I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at PLOS (Londres, Inglaterra) in Feb 2021
Interview
The interview was for an Associate/Senior Editor at PLOS Medicine. The process was excellent and everyone involved was lovely. First there was a video call with the HR people, followed by a task involving reviewing two articles, then a technical interview lasting approximately 1 hour mostly discussing the articles from the task and publishing in general. The technical interview, while difficult (for me anyway!) had a discussion feel and the interviewers definitely tried to focus on the areas they thought they could get good responses from me as opposed to pushing for answers I didn't seem to know, which I much appreciated. The final round was apparently a more general skills interview (but I didn't get that far). The interviewers were exceptionally nice and offered to provide feedback.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked a lot of questions regarding randomisation in clinical trials.
Some questions about open peer review, open access, data availability, pre-publication peer review.
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at PLOS (San Francisco, CA) in Apr 2020
Interview
I received a request for a phone screen about a year after submitting my application, which was followed a series of interviews (one with two members of the team I applied for, and one with the Editor) following an hour long test several weeks later, and an offer a week after that. Especially given that I went through this process at the beginning of COVID, I thought it went very smoothly! It was conducted entirely remotely. Everyone I spoke with with was kind, helpful, and seemed interesting/great to work with. It was a difficult decision to have to turn this position down.
I applied online. The process took 7 weeks. I interviewed at PLOS
Interview
Had an initial phone interview, invite in for a face-to-face. Was then told I would hear in 1-2 weeks, did not hear anything for 4 weeks, and was only told of the outcome after contacting HR. The company then refused to give any feedback.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you want to work for this publisher/journal.