed with twice. The next day, she called with some