The Daily Caller Interview Questions
& Process

I applied for the Fact Check Reporter role. The first interview was a video call with the managing fact-check editor to discuss my experience. After that, I had to do a writing test, which involved pitching a story with misinformation and then writing an article about why it's true or false. Weeks later, the editor-in-chief wanted to do a video interview. During this interview, he was dressed casually, smoking a hookah, and swearing. He described the job as finding 'B.S.' online and writing 20-30 articles a month, plus an enterprising story. He asked me a lot of illegal and inappropriate questions about my family, living situation, parents' jobs, upbringing, whether I grew up in my family's country of origin, my education, and if my name was real. He seemed concerned I hadn't had a full-time job since college, mentioning my internships and that being laid off from my last job due to restructuring was a red flag. He did mention other interviewers liked me. Another interviewer from the video department also made an inappropriate comment. The editor-in-chief then asked for my references. I felt intimidated and didn't ask all my planned questions due to the disrespectful experience. He then wanted me to meet the publisher. The company seems to have very few people of color. The next day, I withdrew my application because of the interview experience and because people say the company isn't legitimate. I never sent my references. I feel they would have racially terminated me. Don't work there.

It was a pretty chill interview, and the interviewer was good at figuring out who was genuinely interested versus just trying to get a summer gig. I do think you'd need to know a good amount about what's going on in the world to get this role - I'd be surprised if that wasn't the case.

I had a phone interview. They asked me about my past work in journalism and my views on media bias and Trump. They said I'd hear back that week, but they never did. Total waste of time.

I applied online and a couple days later got an email to set up a phone interview. It was pretty chill, just asking about my goals and past experiences from my resume and elsewhere. The person interviewing me said I'd hear back within a week for sure, and I did. Then I got the offer and accepted it.