I applied online. The process took 5 months. I interviewed at UNICEF (New York, NY) in Aug 2023
Interview
Did a test at home first (3 hours to finish and send back), then I was invited to the interview. The communication was good up to then but I didn't hear anything after the interview for some months.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why are you interested in working at UNICEF?
What are the challenges facing social policy for children?
Competency Based Interview Format with a lot of scenario questions. Smooth but long interview process. Interviewer was hiring manager, who was very knowledgeable and friendly. It can be hard if you try to be spontaneous.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Usual “tell me about a time when you….” kind of questions
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at UNICEF in Mar 2014
Interview
Hiring process took more than 7 months. Applied in January, then went through written tests and various interviews over the phone around March and April, then got job offer around June.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Competency type of questions asking how one would behave in a given situation or how one dealt with a given situation and what were the results