I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at The E.W. Scripps Company (San Luis Obispo, CA) in Jan 2025
Interview
30 minute phone interview with nice national recruiter. Writing test followed. Zoom interviews with managing editors, then Executive Producer and News Director. Finally, a in-person interview and tour with news producers and Exec Producer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions were asked about the running order of stories (local to national) along with ethical questions about what to include or not include when reporting the news.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at The E.W. Scripps Company in Nov 2021
Interview
This would be my first interview process after graduation from my grad program & my recruiter was absolutely AMAZING!
Thank you Sheryl for your patiences with me and this process. You’re customer service and overall care is the best I’ve experienced so far!
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at The E.W. Scripps Company (Lansing, MI) in Oct 2020
Interview
Lots of interviews, including a writing test. Very thorough. My point person was very on top of everything, and did a great job guiding me through the process, and alerting me when any extra steps were needed.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Real life scenarios and what choices I would make.
News Producer applicants have rated the interview process at The E.W. Scripps Company with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 81.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for News Producer roles take an average of 36 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at The E.W. Scripps Company overall takes an average of 23 days.
Common stages of the interview process at The E.W. Scripps Company as a News Producer according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 31%
Drug test: 15%
Presentation: 15%
Background check: 8%
Group panel interview: 8%
Other: 8%
One on one interview: 8%
Skills test: 8%
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