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).
Applied online; received an answer after 6 months inviting me to an interview via phone. General question about your experiences, your professional goals and UNHCR. I was offered un unpaid internship; but declined.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at UNHCR (Copenhague, Hovedstaden) in Jul 2018
Interview
The skype call lasted more or less 30 minutes and the questions were generally easy.
Initially the interviewer presented the company and the tasks I would have to do as an intern, then general behavioural questions. All in all a very polite ad agreeable interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me of a time you demonstrated multi-tasking skills.
Do you prefer working alone or in a team?
I applied online. The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at UNHCR (Teherán, ) in Dec 2017
Interview
I applied online. I was invited to a written test at Tehran office after 10 weeks (no official email). They also didn't notice about the result and i had to follow after a few weeks.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
The first question was about SSAR (Solution Strategy for Afghan Refugees)