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Rather than discuss my experience and how that may apply to the position for which I was interviewing, nearly all the questions were psychological, asking upfront if I'd ever had any "incidences" (aka butted heads with) coworkers in the past. I was also told me that there would be a second part of the interview that would involve some tests of my ability, but didn't get around to those in my interview and wasn't contacted again.
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English Editor

Interviewed at Pixelogic Media

3.1
Dec 8, 2020

Rather than discuss my experience and how that may apply to the position for which I was interviewing, nearly all the questions were psychological, asking upfront if I'd ever had any "incidences" (aka butted heads with) coworkers in the past. I was also told me that there would be a second part of the interview that would involve some tests of my ability, but didn't get around to those in my interview and wasn't contacted again.

"Since this is a company that publishes Technical books, it would be almost impossible to train a person in all the technical languages, so in this case, what would be my "plan of action" to overcome this hurdle if given the job as Technical Editor."
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Copy Editor (English Language)

Interviewed at Packt

3.6
Sep 29, 2014

"Since this is a company that publishes Technical books, it would be almost impossible to train a person in all the technical languages, so in this case, what would be my "plan of action" to overcome this hurdle if given the job as Technical Editor."

I was asked to take a look at some sentences and say how natural they sounded in American English. I had to support my answers with evidence from an authentic source (making data-driven decisions is one of their values), which I was able to do well.
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English Language Specialist Editor

Interviewed at Junglee Games

4.2
Feb 3, 2019

I was asked to take a look at some sentences and say how natural they sounded in American English. I had to support my answers with evidence from an authentic source (making data-driven decisions is one of their values), which I was able to do well.

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