What should I write in my sample Q&A?

When you’re officially a MyTutor tutor, you’ll mainly be supporting GCSE and A-Level pupils to prepare for their exams. Some of this work might include helping them with exam-style questions, as well as covering the course content they need to answer them. 

Your sample Q&A should help you to showcase how you’d help your pupils in your lessons. 

Here are a few top tips 👇

Make sure it’s a question in a core subject (Maths, English or Science), and that it’s something a pupil might expect as homework, in a test or in an exam. This is because we’ll want to see your subject knowledge in practice in the interview. 

Your interviewer will ask you to run through this Q&A for a few minutes in the interview, so make sure it’s something that will show off your teaching skills.

You don’t need to write an essay in response, just a small paragraph will do the job. You can add more detail when you chat it through with your interviewer, too!

What else do you need to know?

Your example Q&A will appear on your profile once you’re officially a tutor too, and you can upload more than one if you’d like. 

Need some inspiration? 💭

Here are a few example questions to get you started:

English GCSE

• How does Shakespeare present Shylock in 'The Merchant of Venice' in Act III scene I and elsewhere in the play?
• How does Steinbeck use colour to describe Curley's Wife in Of Mice and men?
• What is the difference between form and structure?

Maths GCSE

• Tony buys 12 apples and 7 pears for £10.90. An apple costs 20p less than a pear. What would be the cost of 4 apples and 9 pears?
• Solve the simultaneous equations algebraically: y = x+19 AND y = x^2 + 4x +1
• Solve (y+1)^2 = 4

Science GCSE

• Explain how a stimulus can result in a reflex reaction
• Explain how pressure can affect the rate of reaction
• When going around a roundabout, why do I feel a force pulling me outwards?