Candidatei-me online. O processo levou 3 meses. Fui entrevistado pela BioMed Central (Londres, Inglaterra) em jan. de 2020
Entrevista
I applied back in November 2020, and from the beginning encountered various issues. On the Springer-Nature careers platform, I saw that my application had been moved to the interview stage back in December (before Christmas). I sent an email asking for more information but received no reply until the second week of January. From there, I had an interview which went very well; they were polite and engaged (asked the general questions I found on this website as well!), and I felt like I had really made a good case for myself. I was told that I would hear back the next week, but never did. I emailed the interviewer directly, who told me that the process was taking longer than expected. After two weeks I still hadn't heard back, and emailed both HR and the interviewer asking for more information. Now, at the end of February, I still haven't heard back and suspect that I never will. All in all, this reflects poorly on the companies organisation and I doubt I will apply with BMC any time soon.
Perguntas de entrevista [1]
Pergunta 1
Q: Are you comfortable reading papers outside of your field of expertise?
Q: What was a difficult decision you had to make?
Q: Where do you expect to see yourself in 5 years time?
Q: How did you find the pre-interview test/
Candidatei-me online. O processo levou 2 meses. Fui entrevistado pela BioMed Central (Londres, Inglaterra) em mar. de 2019
Entrevista
Applied online, contacting through email to arrange a phone interview
one phone interview
one face to face interview with two hiring managers lasting one hour
one journal scope test / prioritisation task
Perguntas de entrevista [1]
Pergunta 1
What would you do if an author became unresponsive to your request?
Candidatei-me online. O processo levou 3 semanas. Fui entrevistado pela BioMed Central (Londres, Inglaterra) em fev. de 2019
Entrevista
I had a brief phone interview although this felt informal, it was mainly to ask if I would be willing to relocate and why I am interested in the role. I was then invited to an interview in the London office. This was with two people who were very friendly. It began with two tasks, one involved categorising abstracts into the different journals and the second involved a few short questions, one was calculating percentage changes.
I was then first asked questions relating to the role and what I know about publishing and open access. I remember being asked what I expect my day as an assistant editor to look like, what I understand about open access, why would I be good in the role.
I was then asked competency based questions such as a time I worked well under pressure, a time I made a difficult decision, how do I manage conflict, what kind of environment do I work best in. I was given a chance to ask questions at the end .
I had a good experience at the interview but after not hearing for 2 weeks I called them myself and they informed me someone else had taken the position but advised me to apply to another one. I was disappointed they did not contact me to tell me I had not got the position after having an interview. They then contacted me a few weeks later asking if I was still available as another assistant editor position was available though I did not follow-up on this.