25 Journalist Domande di colloquio

How do you identify a story that others have missed?

Describe the most difficult story you've investigated — what made it hard?

How do you build trust with sources who are reluctant to talk?

What's your verification process before publishing a contested claim?

How do you handle pressure from editors or publishers to change a story?

Describe a time you had to kill a story you'd spent significant time on.

How do you approach data journalism — using data to find and tell stories?

What's your experience with FOI requests and document-based reporting?

How do you protect a source who faces genuine risk?

Describe your approach to covering a sensitive topic — trauma, crime, mental health.

How do you ensure balance and fairness when covering a polarized issue?

What's your approach to writing a story quickly vs. letting it develop?

Describe your experience with live reporting or breaking news.

How do you approach social media — how do you use it without getting misled?

What's your experience with long-form narrative journalism?

How do you handle a subject who threatens legal action before publication?

Describe how you approach multimedia storytelling — video, audio, interactive.

How do you stay independent when covering a beat where sources become familiar?

What's your approach to corrections and accountability for errors?

Describe your experience with international or foreign correspondence.

How do you approach an exclusive that a competitor is also working on?

What's your experience with podcast or broadcast journalism?

How do you approach the ethical tensions in undercover or immersive journalism?

Describe a story that you're most proud of and why.

What makes journalism matter, in your view?