Reporter applicants have rated the interview process at ProPublica with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 100% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Reporter roles take an average of 7 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at ProPublica overall takes an average of 7 days.
Common stages of the interview process at ProPublica as a Reporter according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 100%
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The time between application and final interview involved several panel interviews and an exercise; it was lengthy and dragged out over holidays, which was inconvenient. The final interview with lead editors reviewed questions that had been asked in previous panels. Still, I bombed.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at ProPublica (New York, NY) in Jan 2013
Interview
Pitch ideas to editors and data reporting team, working together to see if your contribution is a good fit w/ the company. See if you work well with the team, fit in with their style and work dynamic, and if you are able to see the 'bigger picture' of the story, publishing timeline, audience reaction, what other newsrooms are doing, etc.
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Question 1
How would you plan an investigative report on drone policy?