Online application, followed up with an interview and a writing test. The interviewers were approachable editors, and I was not intimidated by them. They wanted to know about my journalism experience and asked me questions about my writing experience and my ability to handle deadline pressure. My impression of the newsroom was that it was a friendly place and that they gave reporters artistic license, but when I asked staff writers about their work lives in private, they told me they were overworked and underpaid. This newspaper does not offer competitive compensation, and you should know that going in.