I applied online. I interviewed at PLOS (Cambridge, East of England, England) in Jun 2017
Interview
I first had a video interview and then was invited to an interview in the office. The video interview lasted 30 minutes, the one in the office 3h and 30 minutes and involved 2 tests. I was not fully explained how the long interview happens so I missed some opportunities to ask questions - I never saw these interviews later in the process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you convince someone to choose PLOS ONE for publishing their work?
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at PLOS
Interview
First had email contact with a hiring consultant, then email and short phone interview (I basically read my resume to her) with internal HR. Within a week I had a Skype interview with an editorial director then a few weeks later an in-person. The interview consisted of a 1 hour test doing associate editor tasks (read their website thoroughly and know their submission policies well) then 40 minutes talking over my answers with two senior editors. I think I was early in the round of interviews because they did not seem very comfortable with how they wanted to ask questions or lead the discussion. After that I had 15 minutes to meet informally with several editors at the level I would be hired at. It took over 6 weeks and 3 checking in emails to find out I was not offered the position. Not impressed with their HR people.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you handle allegations that a paper contained falsified data?