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Old 10-03-2016, 08:48 PM
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Hi,

Normally how long do they take to contact you once you apply? How is the interview like? How is a typical day like a lecturer? from 8am till 5pm? or 3pm?

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From my time several years ago, they took about a month to contact me for an interview. Usually the interview will revolve around a presentation by you on some technical subjects that you're familiar with based on what you wrote in your application. After the presentation is over, you'll be asked questions like why do you want to join ? and the usual questions to size you up. After you clear your first interview, it's waiting time again for about 2 to 4 weeks before they call you up for a second interview with some management. After the second interview, you'll be usually offered a two-year contract with ITE.

Typical work-hours for lecturers is from 8am to 5:30pm. If you have lessons to conduct at 8 am, you jolly well make sure that you come before that otherwise if you're late, your boss will come after you. Worst case scenario is that all your 40 students are waiting right outside the lab or classroom making a din and some management like the principal walks past and there you have it, a sure recipe for disaster as you'll have a hard time explaining why you are late.

There are breaks between the different lessons which you conduct but bear in mind, it's not free time for you to relax and read the newspapers or surf the web. Instead, if you have projects' deadline around the corner, you better get working on it or prepare lessons for conducting in the days ahead in the week. Contrary to popular belief, at ITE, we don't teach the same topics that doesn't change at all for the next decade. Our curriculum is structured in such a way that it follows the industry closely and every 3 years or so, we'll do a curriculum review. So if you're teaching a brand new module freshly baked as a product of the review, you better make sure you know what you're teaching otherwise students can sense that you're not versed in the module at all and will probably make life difficult for you in many ways which I won't elaborate. Take it as a way to keep yourself on your toes and be aware of your situation especially if the labs/jobsheets don't work as intended.
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