I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at UNICEF (New Delhi) in Oct 2010
Interview
Since the post was advertised internally, we were well notified in advanced through internal memos and to other UN agencies also as per the Un norms.
The interview panel was very well constituted , representing HR, Staff Union, subject expert, the reporting officer to who the candidate will be reporting on selection for the post.
Enough time is given to the candidate, and the team ensures that the candidate is relaxed and comfortable right from the time of entry into the interview hall.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions are very relevant to the post . So if a candidate has really applied himself to any situation , should be able to answer the questions.
Some technical questions , when unable to answer, one should be honest to declare his/her inability to answer.
Generally there are are technical questions on the subject and also one or two competency based questions.
The competencies are already given in the job advertisement and one need to appraise himself/herself of the competencies in advance.
Based on competency framework .reccomend to review the framework and get prepared.all behaviouru indicators are available in tbat document which makes it easy to prepare response.all should be based in real life examples
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about time when you had conflict with your supervisor
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at UNICEF (New Delhi) in Apr 2009
Interview
The interview was nice and cordial. They tested me online first and then the results came and i was selected for the secodn round of interview whereby i was asked for a telecon interview. I passed that test too. Then i was called for a personal interview which i passed too. and then they said we will have a final round of interview which had 10 people in the panel.