“So, tell me what you know about how schools are funded and how to manage school budgets?”
I remember the interview question being posed to me like it was yesterday. I think I stumbled and rambled through a series of acronyms on a very circuitous route to something that resembled an answer, but I remember the panel of interviewers looking rather unimpressed with my response.
I took a large glug of water and thought I’d blown it. It turns out I hadn’t.
Now, three years on, my answer would certainly be very different. Unquestionably though, it was the weakest part of my interview and I think back to it now with embarrassment, but with the benefit of hindsight it is no surprise that I wasn’t clued up on school finances.
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