PLOS interview questions
Updated Feb 5, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
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Interview search
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PLOS interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at PLOS as 46.7% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Publications Assistant and Publications Manager rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Editorial Press Manager and Production Coordinator roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at PLOS takes an average of 36 days when considering 31 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 Product Manager had the quickest hiring process (on average 14 days), whereas Associate Editor roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 66 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at PLOS according to 31 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 31%
Group panel interview: 29%
One on one interview: 16%
Skills test: 10%
Background check: 5%
Other: 5%
Presentation: 3%
Drug test: 2%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
- Associate Editor(8) ;
- Publications Assistant(8) ;
- Editor(4) ;
- Editorial(3) ;
- (2) ;
- Editorial Research Associate(2) ;
- Executive Editor(2) ;
- Manager(2) .
