I applied online. The process took 8 weeks. I interviewed at Springer Nature
Interview
The first stage asked for the identification of interesting papers that would be candidates for the journal and some other tasks related to the editing process. The second stage was an interview at the London headquarters. The interview took about 5 hours in a friendly atmosphere. Very fast response and professionalism initially. However, after the interview the process slowed down dramatically (four weeks instead of one between the interview and decision), maybe due to some internal problems, which disturbed the initial picture of a professional company.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are current development in your fields? Identify papers that would fit the scope of the journal.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Springer Nature in May 2016
Interview
I have had two phone interviews and two in-person interviews. First with a person from HR, then with a direct superior, then with two direct superiors. The interviewers were friendly and the setting laid-back, they made me feel at ease.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The phone interviews were mostly walking them through my resume and them describing the position. The in-person interviews were quite relax, without the typical questions I expected such as "describe a time you failed", "show and example where you practised your leadership" or "what is your biggest weakness". We mostly discussed my interests in science, the company, and they asked me what i would do in some situations.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Springer Nature (Seattle, WA) in Jan 2016
Interview
I got an email in two days about scheduling for an interview. There were two people interviewing me for 30 minutes. It is not a hard interview. Just need to prepare for answering questions about resume.