Interview prep

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Choose a lane and role to see its real interview questions, what each tests, and a framework for strong answers. These are practice prompts and general guidance - not memorized scripts, and not every company interviews the same way.

Crypto Journalist

Expect questions about reporting, interviewing, and document verification, plus a scenario where the role must cover hacks, insolvency, regulatory action, token incidents, leadership departures, or disputed claims under severe time pressure. Interviewers are looking for evidence that the candidate knows where news judgment and source verification stop and brand marketing and sponsored claims presented as reporting begin.

Open the Crypto Journalist role guide
  1. Judgment

    How would you verify a claim about an exploit before publishing?

    Common follow-ups

    • Can you give a concrete example?
    • What would you do differently next time?
  2. Role fundamentals

    When can an anonymous source be justified?

    Common follow-ups

    • Can you give a concrete example?
    • What would you do differently next time?
  3. Judgment

    How would you separate a sponsored relationship from editorial work?

    Common follow-ups

    • Can you give a concrete example?
    • What would you do differently next time?

Weak-answer patterns

  • Repeating jargon without specifics.
  • Avoiding concrete examples.
  • Claiming team outcomes as personal work.
  • Presenting tools or follower counts as competence.
  • Opinion threads presented as journalism
  • Articles rewritten from press releases
  • Anonymous claims with no corroboration or explanation

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