Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at UNICEF as 50% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.75 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Internship and Intern rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Internship and Volontario roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at UNICEF takes an average of 60 days when considering 4 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Internship had the quickest hiring process (on average 60 days), whereas Internship roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 60 days).
Submitted resume, and was invited to the interview. Interview took about an hour. There were four people on the interview. HR, Deputy Chief, and two technical directors from remote office on the Skype. After general questions, and introductions those technical directors asked technical questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I didn't know that there will be people on the skype, and the quality of the connection wasn't good. So there questions that I didn't understand properly, and had to ask again and again.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at UNICEF (New York, NY) in Apr 2014
Interview
I had one interview over the phone. It was very friendly and focused mostly on general questions about my past, relevant experiences, plus some technical questions on public finance.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked something technical almost only because I mentioned it in my conversation so be prepared to give further insights of what you mentioned in your resume, cover letter or your speaking points.
Applied for a job that was advertised online, was contacted for an interview by e-mail two months after I submitted the application, had a competency-based phone interview with a 3 member panel
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The broad subject of the questions (how one would react to different scenarios of collaboration and conflict) was not difficult. However, the specificity of some of the scenarios that the panel members described was a little challenging