Cactus Communications Interview Question

Questions in editing scientific documents.

Interview Answers

Anonymous

Dec 29, 2015

:( Totally speechless.

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Anonymous

Jan 6, 2016

Well... sorry cactus. That's not what it said. I think you just reworded it for your own convenience.

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Anonymous

Jan 6, 2016

Best wishes!

Anonymous

Jun 22, 2017

The first test is not difficult, and I cleared it. The second test does not make sense. I am a scientist working for the NIH. I have 3 first author publications, and several second author publications in top ranked journals including JACI, NEJM, BLOOD and others. However, the recruiters did not find me suitable for reviewing/editing a manuscript. I don't think they even looked at my CV, and relied on a very specific criteria for the results of the second test. I think it would be better to send a manuscript to edit as a second test instead.

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Anonymous

Jun 25, 2017

Are you a Neuroscientist? Nice! Which test did you take? I cleared the first one. I just made a suggestion for second test. Where editing a real manuscript would be a better test. Not disgruntled at all.

Anonymous

Jun 24, 2017

This just sounds like a disgruntled person who failed the test. Sorry. I took the test too and I thought it was a very good challenge and tests your knowledge of the subjects well.

Anonymous

Jan 7, 2016

We do make mistakes occasionally and admit when we are wrong. However, in this case, the test instruction was not incorrect and we have not reworded it.