Programme Officer applicants have rated the interview process at United Nations with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 78% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Programme Officer roles take an average of 105 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at United Nations overall takes an average of 67 days.
Common stages of the interview process at United Nations as a Programme Officer according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 20%
Skills test: 20%
Drug test: 10%
Personality test: 10%
Presentation: 10%
Background check: 10%
Phone interview: 10%
IQ intelligence test: 10%
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I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at United Nations (Honduras, Cauca) in Jul 2022
Interview
Normal, It did not feel any much different to other interviews I have had. Some times it felt that the questions where not the same as they had planed.
Maybe, the had follow up questions just to understand the answer
The process of recruitment in the UN is quite long normally except for UNV. Before the interview, you would be invited to take a written test first. It could usually take up to 6 months from you first applied until you would be accepted.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
UN usually use a competency based interview, so you will be asked questions related to how you'll handle some work cases to show your competency.
I applied online. The process took 5 months. I interviewed at United Nations
Interview
Lenghty, unclear, poor feedback. From time of submission of CV to offer, took about 6 months. Interview process involved 3 steps including a test that did not reflect a real life work day