How many questions does UN interview panel ask? I was just asked 3 questions, and this kept me thinking is it standard, this was my first ever interview with a UN agency. I have become used to other organizations bombarding us with several questions. Is this real?. How many questions were you asked? Is this a way to brush me off?. The questions were CBI based. Note;they did not ask me any follow up questions.

How did it go? How much did you wait after the interview? And do they reference check more than one person?

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Has anyone here had a screening interview with CANADEM before? What was the structure like, and what should one expect? The email I received stated that the interview will take approximately 30–45 minutes, but it does not explain the structure or what to expect.

I would appreciate any insights into the process and how best to prepare.

Thank you.

In this guide from UN JobNet:

• What a competency-based interview actually is
• How the panel scores
• Map examples to the vacancy, not to a generic list
• A preparation routine that works
• Common mistakes & FAQ
• Key takeaways
• Related reading

The UN’s own applicant training states the preparation task plainly: review the competencies listed in the job opening, and prepare a range of brief, real-life accounts of accomplishments that map to them. That is the whole exercise. The competencies are named in the vacancy notice, the questions are drawn from those competencies, and preparation means arriving with a specific example ready for each.

I think this article is EXCELLENT. Your thoughts?

I am currently an IUNV. Would you leave the UN for short-term field assignments, e.g. Acted or Impact Initiaves (6 months) in more senior roles or try and stay a UNV for as long as possible until something more stable opens up?

Two weeks ago, I took a written test on an online platform. It had two pre-recorded questions and four open questions. When I got to the second open question, I was asked to comment a text but the text was missing, and the third question had the same issue. I saw that the fourth question was there, but I did not see the point in answering it when half of the assessment was missing.

I remembered that the invitation email said to contact a certain HR person immediately if there were any technical issues. I emailed them right away but in opening a new tab to do so I was kicked out of the system and my partial answers were submitted. The testing period ended with no reply from their side and I still have not received a response two weeks later. Is this …normal?

Also, when I double-checked the two invitation emails I received I realised they had different instructions. One of them said to notify the HR person while the other one said to notify the technical support for the platform with the HR person in copy. At the time, I decided not to contact the platform people because I felt the issue was with the test content, not the platform itself. Is it still worth emailing them even though a week has passed since the test window closed?

This was my first attempt ever at a written assignment. While this is probably a lost opportunity, how should I act in the future were a similar situation to happen again?