Policy Advisor applicants have rated the interview process at Mercy Corps with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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Straightforward interview with questions about policy and advocacy experience. The role is mostly advocacy, not policy analysis, so helpful to pull from experiences in US govt advocacy. Around 3 rounds of interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you communicate with an advocacy target who is not fully aligned with your advocacy priorities?
Straightforward interview process, starting with HR screening, then behavioral and substantive interviews. The entire process took about one month and the team with highly communicative throughout. A positive experience overall.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you work with people who have different approaches to the same issue?