Assistant Editor Interview Questions
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Assistant Editor interview questions shared by candidates
How good is your language skill
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Great
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I am currently working *
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I am still a student, not yet working in any company/organization and i believe myself that i my English language is normal and simple for understanding to the readers. Less
Would you be fine with working some weekends, having to quickly make posts about breaking news?
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Yes
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Yes. It would be an interesting way to be up to date with global current events.
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Yes. After all, four decades working college sports weekends and week-nights as well is pretty fair training. And I could fix up my own bad hot dogs. Less
Your salary would be in the mid $30,000, would that be ok with you?
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Yes.
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does this mean 30,500 or 35,000?
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"With my education and professional experience, I'm looking more along the lines of..." Less
Tell me about yourself?
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Thank you for interviewing with us, we are sorry you felt it was a negative experience. However, we were surprised to read that are CEO was rude to you as he is usually a rather polite American! We were also surprised to read that you underwent a phone call interview, as we never give those! Perhaps you are mistaking a phone interview with the recruitment agency with which we advertised? All interviews are done at our office and face-to-face. We hold all interviews in a medium-sized, bright, formal conference room which overlooks a prestigious Mayfair street, and certainly not in any ‘box room.’ We apologise for a lack of sufficient materials – we try to make sure all materials are there and ready to go for all job candidates, and usually they are! This could have been a case of human error. Less
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I told them about myself
What are the first three things you would do on your first day working here?
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If I were the interviewer, I would nitpick that one of the first things you would do is go home. It's a good answer, but you want to just scope out the books. Don't take them home until later when your shift is over. (For this particular position I would be watching closely for the precision of your use of language and this would stick out to me.) Less
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Introduce myself to my new coworkers, familiarize myself with the house style, and take home a few titles from the imprint(s) to read. Less
Do you play overmatch?
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It’s called Overwatch!..lol
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I said I could learn but was unfamiliar.
What is your experience in animation?
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I detailed projects I had worked on in college and professionally.
Standard interview questions. Why do you want to work at ProPublica? They were generally interested in my drive and motivation to be part of the organization.
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Reference a couple reporting projects and partnerships. A genuine fondness of the organization and understanding of their reporting is essential. Less