What was your biggest challenge at work and how did you overcome it?
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I don't remember a particularly difficult question. Most were standard for the field (explain a situation where you handled multiple projects on different deadlines, explain how you communicate with authors - especially potentially difficult authors, and explain your experiences dealing with different aspects of the job).
How do you work in an environment of ambiguity?
How do you mediate conflict?
What challenges do you think you might come across in this role?
Describe a time you made a (professional) mistake and what did you learn from it?
Typical questions like overcoming blockages, how would you solve a difficult task, etc.
You are in contact with an author who is complaining that they have been waiting to hear back on their submission for 6 months....what action do you take?
How do you think academic publishing differs to fiction publishing?
What was the goal you wanted to achieve through this post?
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