I emailed my resume and cover letter in then about a week later I received a phone call from HR asking a few questions about why I wanted to work for the agency. Set up to come in for a group interview the following week which consisted of 8 people. There we were asked about our background and why we wanted to work for Seneca even though the children can sometimes be hard to handle. The interviewer then explained some behaviors and asked how we would respond to them. The hardest part was making sure you responded to each question and didn't just say I agree. Later in the week I got a call from a director in the city I wanted to work in asking to come in for a 1:1 and interactive interview. This was more formal they just wanted to know about you and went into more detail about the company and their school. During the interactive portion they allow you to interact with the children during the school day and they don't hover over you. They also asked for a simple writing sample just to make sure you were capable of doing the daily summaries. Then a few days later I received a call from the supervisor offering me the position!

I applied for the San Leandro Seneca site online through Indeed. The site called me and after conducting a phone screening they offered to set up an interview. The interview was an interactive interview where I met with 3 employees as they asked several interview questions. I also joined all of the classrooms for 30 minutes each and had an opportunity to interact with the kids and ask questions with the staff. The San Leandro site was so kind to refer me to an Elementary site because I mentioned that I prefer to work with elementary age kids. Later in the same week I had a similar interactive interview at an elementary site in Oakland. The next day I received a call from HR requesting my references and by the following week, I received an offer to work at the elementary site. Everything is very easy going if you have a positive vibe about yourself, others and working with kids.