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Assistant Editorial Interview Questions
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How would you handle a situation in which an author's vision for their work is at odds with the vision of/kind of content published by your department? How would you work differently with authors who are academics vs authors in other professions e.g. surgeons? How do you approach working with frustrating internal systems?
Q: Tell me about a time when you had to prioritize a lot of tasks or projects, and how you avoided getting overwhelmed.
Why do you think you would be suited to this role?
Mr. Joe Schmoe is a senior editor for one of our publications. His submission is 3 weeks late. Craft an e-mail asking for the submission, keeping in mind that he is very high ranking in the XYZ community.
question: What does proofreading entail?
How much do you know about the company?
What has been your biggest achievement?
If multiple editors asked you to help them complete each of their big projects by the end of the day, but you knew it would be an overload, what would you do?
Where do you find your pitches?
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