Business Wire Interview Questions
& Process

Started with an initial recruiter call, which was pretty standard. Then I had an interview with a Senior Engineer. It was mostly a conversation where we talked about my past projects and jobs, with some basic technical discussion. The third interview was with an "IT Consultant" who seemed like a McKinsey-type advisor. He was very smart and went completely off script. He mentioned he was there to advise everyone at the company and seemed like an expensive consultant brought in to fix the company's problems. The interview was supposed to be similar to the previous one, but he asked me random technical questions unrelated to my job, past performance, or projects. They were like new-grad questions you'd get in college, so definitely study those if you do this interview. He asked about my preferred language; I said I learned C, and he asked some obscure C questions. If you face this interview, just say Python or brush up on a language like you're a new grad.

The interview process for this role was quite strange. The internal HR team asked me a lot of personal questions that didn't seem related to the job at all, and I felt they were more interested in my personal life than my skills. It felt unprofessional and honestly, a bit concerning, so I decided to pull out of the running.

I applied online and first had an HR interview. Then, I interviewed the next day with two senior people and did an editing test. The next interview was very long, about 1-1.5 hours. The first half of the interview I was asked very standard, but tricky "tell me about a time" questions. The second half involves an editing test to check clarity, spelling, and grammar of a press release.

It kicked off with a brief 15-minute phone chat with who would be my boss. It was pretty chill, covering the essentials like the job details, making sure I knew there would be no actual writing involved, and shift times. Then we scheduled the first in-person interview, which was actually a timed, three-part editing challenge. You had to review copy, compare it against what was on a computer screen and note the differences, fix grammatical errors in a press release, and then write a short piece on why you're the best hire. The third interview, which only happens if you did well on the test, involved sitting down with a couple of supervisors and an editor for a Q&A. One supervisor was really stiff and didn't crack a smile, making the others a bit uncomfortable. Lastly, if you make it to the final round, they do a background check. If you're clean, you're good to go for the job.