Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Natural England as 68% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.12 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Senior Specialist and Geospatial Analyst rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Marine Advisor and Support Adviser roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Natural England takes an average of 65 days when considering 25 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Intern had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Project Leader roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 180 days).
Competency-based interview, needed to prepare a STAR example for each. Each question had a few follow-up questions. Then there was some time for my questions at the end. Overall well structured and nice
I applied online. I interviewed at Natural England (Nationale) in Jul 2021
Interview
Competency based interview usually the same competencies asked on the application. So make sure you have plenty of examples, you can use more than one per question. Answers are marked usually with a rating 1-7
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
"tell us a time when you've had multiple tasks and deadlines, how did you manage this and prioritise what tasks to complete first
Online government website through civil service jobs, competency based application with 5 STAR questions and answers
then in person interview at government office . Follow up calls during onboaring time (3 months)