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Working at Veritas or Magoosh (or similar companies) as a GMAT Tutor 28 Jun 2017, 13:25
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First of all, I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, so if there is a better place to post please let me know.

I've been considering sending an application to either Veritas or Magoosh to be a GMAT tutor. Does anyone know how competitive it is to get a position at either place? I understand that Veritas has a score requirement that you score in the 99th percentile which I was fortunate enough to have done a few months back (780 Q49 V48). I'm assuming Magoosh's requirement might be lower because I noticed their pay is lower (although being completely remote would be a great perk). Besides GMAT requirement, how closely do they look for other things? Veritas asks for substantial teaching or tutoring experience and also asks for a cover letter, which I'm guessing is pretty important. Regarding the interview process, I would appreciate any insight on that as well. I'm in the NYC area if that makes a difference.

I would greatly appreciate any information regarding these companies (or similar companies), thanks.
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First of all, I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, so if there is a better place to post please let me know.

I've been considering sending an application to either Veritas or Magoosh to be a GMAT tutor. Does anyone know how competitive it is to get a position at either place? I understand that Veritas has a score requirement that you score in the 99th percentile which I was fortunate enough to have done a few months back (780 Q49 V48). I'm assuming Magoosh's requirement might be lower because I noticed their pay is lower (although being completely remote would be a great perk). Besides GMAT requirement, how closely do they look for other things? Veritas asks for substantial teaching or tutoring experience and also asks for a cover letter, which I'm guessing is pretty important. Regarding the interview process, I would appreciate any insight on that as well. I'm in the NYC area if that makes a difference.

I would greatly appreciate any information regarding these companies (or similar companies), thanks.


Great to see your score of 740 LeatherCouch

I have Zero knowledge about this, but, why not start your own prep company with such a great score?
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Hey Leather Couch,

Thank you for your interest in teaching with Veritas Prep! And congratulations on that 780...that's awesome. I'd absolutely encourage you to apply (all the information is here: https://www.veritasprep.com/jobs/).

We do really like getting a cover letter - for us it's a great way to get a feel for someone's motivation to teach the GMAT ("seems like easy/quick money" vs. a passion for education and/or a genuine enjoyment of and intellectual curiosity about GMAT problems) and to get a quick assessment of communication ability. And for me as an interviewer, it also tends to shine some light on conversation topics for an initial call, too.

As far as competitiveness, we set a pretty high bar for the kind of people we want to put in front of our students - there's the obvious score requirement, which you've hit, and then some of the other essentials (strong communication ability, good insight into GMAT problems and strategies, a student-focused way about looking at problems and concepts, etc.). We also put a pretty high premium on "intellectual curiosity" as it pertains to what we do - wondering which angles the test might take on a concept, why students seem to choose a certain trap answer type or struggle with a certain concept, etc. - and on those who teach because they love teaching/helping. We want teachers who happen to be great at the GMAT, as oppose to people who are great at the GMAT who happen to want to teach it, if that makes sense.

I'd love to talk more about it if you submit an application. Looking forward!

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Hey Leather Couch,

Thank you for your interest in teaching with Veritas Prep! And congratulations on that 780...that's awesome. I'd absolutely encourage you to apply (all the information is here: ).

We do really like getting a cover letter - for us it's a great way to get a feel for someone's motivation to teach the GMAT ("seems like easy/quick money" vs. a passion for education and/or a genuine enjoyment of and intellectual curiosity about GMAT problems) and to get a quick assessment of communication ability. And for me as an interviewer, it also tends to shine some light on conversation topics for an initial call, too.

As far as competitiveness, we set a pretty high bar for the kind of people we want to put in front of our students - there's the obvious score requirement, which you've hit, and then some of the other essentials (strong communication ability, good insight into GMAT problems and strategies, a student-focused way about looking at problems and concepts, etc.). We also put a pretty high premium on "intellectual curiosity" as it pertains to what we do - wondering which angles the test might take on a concept, why students seem to choose a certain trap answer type or struggle with a certain concept, etc. - and on those who teach because they love teaching/helping. We want teachers who happen to be great at the GMAT, as oppose to people who are great at the GMAT who happen to want to teach it, if that makes sense.

I'd love to talk more about it if you submit an application. Looking forward!

-Brian


Hi Brian, thanks for responding! Veritas happens to be the place I'm most interested in, so I'm really glad you reached out. If it's okay, could you possibly tell me what the interview process at Veritas would be like (phone call, in-person, etc). Thanks!
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Absolutely! We interview in three phases:

1) Telephone interview (almost always with me) to discuss your teaching experience, GMAT experience, etc., and give you an introduction to Veritas Prep. This is also an informal way for us to assess clarity of speech, enthusiasm for teaching, all that kind of stuff.

2) Online teaching-based interview. Here you'll teach a few problems back to us and we can better assess the way you make problems come alive for students. Our main aim here is to ensure that instructors can turn every problem into a lesson - too often tutors are good at teaching students how to get the right answer on that problem, but we need to go beyond that to add actionable takeaways that will work on future problems. We also use this as an opportunity to show you how some of our strategies work and talk about what we've seen students struggle with.

3) In-person meeting. Here you'll meet with one of our veteran instructors in your area; we've been fortunate to develop a team of instructors who feel ownership of the Veritas Prep experience in their area, so we turn them loose to essentially answer "would you feel comfortable if this instructor were tutoring one of your students or subbing for one of your classes?" and "what do you wish you had known your first year of tutoring that took you a while to figure out?"

From there we may add additional screenings as necessary, but those tend to be the core three phases of interview.
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Absolutely! We interview in three phases:

1) Telephone interview (almost always with me) to discuss your teaching experience, GMAT experience, etc., and give you an introduction to Veritas Prep. This is also an informal way for us to assess clarity of speech, enthusiasm for teaching, all that kind of stuff.

2) Online teaching-based interview. Here you'll teach a few problems back to us and we can better assess the way you make problems come alive for students. Our main aim here is to ensure that instructors can turn every problem into a lesson - too often tutors are good at teaching students how to get the right answer on that problem, but we need to go beyond that to add actionable takeaways that will work on future problems. We also use this as an opportunity to show you how some of our strategies work and talk about what we've seen students struggle with.

3) In-person meeting. Here you'll meet with one of our veteran instructors in your area; we've been fortunate to develop a team of instructors who feel ownership of the Veritas Prep experience in their area, so we turn them loose to essentially answer "would you feel comfortable if this instructor were tutoring one of your students or subbing for one of your classes?" and "what do you wish you had known your first year of tutoring that took you a while to figure out?"

From there we may add additional screenings as necessary, but those tend to be the core three phases of interview.

Thank you for the clarification, I look forward to possibly interviewing with you!
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Congrats for your 780 score! Impressive!!
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