30 Media
Interview Questions

1. Do you enjoy doing research?

2. What are your career goals?

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   • "Learn more, get better at my job. Being a project manager."

3. How do you market yourself?

4. What was your most successful story?

5. Why do you want to work in the media?

6. What important trends do you see in our industry?

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   • "What important trends do you see in our industry."

7. What do you know about our media organization?

8. Why are you the best candidate for us?

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   • "Because I already have a lot of experience."

9. Tell us about your greatest achievement.

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   • "What important trends do you see in our industry?"

10. Do you enjoy covering stories?

11. Do you work better individually or on a team?

12. Tell me about a difficult scenario at work and how you dealt with it.

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    • "Tough dicision to make all went well."

13. What will you not cover as a journalist, writer, or reporter?

14. Tell me about an achievement of which you are proud.

15. How do you use social media as a tool for customer service?

16. Tell me about yourself.

17. What is your greatest strength?

18. Why should we hire you?

19. What is your greatest weakness? What are you doing to improve it?

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    • "Have to work more structured."

20. What are your salary expectations?

21. Are there any boundaries to your stories?

22. If hired, how long to you plan on working for us?

23. Do you work well under pressure?

24. What do you look for when you hire staff?

25. What was your deciding factor, when choosing a career in the media?

26. Why would you be a good journalist?

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    • "I am a good communicator."

27. What are you passionate about?

28. Do you have previous experience in the media?

29. What attracted you to this job?

30. How do you handle stressful situations?