MDPI interview questions
Updated May 24, 2026Difficulty
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Experience
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How others got an interview
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- 4%RecruiterRecruiter
- 4%In PersonIn Person
- 2%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
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MDPI interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at MDPI as 59.6% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.77 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Associate Editor and English Editor rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Conference Advisor and Assistant Editor roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at MDPI takes an average of 21 days when considering 47 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Freelance English Editor had the quickest hiring process (on average 2 days), whereas Associate Editor roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 120 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at MDPI according to 47 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 24%
One on one interview: 18%
Background check: 18%
Phone interview: 14%
Presentation: 10%
Group panel interview: 8%
Personality test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
Other: 1%
Drug test: 1%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
- Assistant Editor(91) ;
- Freelance English Editor(27) ;
- English Editor(20) ;
- Editor(19) ;
- Section Managing Editor(15) ;
- Production Editor(13) ;
- Freelance Editor(9) ;
- Production Assistant(7) ;
- Managing Editor(4) ;
- Section Managing Editor/ Assistant Editor/ Editorial Assistant(4) ;
- Senior Assistant Editor(4) ;
- Assistant Manager(3) ;
- Team Leader(3) ;
- Administrative Assistant(2) ;
- Asistant Editor(2) .
