Interview Questions for School Counseling Positions

• What is your philosophy of school counseling?
• Tell us about your experience in school counseling.
• Describe your ideal school counseling program.
• Name and describe three different roles of the school counselor.
• What does the phrase developmental guidance program mean to you? Is it really possible to have a developmental guidance program?
• Describe the program or activity you developed for which you are most proud. Why did you select this particular program?
• Describe your view of an excellent working relationship between the school counselor and teachers. How would you go about achieving this relationship?
• What are the limits of confidentiality?
• What do you know about our school district?
• What would you do if a teacher referred a student to you and then stops you to ask for information?
• In your first days in a new school counseling position, what things/activities would you do to establish a positive working relationship with teachers?
• A student comes to you and says her friend Jennifer is talking about killing herself. What do you do?
• In a small support group 12-year-old John tells everyone he is tired of being picked on and is planning to shoot a boy who is bullying him. What do you do?
• A student comes to you and begins to cry, telling you she is being picked on by two girls who used to be her friends. She shares with you that the problem has been going on for over two months and now it is getting worse. What do you do?
• In a counseling session thirteen-year-old Sara tells you that her father has touched her inappropriately. What do you do?
• When we get emotionally involved in a problem situation, it is often very difficult to be objective. Tell me about a time when you were proud of your ability to be objective even though you were emotional about a situation.
• You hear a rumor from a student that two boys took some ki