I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at NBCUniversal (Los Angeles, CA) in Jan 2008
Interview
I was refered to a company that edits drama for a women's channel by a fried. The CEO was a former editor and was the one who interviewed me. He asked me a lot of technical questions regarding the program they used to edit the show, but since the software was not the software I used as my first choice, he did not hire me. He said he was looking for someone who was a dedicated Final Cut Pro editor.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you export a 12 layer composition and have it accessible to another editing program as a generic file.
Friendly, average conversations and interview questions.
Experience-based questions to learn more about your background.
"Tell us about a time when ..."
Different team members interviewed me on different days, first recruiter, then manager, then team members.
I applied online. I interviewed at NBCUniversal (London, England) in Aug 2025
Interview
The initial sift was laid back, quite conversational. The interviewer wanted answers to all the expected questions, eg. why do I want to work at NBCU and what I can bring to the team.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Strangely, the interviewer asked what route I'd take to the newsroom. I'd never been asked that before and hadn't really thought about it! I'd advise future interviewees to consider this, as I think the interviewer wanted to know if I had really thought it all through.
It was a very standard interview. They asked about strengths and weaknesses and past experiences. Was fairly short. It was over a video call. I knew it didn't go well.
