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The questions are not at all what you would expect. It is not to say preparing for the interview is useless, however, with reasonable qualifications, the interview is a walk in the park. If anything, the questions were more personal than anything else, more questions to see if you'll fit into the "family" atmosphere. ie "when's the last time you blew up," because they are apparently more concerned with the office dynamic than a successful and reputable publication, but I digress.

Managing Editor

Interviewed at Hometown Oneonta

3
Mar 18, 2021

The questions are not at all what you would expect. It is not to say preparing for the interview is useless, however, with reasonable qualifications, the interview is a walk in the park. If anything, the questions were more personal than anything else, more questions to see if you'll fit into the "family" atmosphere. ie "when's the last time you blew up," because they are apparently more concerned with the office dynamic than a successful and reputable publication, but I digress.

Questions were directed mostly to my interest in working at the newspaper. The publisher showed keen interest in my history as a freelancer with the publication and wondered if I would be interested in coming on full-time as a utility player.
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Managing Editor

Interviewed at New Times Media Group

2.7
Sep 21, 2015

Questions were directed mostly to my interest in working at the newspaper. The publisher showed keen interest in my history as a freelancer with the publication and wondered if I would be interested in coming on full-time as a utility player.

Do you have experience managing content partnerships and working with their editorial team on revisions, improvements to make to their content so it suites primary company's goals/needs? How did you handle working with these partners?
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Managing Editor

Interviewed at Kinship

3.2
Jan 25, 2021

Do you have experience managing content partnerships and working with their editorial team on revisions, improvements to make to their content so it suites primary company's goals/needs? How did you handle working with these partners?

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