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Content writer

A written interview covering short writing tasks, editing, research, briefs, tone and how content is measured. Suits junior to senior writers and copywriters. Follow-ups ask the candidate to explain their choices and to tighten or rework what they wrote.

Suits: Content writer, Copywriter, Content marketer, Content strategist

Questions
6 of 17
Length
30 min
Format
Typed
Levels
Junior to Senior
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Example
  1. Interviewer: Tell me about a time you changed someone's mind at work. How did you go about it?

  2. Candidate: Our team wanted to rebuild the billing page from scratch, and I thought it was the wrong call, so we put together a plan to…

  3. Follow-up

    Interviewer: You said "we". What did you say yourself, and what finally changed their mind?

  4. Scored on

    • Clarity and craft35%
    • Audience and purpose25%
    • Research and accuracy20%
    • Process and measurement20%

    Score, reasons and recording. Your team decides.

An example exchange. This interview's own questions open when you use it.

What it listens for, and how much each part counts.

Every answer is scored against this guide, with the reasoning written beside the score. You get the recording or the written answers too, and your team makes the call.

  • Clarity and craft35%
    Writes and edits clear, tight, well-structured copy that suits the reader.
  • Audience and purpose25%
    Starts from the reader and the goal and shapes the content to fit.
  • Research and accuracy20%
    Finds reliable sources, checks facts and handles experts well.
  • Process and measurement20%
    Works from briefs, takes feedback well and judges content by its results.
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