First a telephone conversation, then followed up with an in-person interview. During the phone conversation though, there was much talk about my background experience and the area of my degree.

You apply online and they reach out to you for the first phone interview. In the past it was a series of two interviews: one brief phone call (30 min) and then a sample teaching lesson as well as meeting with heads of schools. Now, it is a phone interview (30 min), you are then asked to submit a writing sample and sample recorded teaching lesson, and then you will have interviews with heads of different KIPP schools if you pass.