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TravelBird
Web Editor was asked...11 July 2017

Ben je introvert of extravert

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Hoe zouden je vrienden je omschrijven

Dealmoon

tell me several popular prodects of lancome

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Hydra zen series, advanced youth activating serum,and rouge lipstick

Con Edison

How did you solve the test?

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I went into detail about it.

World Wildlife Fund

How will you gather, edit, build, and post content from such a large variety of content providers without a solid style guide or content review process in place.

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I would encourage WWF to institute a site-wide style guide and a content review process and require those posting to the site to follow new guidelines henceforth. I would also institute a site-wide content review and revision timeline to remove or update outdated content. Less

Microsoft

Name three of your negative skills

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Sometimes mind-closed, impunctuality, sometimes too passionate.

IKEA

Tell me about yourself.

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This is literally the only question HR asked me (and also salary expectation). Then the conversation just went with the flow. Less

What kind of things would you be doing on a day to day basis to implement this strategy?

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The question was impossible to answer properly as a) the interviewers wouldn't comment on available resources, b) had told me to prepare a strategy overview, rather than a detailed plan and c) seemed to expect a blow by blow account of a web editor's job--much of which had already been discussed and/or should have been implied. Less

Postmedia Network
Web Editor was asked...13 February 2013

"Where do you see [the newspaper] fitting in to the community?"

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"It doesn't."

GN Media

Headlines, Content Strategy, Feedback on GN Website, Availability to work shifts at night, Mobile, Relevance of previous experience, and questions with subtext of "to what extent do you have ability to take orders/not cause trouble/do as told."

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Having come from a more US-cultured news org, I was probably a bit overconfident for a British based team - that said, the line of questioning for a relatively junior role and salary was very direct and non-discursive. Less

Adbusters

2. "So, tell me about yourself." (He leans back. You get the sense he has not actually read your cover letter or resume...)

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I describe my roots in publishing and list my experience with newspapers, magazines, an ad agency, and a marketing team. I describe my involvement with social issues that touch on the publication's mandate around consumerism and activism. Less

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