Assistant Editor Interview Questions

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My Story Challenge: The theme of the story can vary from "A day in the life of..." to "cooking experience" to "exploring/reporting on a city." If they like your story you will then get a phone interview with an editor on the team.
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Assistant Story Editor

Interviewed at Snap

3.4
Dec 22, 2016

My Story Challenge: The theme of the story can vary from "A day in the life of..." to "cooking experience" to "exploring/reporting on a city." If they like your story you will then get a phone interview with an editor on the team.

-Times you didn't perform up to expectation -Times you disagreed with a coworker -How you handle a large task or don't know what to do -Strengths/weaknesses -Familiarity with software -What is your editing style like? -Why is editing important? -Classic tell me about yourself
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Assistant Editor

Interviewed at Freethink

4.4
Jan 13, 2021

-Times you didn't perform up to expectation -Times you disagreed with a coworker -How you handle a large task or don't know what to do -Strengths/weaknesses -Familiarity with software -What is your editing style like? -Why is editing important? -Classic tell me about yourself

The questions are often personal, but important and relevant for the work; but they also ask for several small projects (and this is after they have already had you sign a document saying they can use anything you create and anything you appear in, in whatever way they want; no se me hace completamente claro si ese contrato incluye lo que hayas hecho para la entrevista).
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Assistant Editor

Interviewed at PETA

3.3
Jul 3, 2021

The questions are often personal, but important and relevant for the work; but they also ask for several small projects (and this is after they have already had you sign a document saying they can use anything you create and anything you appear in, in whatever way they want; no se me hace completamente claro si ese contrato incluye lo que hayas hecho para la entrevista).

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