I applied online. I interviewed at Cell Press (Remote) in Nov 2020
Interview
2 rounds of interviews. 1st round with HR screening background, 2nd round with hiring manager and other editors in the team last for 3 hours. one hour they will ask you questions on your understanding of the editorial job, and most importantly how to deal with authors; then 1 hour on manuscript test, read 2 papers in 40 mins then they will ask questions on these papers.Last hour you'll have chance to ask them questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
why do you want to become an editor? what conferences do you attend? who are competitor journals? what are the hot topics in the area?