Journalist Interview Questions
A journalist’s published work speaks best for them. Ensure you go through a lot of their published stories before having the final conversation round of the interview. Journalism is a challenging field. Screen the candidate for his/her/their motivation, zeal and determination to do the work. If they have to work in a team, include team-playing questions as well.
The questions given below will assist you in finding the right candidate.
- Why do you want to work for us?
- What according to you are the qualities a journalist should possess?
- How do you define yourself?
- How do you think the publication will be affected positively by hiring you?
- What do you think are the major challenges of this job?
- How do you think your past experience has helped you for your present role?
- How you do prioritize work?
- What do you think are your prime duties?
- What is the first thing you’ll focus on if you’re hired?
- Do you consider yourself a team player?
- The job of a journalist involves taking risks. What are your views about it?
- Today’s time doesn’t fully allow free media to survive. How will you ensure the right news gets heard?
- Which topics do you want to report about?
- Which topics do you like to read about during your free time?
- Which has been the most challenging story that you covered?
- Has there been a time when you risked your life to cover a story? Tell us about it.
- What is your writing style?
- Who is your inspiration? What do you like about them?
- Do you think social media is a tool to identify new stories?
- How do you make a story news-worthy?
- Which are your favourite publication houses?
- Which publishing software are you familiar with?
- Tell us about your experience as an intern.
- What steps did you take to increase readership at your previous job?
- How do you ensure that the information you received is accurate?
- Which has been your worst-performing story? What did you learn about it?
- Tell us about a time when you felt fulfilled with your job?
- Defend the remuneration package that you want.