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What have you found to be the best way to monitor the performance of your work and/or the work of others? Share a time when you had to take corrective action. |
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Provide a time when you dealt calmly and effectively with a high-stress situation. |
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How do you balance cooperation with others and independent thinking? Share an example. (Try to determine if the candidate has a cooperative attitude or is otherwise good-natured.) |
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Tell me about a time when you developed your own way of doing things or were self-motivated to finish an important task. |
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How do you stay up to date with new or improved techniques to monitor news-gathering operations to ensure utilization of all news sources, such as press releases, telephone contacts, radio, television, wire services, and other reporters? Share an example. |
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How often do you meet with artists, typesetters, layout personnel, marketing directors, and production managers to discuss projects and resolve problems? |
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Tell me how you assign topics, events and stories to individual writers or reporters for coverage. |
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Name a time when you made manuscript acceptance or revision recommendations to the publisher. Share an example. |
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Provide an example when your ethics were tested. |
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Provide an example of a time when you successfully organized a diverse group of people to accomplish a task. |
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Share an experience in which you successfully coordinated with others. How about a coordination effort that was not as successful? |
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Share an experience in which your willingness to lead or offer an opinion helped your company. |
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Describe an experience in which your ability to work well with others and reconcile differences helped your company or employer. (Make sure the candidate knows how to negotiate.) |
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Name a time when your patience was tested. How did you keep your emotions in check? |
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Tell me about the last time you oversaw the work of someone else. How did you effectively motivate, develop, and direct the worker(s)? |
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