3-4 rounds of interviews, process began with a written test, first round of interview with the project team, the principal investigator of project and finally with the country director. Thereafter an offer is made
The application process involves completing an online application, and these applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. They invite you for an in-person interview with the Research Manager or Coordinator, followed by the Stata test.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you want to work with Innovations for Poverty Action?
I applied online. I interviewed at Innovations for Poverty Action (Bogotá, Cundinamarca) in Jan 2020
Interview
Interview usually asks for RCTs experience and basic evaluation concepts knowledge. It is focused mostly on a test on R+ Stata or Arcgis after the interview. This is the hard part of the initial assesment.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Difference between monitoring and evaluation and RCT knowledge