⟩ Interview Questions From Editor
β What do you know about the company?
β What made you want to work in publishing?
β What career hopes do you have?
β What kind of books do you enjoy?
β How do you respond to conflicting priorities or juggling many things at once?
β What do you think makes good AI and jacket copy?
β Are you aware of the considerations involved in designing a book that will be co-editionable?
β Describe your current role.
β What are your strengths and weaknesses? (The interviewer said: βThis is a cliche question but it does reveal something about self-perceptionβ)
β Why are you interested in working with [genre]?
β (Talking about benefits of not being a native English-speaker): But on the other hand, does it put you at a disadvantage with more colloquial language and books that are written perhaps not in perfectly grammatical English?
β Sometimes, projects are running late because, say, weβre waiting for input from the author, and he is not responsive. How would you deal with this?
β What experience do you have in Picture Research?
β Do you check layouts at layout stage?
β What things do you pay attention to when you are checking plotters?
β Do you have any questions for me?
