I was contacted via LinkedIn for a preliminary phone screener with a recruiter. In the end, my experience was not a good fit with their needs. Overall, pleasant and painless.
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Question 1
What experience do you have in the subject matter of the journal in question?
I applied online. I interviewed at Cell Press (Boston, MA) in May 2022
Interview
HR interview, written assignment, manuscript test, interviews with the journals editorial team. Overall the process took a lot of time. The written assignment was a HUGE undertaking considering I did not know if I would be selected for more interviews. The people were very nice though!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you handle meeting someone whose paper you rejected?
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?