Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at UNHCR as 81.8% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.18 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Protection Officer and Legalat the Council of Europe rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Internship and Social Media roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at UNHCR takes an average of 134 days when considering 11 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Protection Intern had the quickest hiring process (on average 28 days), whereas PSP Senior Data Strategy Associate roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 240 days).
The Interview Process was pretty straight forward. It was a formal process. The requirement process was a long one though. Since I was call for the Interview until they notified me I got the job five months happened.
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I had to study a lot for the interview. There were 3 questions that they asked everyone. Two technical questions and one skill-based.
I applied online. I interviewed at UNHCR in Mar 2020
Interview
Did an online video interview and the interviewers were not warm or friendly, seemed distracted by other desk work and did not engage or make easy conversation. Asked very technical questions difficult to answer after basic introduction question.
The interviewers were very friendly and largely asked about my experience in the field, what drew me to the UNHCR, etc. I sent my resume in December and heard back in early April. I interviewed a few days after hearing back.
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Q: Do you speak any languages other than English, and if so, what is your fluency?