The Urban Writers Writer Interview Questions
& Process
Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.
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Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at The Urban Writers.
The Urban Writers
Writer
Entry Average Positive experience Accept offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Take home Technical screen
Interview formats
Coding Technical
First, you'll get a creative writing test. If you pass that, we'll send you files showing the TUW writing style. Then, you'll have another test to see if you get the TUW style and to check your writing skills.
Confirmed questions3 questions
- Creative writing test.
- How many years have you been writing professionally?
- Do you know how to write in American English?
The Urban Writers
Writer
Mid Difficult Neutral experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Take home Group Presentation
Interview formats
Other Presentation
So you gotta apply first, then they'll have you write like a 1,000 word piece to even be considered. After that, there's a group "interview" thing where you find out more about the program. Then you gotta read this huge info packet, like 100+ pages. Finally, there's a trial test where you need to whip up a full book outline and write the first 5,000 words of a researched book, and you only have 3 days to do it.
Confirmed questions4 questions
- In addition to needing to write about 1,000 words for an initial interview, you'll also need to write 5,000 words of a non-fiction piece and do a full book outline.
- Unfortunately despite being a freelance copywriter and editor for several years already, I was given this feedback on my piece about Neo-Paganism: Awkward phrasing made some of the meanings unclear.
- Weak and repetitive sentence structures, as well as sentence fragments lent a robotic tone to the writing.
The Urban Writers
Writer
Entry Average Neutral experience Decline offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Take home Recruiter call Presentation
Interview formats
Other Presentation
First, I wrote a sample based on their topic and got accepted. Then, they called for an online interview where they showed us a video. After that, we had to do an unpaid trial interview of 5000 words (due in a week) and complete an outline of 16 or more pages (depending on the number of chapters) due in 24 hours. It's a lot of work for an unpaid order.
Confirmed questions1 question
- They showed a video.
The Urban Writers Writer Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from The Urban Writers interview reports.
“Is 2 USD per 100 words acceptable?”
Read reports →“What was observed in the video?”
Read reports →“Could you please write a fictional story, roughly 1500 words in length?”
Read reports →“Do you know how to write in American English?”
Read reports →“How many years have you been writing professionally?”
Read report →“Have you written long-form content before, like around 30,000 words?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 10 The Urban Writers interview reports.