After I completed my application online, I got an email a couple weeks later, on the predetermined date, letting me know if I would be interviewing or not. The email gave me specific directions for what to expect at the interview and the date and time of the interview. The day of the interview it was a very relaxed and open atmosphere. Although I put pressure on myself, I didn't feel pressure with the interviewer. It was not at a Teach For America office, as they recruit at college campuses. It was a college interviewing center. First, after everyone in our small group arrived, we were asked to volunteer the lesson we had planned to present and teach to the group, assuming they were students. After all the lessons, we did a mock teacher meeting to discuss several issues presented to us at the time of the meeting. Lastly, we had a Q & A session with the interviewer about Teach For America and the rest of the process. At the end of the group interview, we signed up for time slots for our individual interview, which was after lunch. Throughout the whole morning session our interviewer kept everything very organized and easy flowing, allowing for breaks as needed and answered any questions we had along the way. If we ran over our teaching time allotment, she allowed us to finish but gave us a signal that time was about up. The afternoon was just as smooth as in the morning. We had signed up for 30 minute slots, and some ran over due to more discussions or questions, but no one ever got cut off or asked to leave. The 1-on-1 interview was more of a scenario test, to see what you would do in different scenarios. Again, at the end there was time for questions. Any advice I would offer is to relax. Be yourself. Giving the "perfect" answer isn't always what people want to hear. They want to hear what YOU really think, not what the textbook has told us is right.