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School of Business Lecturer (all modalities)
Posted Aug 17, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Which of the areas the School lists, like accounting, supply chain or project management, could you teach, and what professional experience backs that up?
What they are checking: Whether their real work experience lines up with the courses the School actually needs to staff.
How do you keep your course current when practice in your field keeps changing?
What they are checking: Whether they bring up-to-date practice into class, which is the main value of a professional lecturer.
Have you taught before? If not, what have you done that is closest to teaching?
What they are checking: Whether they have training, mentoring or presenting experience that suggests they can run a classroom.
What would you do
You may teach anywhere from one to five courses a semester. How would you manage that alongside your other work?
What they are checking: Whether they can commit reliably to the load they accept without shortchanging students.
A student says your grading on a group project was unfair because one member did nothing. How do you handle it?
What they are checking: Whether they handle grade disputes fairly and have built accountability into group work.
How would you work with the course coordinator if a course has a common syllabus you didn't write?
What they are checking: Whether they can teach within shared standards while still adding their own experience.
About the work
Tell us about a work situation from your career that you'd turn into a class case. How would you run it?
What they are checking: Whether they can translate professional experience into structured learning, which is why practitioners are hired.
How would you teach the same course to associate, bachelor's and master's students differently?
What they are checking: Whether they can adjust depth and expectations across the program levels the School runs.
What would you do to keep online students engaged in an asynchronous course?
What they are checking: Whether they understand online teaching takes deliberate design, since the pool covers all modalities.
How do you write an assignment that tests whether a student can apply a concept, not just define it?
What they are checking: Whether they can design applied assessments suited to career-focused business students.
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