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Introduce yourself ? Tell us more about your academic background? What could be the challenges as an assistant editor? Can you tell us what are the responsibilities of this role? How did you end up loving biology and starting your academic journey ? Can you see yourself pursuing a Ph.D. in the near future ? What is OA, the advantages and disadvantages of this kind of publishing? What is your opinion of the pier review process? Have you been in a situation where you had to deal with stress and big work loads?
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Assistant Editor

Interviewed at MDPI AG

2.7★
Jul 15, 2022

Introduce yourself ? Tell us more about your academic background? What could be the challenges as an assistant editor? Can you tell us what are the responsibilities of this role? How did you end up loving biology and starting your academic journey ? Can you see yourself pursuing a Ph.D. in the near future ? What is OA, the advantages and disadvantages of this kind of publishing? What is your opinion of the pier review process? Have you been in a situation where you had to deal with stress and big work loads?

Round 2 questions - Introduce yourself - Explain Assistant editor - Why do you want this role - What is your opinion on open access? - What motivate you to do your job every day? - Why do you want to work in Switzerland (and not go back to your country)? - Do you not want to work in a lab anymore? - Are you applying to other jobs? - Do you have experience collaborating? - Is it ok that your mentor will be from China, your meetings will be mostly over zoom. - What are you expecting from a job? - How do you see an assistant editor (they meant the quality that one should have) - Job might be boring, have to follow the procedure, how do you deal with this - What aspect of the assistant editor position interest you the most?
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Assistant Editor

Interviewed at MDPI AG

2.7★
Aug 31, 2025

Round 2 questions - Introduce yourself - Explain Assistant editor - Why do you want this role - What is your opinion on open access? - What motivate you to do your job every day? - Why do you want to work in Switzerland (and not go back to your country)? - Do you not want to work in a lab anymore? - Are you applying to other jobs? - Do you have experience collaborating? - Is it ok that your mentor will be from China, your meetings will be mostly over zoom. - What are you expecting from a job? - How do you see an assistant editor (they meant the quality that one should have) - Job might be boring, have to follow the procedure, how do you deal with this - What aspect of the assistant editor position interest you the most?

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