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The Teacher Career Coach Podcast

34 - Five Tips for Interviewing Outside of Teaching

The Teacher Career Coach Podcast

Daphne Gomez

Business, Careers, Education, Self-improvement

4.4786 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

This is a short-but-sweet episode is all about helping you navigate interviews outside of the classroom and in new positions. I answer some of the biggest questions you may have about preparing for an interview in an industry you are unfamiliar with. Free Quiz: ⁠What career outside of the classroom is right for you? ⁠ Explore the course that has helped thousands of teachers successfully transition out of the classroom and into new careers: ⁠The Teacher Career Coach Course Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:29.6

After leaving teaching because of some serious burnout, she vowed to build the community she wished existed when she needed it most.

0:40.3

She would come classroom teacher to an educational consultant, instructional designer, and six-figure business owner.

0:43.3

Now, she's here to help you achieve happiness and work-life balance,

0:46.3

whether inside or outside the classroom.

0:49.3

Come join our discussion as we talk about managing teacher burnout,

0:52.3

career transitions outside the classroom,

0:55.4

starting a side hustle, and everything in between. Here's your host of the teacher career coach

1:00.0

podcast and your new personal cheerleader, Daphne Gomez. Welcome to another episode of the

1:07.4

teacher career coach podcast. I'm your host, Daphne Williams. One of the things that I was the

1:12.5

least prepared for in my own career journey was interviewing for positions outside of the classroom.

1:18.2

In one interview, I had to walk through how I would teach teachers how to use this online math game,

1:23.4

and while I did okay, I know I didn't perform as well as I could have. I could have been more prepared.

1:29.6

In another interview for instructional design, I was asked to describe how I would create a program

1:34.4

teaching someone how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I started overthinking it.

1:39.2

I mean, if they don't know how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, would they be able to

1:43.3

use an online resource to teach them how to do that? Or do they live in this world where they know how to read

1:48.9

and use online resources, but they just really need detailed instructions on using a butter knife

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