Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Cell Press as 33.3% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Assistant Scientific Editor and Scientific Editor rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Assistant Scientific Editor and Scientific Editor roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Cell Press takes an average of 14 days when considering 3 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Scientific Editor had the quickest hiring process (on average 14 days), whereas Scientific Editor roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 14 days).
I was contacted via LinkedIn for a preliminary phone screener with a recruiter. In the end, my experience was not a good fit with their needs. Overall, pleasant and painless.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What experience do you have in the subject matter of the journal in question?
I applied online. I interviewed at Cell Press (Boston, MA) in May 2022
Interview
HR interview, written assignment, manuscript test, interviews with the journals editorial team. Overall the process took a lot of time. The written assignment was a HUGE undertaking considering I did not know if I would be selected for more interviews. The people were very nice though!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you handle meeting someone whose paper you rejected?
I applied online. I interviewed at Cell Press (Remote) in Nov 2020
Interview
2 rounds of interviews. 1st round with HR screening background, 2nd round with hiring manager and other editors in the team last for 3 hours. one hour they will ask you questions on your understanding of the editorial job, and most importantly how to deal with authors; then 1 hour on manuscript test, read 2 papers in 40 mins then they will ask questions on these papers.Last hour you'll have chance to ask them questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
why do you want to become an editor? what conferences do you attend? who are competitor journals? what are the hot topics in the area?