Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at British Council as 100% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for HR and rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for HR and roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at British Council takes an average of 10 days when considering 1 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for HR had the quickest hiring process (on average 10 days), whereas HR roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 10 days).
The interview process was good. A short presentation and questions followed.
The panel asked a lot of professional questions to determine my skills in areas like function, budgeting, problem solving and stakeholder management.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a challenging task and how i resolved it.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at British Council (Edimburgo, Escocia) in Feb 2023
Interview
6 questions - first two are introductory - talk us through your CV and why the are you interested in working with the british council? the rest of the questions were competency based - Tell us about a time when you...
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
talk us through your CV, highlighting experience you think is particularly relevant to this role
I applied online. I interviewed at British Council
Interview
It was an online group interview on MS Teams. We were asked 5 easy questions. Each of us had adequate time to answer. The interviewer was not strict nor making us nervous.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Introduce yourself.
Your experience with dealing with children.