Associate Scientific Editor applicants have rated the interview process at Elsevier with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate Scientific Editor roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Elsevier overall takes an average of 38 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Elsevier as a Associate Scientific Editor according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 50%
Skills test: 50%
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Short online teams interview (about ten mins) with general questions (background, experience, interests) before receiving an email with the invitation for a complex written assignment (about two hours of work).
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Question 1
Very general questions about background and interests
single round but almost 2 hr long. She asked questions regarding my experience, past, situational questions regarding the proposed job and various possible situations within the work place. She gave many situations and asked what I would do
Nice and informal atmosphere.
The interviewer explained the role and then asked me some questions about my career so far. Then she asked me how I would deal with some things, such as time pressure, change and unhappy authors.