Copy Director
Interview Stages
| Stage | Interviewer(s) | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Recruiter Screen | [Recruiter Name] | 30 min |
| Hiring Manager Screen | [Hiring Manager Name] | 45 min |
| Portfolio Review | All Hiring Team | 60 min |
| Round 2: PM | [PM Interviewer] | 45 min |
| Round 2: Designer | [Designer Interviewer] | 45 min |
| Round 2: Engineer | [Engineering Interviewer] | 45 min |
| Final/Culture Round | Executive or Culture Team Member | 30 min |
Recruiter Screen
Focus Areas: Leadership Readiness, Strategic Ownership, Cross-Functional Maturity
- What types of writing challenges are you most excited to lead at this stage of your career?
- Tell me about a time you helped shape the voice or tone for a brand or product.
- How do you lead through ambiguity?
Hiring Manager Screen
Focus Areas: System Thinking, Creative Direction, Team Collaboration
- Walk me through a time you led the content direction across multiple surfaces or teams.
- How do you maintain quality and voice when multiple people are contributing copy?
- How do you partner with product, design, or brand leads to align on messaging strategy?
Portfolio Review
Focus Areas: Brand Leadership, Strategic Writing, Cross-Surface Systems
The candidate should present 2–3 projects showing how they led narrative development, evolved voice or tone, and supported large-scale launches, rebrands, or product ecosystems. Look for system-level thinking, content architecture, and clarity of decision-making.
Round 2 Interviews
PM Interview
Focus Areas: Narrative Strategy, Stakeholder Partnership, Cross-Org Alignment
- How do you shape messaging strategy during product or feature planning?
- What's your approach when business, user, and brand goals conflict?
- Share an example of aligning multiple teams (e.g. marketing, product, support) on shared language.
- How do you balance input from research, PM, and creative teams?
Designer Interview
Focus Areas: Voice Systems, Brand Cohesion, Creative Direction
- How do you evolve brand voice without breaking consistency or trust?
- Tell me about a time you helped a team elevate writing quality across a large-scale system or product.
- How do you collaborate with visual design and brand to build cohesive storytelling?
- What rituals or frameworks have you implemented to support shared creative quality?
Engineer Interview
Focus Areas: Componentization, Implementation, Design Systems
- How do you work with engineers or systems teams to structure scalable content?
- Share a time you wrote for modular or logic-based content patterns.
- How do you manage voice and clarity within components, templates, or string-based content?
- What tools or workflows do you use to hand off complex content projects?
Final/Culture Round
Focus Areas: Mentorship, Content Philosophy, Creative Culture
- What's your leadership style when mentoring other writers?
- Tell me about a time you helped raise the creative or operational bar for content design.
- How do you handle moments when tone, vision, or goals are unclear?
- What legacy do you want to build as a Lead Copywriter?