Upskill
TEFL/TESOL Interview Prep
Get hired. A complete guide to landing ESL teaching jobs, from writing your teaching resume to nailing demo lessons and negotiating your contract.
What you'll learn
How each lesson works
Every lesson mixes short teaching cards with 8-plus kinds of interactive exercises. No passive reading. You practice as you go.
Teaching cards
Short, no-fluff explanations
Multiple choice
Pick the natural option
Fill in the blank
Type the right word
Word reorder
Build sentences from tiles
Match pairs
Connect phrase to meaning
Dialogues
Read + pick the best reply
True / false
Test what you know
Error correction
Fix the sentence
Listening
Play, then answer
Curriculum
19 lessons · 4h 8m total
What ESL Employers Actually Look For
Writing a Teaching Resume That Gets Callbacks
Cover Letters for ESL Jobs (With Templates)
Common ESL Interview Questions and How to Answer Them
"Why Do You Want to Teach English?" (Real Answers)
"How Would You Teach [Grammar Point]?" Framework
Cultural Fit Questions: What They're Really Asking
Questions You Should Ask the School
How to Plan a 15-Minute Demo Lesson
Common Demo Lesson Mistakes (And How to Avoid Them)
Teaching to an Empty Room vs. Real Students
Demo Lesson Templates for Kids, Teens, and Adults
Red Flags in ESL Job Contracts
Understanding Housing, Flights, and Benefits Packages
Negotiating Your Contract (Yes, You Can)
Country-by-Country: What to Expect (Asia, Middle East, Europe)
Surviving Your First Week at a New School
Building Relationships With Co-Teachers and Staff
When the Reality Doesn't Match the Job Ad
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Get this courseNotes from a teacher who has done this for a decade
How to land an ESL job in any market. A real CV that gets callbacks, the 15-minute demo lesson that wins offers, and the four contract red flags that will save you a year of regret.
Most ESL hiring is mechanical. Recruiters look at three things: do you have a degree, do you have a TEFL cert, do you have any teaching footage they can watch. Past those gates, the demo lesson and the interview decide everything. This course gets you through those three gates and ready for the next two.
What recruiters actually filter for
A degree from any field. A TEFL or CELTA certificate. A clean photo on your CV. Citizenship from a country on the school's preferred list (this is unfair, it is the market). Two of these matter universally. The other two matter by region. Asia weights citizenship heavily. Europe weights the certificate. Latin America cares about your demo lesson more than either. Tailor the CV to the region.
The CV that gets callbacks
One page. Photo top right. Skills under photo. Experience in reverse chronological. No paragraph summary, just bullets. No "References available on request," everyone knows. Use the artifact below as a template. The trick is consistent verb tense and specific numbers: "Taught 18 hours per week to 32 students aged 12 to 14" beats "Experienced in teaching young learners."
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