Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at UNHCR as 100% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Assistant Officer and rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Assistant Officer and roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at UNHCR takes an average of 180 days when considering 1 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Assistant Officer had the quickest hiring process (on average 180 days), whereas Assistant Officer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 180 days).
It was online and almost six people were there and half of them joined the interview with closed camera. It was very uncomfortable. They also did not send any rejection e-mail after the interview although it has been 4 months.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at UNHCR in Jul 2020
Interview
It was a panel of 3, it was a competency based interview, although the position was not a managerial one, they did ask question referring to management competencies and although this was not in the competencies described
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
All the questions were "tell me a situation where...
Face-to-face interview, the first part was in English and the second one in French. Very specific and technical questions. 40 minutes / 1-hour duration. I got the interview applying through the online platform of the UNHCR
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Definition of a refugee according to the convention
Persons of interns for the UNHCR