Questions d'entretien chez United Nations

It took two months to get the interview request. I was interviewed for internship of United Nation Department of Social and Economics. It took about 20mins for the first round, no written test. Typical behavior questions.

Basic, standardised questions. They have guidelines and instructions already. Simple questions based on your CV and cover letter. They also asked about personal experience with concrete acompolishment. Response time is fast

STAR interview held by 2 members of the management division. The atmosphere was relaxed and very friendly. At first they asked me about my past experiences. Then, they questioned me on more relevant topics (i.e. crime prevention).

A short interview with 4 team members, mostly competency based questions. There was also the opportunity to ask questions at the end. I heard back from the panel within about a week and they were flexible with start dates of the internship.

Took Translation competence test. It was divided into four exercises. The first was translating Arabic into english. second excercise, editing english transcript. the third, was a summary of a 700 words english speech into 300 to 350 words. The last one was translating french into english.

Online Application, online assessment (problem solving or excel skills, related to the job you are applying to), video interviews with managers who will manage you directly - very practical. This process do take a lot of preparation, and at times, you won't be contacted after a long time

Usually starts with a video interview (recording) it then moves to a written assignment (technical questions related to the job) and finally a competency based interview with a panel of 3 staff members and 1 person from HR

D'après les dispositions réglementaires des nations unies, sont conviés à un entretien d'embauche les candidats ayant satisfait au test écrit. L'entretien porte une série des valeurs fondamentales et des compétences de base prédéfinies correspondant le plus souvent aux responsabilités et type de poste pour lequel on applique. Ce sont respectivement le professionnalisme, intégrité, et le respect de la diversité, ainsi que l' aptitude à la planification et à organiser, aptitude à la communication, sens de responsabilité, créativité, volonté de perfectionnement, souci du client, esprit d'équipe, ouverture à la technologie. A ces compétences sont considérées également les compétences en matière d'encadrement notamment les qualités de, hauteur de vues, responsabilisation des subordonnés, aptitude à donner confiance, suivi du comportement professionnel, sûreté de jugement et l'aptitude à décider.

received a test online and then was invited to an online interview on zoom with a panel formed by 5 people, 4 in the team and one person from human resources

the interview is one round with two interviewers. they ask a lot of tech questions. Most of the questions are related to your work afterward. It is an excellent advantage if you have a solid knowledge of Excel.