Editor Interviews

Editor Interview Questions

"Responsible for reviewing and evaluating content, editors are highly attentive to detail, organized, and collaborative. In an interview, expect to be asked about how you work with deadlines, your toolbox of editing systems, and where you get your ideas for stories. Especially desirable are candidates with strong communication skills who can work well in teams."

Top Editor Interview Questions & How to Answer

Question 1

Question #1: What's your process to maintaining deadlines?

How to answer
How to answer: When working as an editor, you'll face deadlines when you must provide the work back to the writer or project manager. Highlight any tools you use to track and manage deadlines, such as a calendar or task management system. You can also use this question to describe your work ethic and situations in which you've faced and maintained tight deadlines for clients or team members. This question also works well to discuss your prioritization skills.
Question 2

Question #2: How do you maintain focus when handling the mundane aspects of editing?

How to answer
How to answer: Editors often face tedious and monotonous tasks, such as proofreading, checking sources, and fact-checking. When answering a question about maintaining your focus, talk about any processes you have in place to stay alert as you review other people's words. For example, if you read sentences aloud when assessing grammatical correctness or use a digital tool to check facts, describe these habits.
Question 3

Question #3: Describe your approach to offering constructive feedback.

How to answer
How to answer: An editor often has to provide constructive feedback to writers and content experts. They need to be able to do so in a way that benefits the other party while maintaining a professional and positive tone. Outline your communication skills and ability to provide feedback in a way that doesn't generate a negative or defensive response.

11,602 editor interview questions shared by candidates

How would you improve NVidia's videos and storytelling capabilities? How do you react to multiple stakeholders giving you feedback and expectations all at once? How little sleep can you work off of? What's a time in your editorial experience where you've been pushed to the edge both creatively and chronologically? Can you remember a time when you had very little to work with and pushed it into something that worked? What are some areas you believe you can add to our production pipeline in terms of efficiency and production value? How do you prioritize video projects in terms of timeline and importance (especially if you are balancing many projects all at once?) How do you handle egos?
avatar

Video Editor

Interviewed at NVIDIA

4.6
Aug 11, 2021

How would you improve NVidia's videos and storytelling capabilities? How do you react to multiple stakeholders giving you feedback and expectations all at once? How little sleep can you work off of? What's a time in your editorial experience where you've been pushed to the edge both creatively and chronologically? Can you remember a time when you had very little to work with and pushed it into something that worked? What are some areas you believe you can add to our production pipeline in terms of efficiency and production value? How do you prioritize video projects in terms of timeline and importance (especially if you are balancing many projects all at once?) How do you handle egos?

They asked about my background writing about technical concepts, they had me interview an engineer. I also met with a lot of people in different fields who I'd have worked with occasionally which were easy, only the direct manager interviews and the technical interviews are demanding.
avatar

Editor

Interviewed at Meta

3.5
Jan 28, 2021

They asked about my background writing about technical concepts, they had me interview an engineer. I also met with a lot of people in different fields who I'd have worked with occasionally which were easy, only the direct manager interviews and the technical interviews are demanding.

Viewing 9541 - 9550 interview questions

Glassdoor has 11,602 interview questions and reports from Editor interviews. Prepare for your interview. Get hired. Love your job.