Communications officer Interview Questions
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Communications Officer interview questions shared by candidates
The World Bank doesn't always have a good reputation, mostly among NGOs. How do you convince them to support us instead?
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Name social media influencers that you would like to engage with in the World Bank's activities, and give the reasons. Less
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I saw that you got job in UN Agency. Did u had somebody to refer you or ?
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Sorry just saw yout question. No, i didn't have any referral for the UN post. It's a highly competitive young professional programme, but it's for permament staff member post. Worth trying. Good luck. Less
Experience and education
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I had customer service experience and a Bachelors in Criminal justice
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Are you in Jackson, MS or Jax,FL? You seriously had to take a polygraph?
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Jacksonville FL, and yes. Over 200+ questions before you actually took it.
How would you increase the interest on economical reforms in the Government of (I do not remember the name of the country, but it was one from Africa)?
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I would lobby through stakeholder forums to the government and demonstrate how positive economic reforms have assisted e.g small businesses to grow- thus more taxes to the government,reforms reduce poverty- thus less burden to the government to deal with issues associated with poverty - thus more for them to use to develop infrastructure, create new areas for youth employment etc. Less
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Trough a marketing/communications campaign that allow the Government to see the benefits of that reforms. They should understand the benefits for its Government, for its people, etc. And they should understand that the international community is going to offer them more economic help after that reforms. Less
What was one experience where you had to convince a colleague to use a different approach. [Follow-up question from the most senior panel member was] COULD YOU PLEASE SAY WHAT YOU DID AND WHAT THE RESULT WAS?!
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Spoke about a clinician colleague who had a very clinical approach to doing media interviews, and how I persuaded her to be more bubbly, lively and animated (i.e. smile) during her radio interview. The end result was the interview went very well and several colleagues who listened to the broadcast found it was very effective at reaching the general public. Less
How you deal with conflict?
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Used a situation from a previous workplace. Showed how I resolved it.
Willing to accept even if the position offered lower from experience, academic achievements and previous higher position.
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Depending on situation (beggars can choose)
TEST 1: IN YOUR OWN WORDS, based on the scenario provided, write a news release in CP Style, including quotes from the appropriate minister and stakeholders. Resources and examples can be found at: https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/archive/ Please complete your news release on the blank page following the section below (1 ½ page MAX) Competencies addressed: - Ability to write a well-crafted, accurate and concise news release, including supporting and appropriate quotes. - Plain language - Organization and language - Grammar, spelling and punctuation - Knowledge of cabinet ministers and awareness of government message and priorities - Knowledge of B.C. government news release style - Awareness of CP style The suggested time frame for completing part 2 is 1 hour and 45 minutes SCENARIO: Announce improvements to Bigtown Memorial Hospital (BMH) Briefing: • Minister of Health to announce final stage of government $ commitment to 2013 Bigtown Health Services Capacity Initiative (BHSCI), to improve ER congestion and add inpatient capacity. • Bigtown Health one of Canada’s largest health authorities, serving almost 50% of B.C population. It’s B.C’s largest and fastest growing region, expected to grow by 30% by 2020. • BMH ER one of the busiest emergency departments in BC. 80,000 patient visits annually to BMH ER, projected to increase to 101,000 by 2020. • ER originally built in 1965 for about 40,000 patient visits per year. Regional population then approximately 50,000 – today 400,000, ergo ER congestion. • Often at over 100% capacity, with patients treated on stretchers in hallways; many greater Bigtown patients must seek medical treatment elsewhere because there is no room at BMH. • BHSCI has advised that BMH needs new, expanded ER, and perinatal care facility for premature and/or critical newborns. Project being announced to include both, plus more. Other BMH improvements already completed or underway include new outpatient facility and additional renal stations. • BHSCI and the Acute Care Capacity Initiative (ACCI) project that BMH will need 500 more beds by 2020. • New emergency department and perinatal centre planned for first two floors of new Critical Care Tower: o New ER to be four times larger, with separate pediatric ER and dedicated mental health stabilization unit. o 40 neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) beds – 20 existing, 20 added. o NICU to have single-occupancy rooms for family-centred care – proven to reduce transmission of hospital-acquired infections, and decrease overall length of stay. • Approved capital budget: $400 million • Construction to start: spring 2014. New ER slated to open: late 2015. • Bigtown Memorial Hospital Foundation committed to raising $20 million for the project. Child Health BC providing $5 million. • BMH Critical Care Tower and renovations project expected to generate 4,000 jobs during construction. • Project to add 140 inpatient beds, including NICU and obstetrical beds. This is a fictional assignment for testing purposes only and does not reflect any actual government decisions
Give us an example of when you came into conflict with someone and how did you resolve it?
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While attending Lismore police station for information about the death of my son it has been the worst experience apart from loosing Adam, bullied intimidated threatened disrespect for my son who was a organ donor but that chance could have been taken away from the 4 people that received a transplant because of police negligence. the list of police involved is long and the level of disrespect gets worse the higher the rank is. We were not notified of the accident for 13 hours, it's not that we could not be found, it' because no one bothered, but it was okay for the police to tell the media before we found out, nearly 15 hours they could not tell us what hospital he was in because they did not know, thankfully after 18 hours we got to see him. We live less than one hour from the accident site and a bit over 2 hours to the hospital he was in. The sergeant at Kyogle said whats the problem you got to see him in 18 hours, Adam died from brain swelling, every minute of the 18 hours his brain was swelling, i said it would have easier on his mother to see him in a reasonable time while she could still recognize him. Their are some awful comments i have received over the last 14 months, all from police, his employer members of my family and total strangers.,BUT NOT ONE ANSWER FROM THE NSW POLICE FORCE. sick of typing. David Morrison, 0428322172 Less