How to Answer: As a newspaper editor you may be asked to work overtime, evenings or weekends. Are you available to work long and flexible hours?
Advice and answer examples written specifically for a Newspaper Editor job interview.
7. As a newspaper editor you may be asked to work overtime, evenings or weekends. Are you available to work long and flexible hours?
How to Answer
Depending on whether or not the position is remote, consider your response carefully. Demands on your time are one thing that will not easily be negotiated. A mismatch between your needs and the company's needs drastically increases the chance of poor performance and/or turnover.
Regardless, always demonstrate positivity and a willingness to sacrifice. If you're experienced and confident that the interviewer likes you, you can even inquire about the root cause of this need for so much time, and then mention a way that you can improve that situation.
Written by Ryan Brown
Answer Example
"I'm always happy to do whatever it takes to meet deadlines. When I first started as an editor at The Plumtree Ledger, we were running around day and night trying to meet deadlines. Six months later, I was able to arrange our workflow and make huge efficiencies so that we were all able to have social lives!"
Written by Ryan Brown