Editor Question:

☛ What do you know about the company?
☛ What made you want to work in publishing?
☛ What career hopes do you have?
☛ What kind of books do you enjoy?
☛ How do you respond to conflicting priorities or juggling many things at once?
☛ What do you think makes good AI and jacket copy?
☛ Are you aware of the considerations involved in designing a book that will be co-editionable?
☛ Describe your current role.
☛ What are your strengths and weaknesses? (The interviewer said: ‘This is a cliche question but it does reveal something about self-perception’)
☛ Why are you interested in working with [genre]?
☛ (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?
☛ Sometimes, projects are running late because, say, we’re waiting for input from the author, and he is not responsive. How would you deal with this?
☛ What experience do you have in Picture Research?
☛ Do you check layouts at layout stage?
☛ What things do you pay attention to when you are checking plotters?
☛ Do you have any questions for me?