Not an interview, but a very long editing/writing task.
Science Editor Interview Questions
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When was a time that a project did not go to plan and what would you do differently?
Lengthy Performance Task
Asked me to chose the most grammatically-correct edited version of a sentence
What has been your greatest non-academic achievement to date?
-How much editing experience do you have? -Are you a native English speaker? -Do you have a graduate degree? -How many pages can you edit per day?
how do you know about Jove? what's your specialty?
Edit the document, paying attention to: spelling, grammar, phrasing, etc. Overall, this was a very easy test, although personal issues with "phrasing" and word order could complicate the result. They also asked me to self-report the length of time to edit the document. They may be screening for editors who work at a relatively fast rate, maybe 1000-2000 words / hr.
The on line test is a multiple choice exercise about things that you will be asked to do as an editor.
Send several paragraphs to edit that were written in absolutely horrible English. Also, multiple choice questions that included "Choose the sentence with incorrect punctuation" and similar such questions.
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