I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at The Spectator in Feb 2025
Interview
Fair process and good comms all around. Applied via email (a rarity these days) and was called for the first interview with the HR Manager before end of application window. The overall process was HR Manager chat -> Head of department interview -> Case study to present with same head of dept and peer -> in-person, in-office chat with head of dept and COO.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
HR Manager: past experience and how I handle conflicting priorities
Head of department: lots of detailed questions about past experiences, products/projects I led, and how they apply to publishing and media
COO: lots of detailed questions about my past experiences, how I work, what I value in product delivery (e.g. do you seek perfection or good enough and then iterate, etc.).
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at The Spectator (London, England) in June 2022
Interview
2 stage interview process with 1 task to complete for the second stage. You are given a corporate client brief and you need to deliver a proposal to secure sponsorship
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How best to leverage The Spectator amongst a public policy audience
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at The Spectator (London, England) in Nov 2023
Interview
Interview process felt like i was being gaslit into wanting a position where I would be doing QA work that hadn’t been done since 1828, there was going to be no budget for training or any potential help for at least a year if i were to work there. The dev who helped to interview me couldn’t answer any QA questions I had so if offered the position i would have been walking in blind. I commuted to the office twice to have a chat with them and each time left feeling like the position was an actual joke role especially with the fact that they didn’t want to pay the price for a QA to build their testing system.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would be your plan to develop the testing system?