Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at UNFPA as 100% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Intern and rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Intern and roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at UNFPA takes an average of 30 days when considering 1 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Intern had the quickest hiring process (on average 30 days), whereas Intern roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 30 days).
Interview was for one hour and there was also written assessment. The process took very long time from start to finish. Interview was mostly competency based and very much related to the role.
After the initial shortlist, there was a video interview with 3 people from the team. It took about 30 minutes, and 5 minutes for questions from the candidate. They started off with motivation for the role and then move on to prior work experience in the field and finally prior experience working in an international setting.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Interest in the position and prior experience with climate-related work
I applied online. I interviewed at UNFPA (New York, NY) in Jan 2024
Interview
very swift, the overall process did not take too long and the teach was great. They communicated throughout the entire process. I think also the questions were pretty reflective of the offer.