The purpose of this research is to identify the problems encountered in the selection of teachers in schools and to offer solutions. The research was created within the scope qualitative research method, in the framework of phenomenology pattern. The working group the investigative was by the maximum sampling technique, one of the purposeful sampling methods. The study group of the research consists of 12 teachers working in the Erbaa district of Tokat province in the 2022/2023 period. In order to collect the data, semi-structured interview form of open-ended questions consisting of eight items were used with the participating teachers. The resulting data was analyzed using the explanatory analysis technique. Participants primarily choose concept choice; preferred, the process of choosing, liking, finding, and distinguishing the good one. As the reasons for the choice of teachers; academic achievement, gender, trust, suggestion of close environment and the world view of the teacher. As the results of the participants' teacher selection; crowded classrooms, level difference between classes, teacher ego, academic success, and competition between teachers. In order to overcome the teacher selection problem, the participants; They made some suggestions such as the self-sacrificing work of the teacher, the method of drawing lots, the balanced distribution of the classes, the determination of the school administrators, guiding the parents and self-realization. In conclusion, since the teacher selection practice harms the education process and teachers, this practice should be terminated within the framework of the principle of equality in education.