I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at HarperCollins (New York, NY) in Aug 2014
Interview
I Interviewed here with two editors. It was a pretty quick interview. They asked about what I was reading, why I wanted to work there, and a few situational questions, along with other standard interview questions. They described the job and wanted to make sure I was up for something fast-paced with many responsibilities. It was obvious that they had a lot of candidates they were interviewing.
The interview was really friendly and came in two stages. They asked about experience, education and lots of competency based questions. Asked about experience and included a written task to complete ahead of the interview which was then discussed as a question.
hr screening, next round editors, readers report, then another interview. Typical questions — not extremely difficult, but definitely pays off to research the imprint and its list. Complete that readers report asap!
I applied online. I interviewed at HarperCollins (New York, NY) in Feb 2021
Interview
Highly professional, very standard. I did a phone screen with by HR, separate half hour interviews with both editors, and then a final interview with both editors at the same time. Everyone was friendly, professional, and engaging. Questions were pretty typical about my background and experiences--nothing outlandish.
