Jack and i also very much appreciated your suggestions through the articles in certain things. Vacancy status: Evaluation Completed. It saves your time and the time of the HR Officer. Thanks. Efficient recruiting, on the other hand, means that the process has been carried out without incurring a lot of costs on the part of the organization. This can take anything between a few days to a few months. Forgot to mention that the majority of advertised positions already have a candidate designated, and the whole selection process is no more than a charade to give the impression they are doing things properly. Still my four applications are under consideration for FS-5 level position with different Missions. Thank you for this blog, it is incredibly helpful. The UN website provided some international vacancies, but really not all of them. If the interview is an hour long is it expected to take that amount of time? The ideal time-frame from advertising a role through to offer stage is between two and four weeks. This site gives hope during the long application process. The next step is an interview. Hello Ravisankar, This is very important because the P-11 form is most important in your application process. Different UN agencies (UNICEF, UNDP, UNHCR) have different versions of the P-11 form, so You should download the P-11 from the official website of the UN agency that published the vacancy. Thanks for it. Regards. What does it mean, do I need to have good expectation on getting this job. Note however, that it is rare that you match the requirements for several (different) jobs. . I applied in December 2014 to P4. It shows that you are very far in the process (top 2 or 3). Thank you Sebastian for this forum. I would think they continually select the best candidate(s) for each opening (based on the specific requirements of the post and the merit of the individual applications) out of the rostered candidates and new applicants. I think it is a good sign. All other posts / consultancies should be wide open. Any tips ? I also took an assessment in march 2015, but my application was in december 2014. I had applied for a NO-B position (FTA-for UNICEF country office), the deadline was 9 February 2016. This part of the process was very fast: about 2 between the deadline for application and the interview. What is the meaning of getting included in to roster ? Applied for a p2 position in May (closing May 19th) and have still not heard anything except from the automatic confirmation email, but I am listed as under consideration in Inspira. Has anybody received any news in the past couple of months? Could you let me know if 3 weeks waiting is normal and what could be the final feedback, along with only 5 questions I was given during the interview. I hope you too. However, I still have a question; could you specify which is the maximum of time that the entire procedure can last e.g for a P-3 position, i.e. One girl had joined the testing, late. It seems to be a common complaint for applicants and former employees that outsiders and particularly, Americans have the hardest time. Good luck to you all. I havent heard from them since. i applied for ICT Position in UN-Pakistan but did not recieve any call or email for interview. National Professionals Officers (NO-A, NO-B, NO-C). Hello Sebastian Eventually inspira will be updated. I dont know what to do now. Good luck! So I dont think you can say it is just for statistics. Apply via the Organization's recruitment portal Above all, Applicants that meet the requirements for either of the jobs above. Best post I could find about the topic. Do you think it will directly disqualify me? Thanks to Covid-19, the traditional hiring process has been harder than ever this year as recruiters and candidates scrambled to adapt to a fully remote experience. Thanks, Are you automatically ineligible if you are confident in English while the job posting requires fluent English? is it just about employment period and salary, or does it go into job description, etc.?) Any suggestion and comment? (Of course I could not argue how stupid this reasoning is against my potential employer!) Im learning a lot about the UN employment process! Have you had any feedback or a result from your interview yet? I took the test in the month of January-2017 & that ends in failure. When you're recruiting, timeliness is everything! Ive been placed on the roster of a P-3 position last year after a written assessment and a panel interview. Many thanks for your time and erfofts to have had these things together on this blog. How do I get myself to be on the pre-approved roster. Thanks! Thanks again for a great write up that will keep helping prospective applicants all the time. Thanks for your advise.Would friendly follow up mean checking with HR by email? Thank you for your article, it has been very informative. If your Interview is succeeded you will receive a job offer on the email after 1 - 2 weeks (sometimes it may even after 1 month). During this long journey with the site, I understood that it is not an easy task to get a position with the UNO or its allied Departments. Keep in mind that a test is not really a pass/fail test only but also a way to rank candidates to be invited to the interview. Trying to get experts for an interview panel from New York, Geneva and Nairobi to have time to interview an applicant from New Zealand can be quite complicated, especially since most people involved have a regular job and are not dedicated recruiters. Dear Sebastian, Thanks, as you are doing a great job, I just want to know that how to check the status of application process, as some of the participants above have written short listing ongoing or post is re-advertised, I want to check the status of a position advertised in june for which I also applied. I applied for a G5 level job in the UN Department of General Conference and Management in December 2014 Maybe next time. Thanks for your time and attention, Hmmm kind of looked forward to it a lot. However, other applicants can also be waiting around 6 or 18 months (Again, depends on the job and if they are passing the stages of the application process). I actually cant answer this. Here you should attach your completed Personal History form ( P-11). Hello, I got an invitation for a competency-based interview FAO, I need your on how can nail this drean job. We recommend reading carefully the requirements needed for the role you are interested in before applying. Sorry, not easy to say. Thanks, Jan. Most of the time, this process takes between 2x and 3x months, with often 14 days between steps on average. Can you please let me know if i can place as reference in my online job application for UN posts , person that is active UN member that in one part of my career with another company we work together on some projects . There could still be others, but this looks great! Good luck! Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at World Food Programme as 72.1% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.03 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). I had a skype interview 3 weeks ago for the P4 position at the United Nations and I am still waiting for response. I asked if they needed anything else and got a response that I needed to do nothing further. My question now is ,since I didnt hear back about the first application (in January ) and no email of regret from them like the second one ,what could that mean ? Application status: Shortlisted I was asked to submit three references. Does it mean, they will award the contract or its the back up plan for them ? Shall I assume that my application has not been successful, or shall I wait for the outcome? I applied online. I crush my hands on the results of all these assessments. The Application status moved to filled by roster. Although the World Food Programme headquarters is located in Rome, Italy, the UNWFP works to combat hunger all over the world. Please I want to confirm the difference between application status and vacancy status. Should I still expect the feedback or should I send email to the UN Human resources personnel asking for any feedback? Who can I contact to establish if my application is still under consideration? Long recruitment processes can, of course, backfire on employers, when candidates end up losing interest in the job. I would gently follow-up. firstly, sorry to hear. I am wondering if the process was completed. Upon a succesful UN interview, how do they typically contact you? Im not the UN and I didnt see your applications. It was only one lady conducting the testing. The position will starts in the end of November. WFP Ethiopia Recruitment Requirements for the Position of Business Support Assistant With a minimum of a Secondary School leaving certificate. However it is now November and not a word back. Thanks. Any advise please. I will appreciate it if you could provide some information. I would try in any case. Shall I forget the selection? Do you know if the candidates who passed the written test and did not succeeded to that test are sent a regret e-mail or a letter? Dear Sebastian, Dear sebastian, can i posted my questions in french? What kind of questions do they normally ask? I got written test and then telephone interview from UNDP grade (SC9) at 28November 2013, and they told me that I will receive from them with a two weeks to one month, but I do not see any news from them and it almost passed for four months, how should I deal with this. I thank everyone and Sebastian for sharing. Long waits like this are not uncommon, though the COVID-19 pandemic made it worse. Hello. We have the same problem, Take it easy, still being confident. Regards. A couple of months ago I applied to IRENA and was subsequently invited to a written assessment and interview. I notice the applications status is changing color codes. Sorry to hear. Thank you again and hope you have great winter vacation. I mailed them after this to check about my job status and I got a reply still processing . Thanks for your nice comment. Give it a bit more time. so dont ever take anything guaranteed. Can you tell me what it means? I therefore submited my CV from the Monster site. Strict security procedures at the entrance. I passed the written exam for a position at the UN, and was invited for an interview next week. The status for all three adverts is selection progress. Did you get the test today? How long does WFP recruitment process take? Is it ok to ask to take the test on a different day? For example, long listed, short listed, etc. Can you indicate loosely how many people are likely to still be under consideration along with me at this point based on your experience? I have recently been informed that I am required to undertake a written assessment for an investigative role in two weeks time. If UN works in the way it recruits its empoyees (considering all burocracy thats higly likeable) I think ambitious people might find this pleace unacceptable even if it took them years to get in. Good luck job hunting! Interested professionals may apply for any and all FIT Pool announcements for which they qualify. Once you find one, click the "Apply Now" button. Candidates applying for Human Resources Assistant had the quickest hiring process (on average 18 days), whereas Business Support Assistant roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 210 days). thanks a lot! Hard to say. ?????? The recruiting process can be relatively straightforward, but advances in technology, a tight labor market and a workforce pool that might span five generations can make the first step -- finding potential candidates . I wanted to follow up on a question one of the readers had, but mine is related to a very early stage of application. Thanks. Does it mean I have lost the chance? Wondering why they would not short list me at least for written assessment, this time. I was shortlisted and wrote 4 tests with UNFPA for 4 different NOB postions in Zambia and felt extremely confident i passed at least 1! The Profile status shows POSTED. Step two - Now you are sure that your qualification, education, and experience is relevant for the published vacancy. Of course the reference check is not just pro-forma but an important step in the process, thus there is no guarantee that you will get the job if the contact your references. 1) I have applied against a Roster job but didnt receive any confirmation regarding my name being included or otherwise. Just to inform someone that l applied for P3/P4 positions on 5 and 7 May 2015 but was only invited to undertake a written interview for the two positions at the end of February 2016. If they need to fill the position asap, what does that mean concerning the selection process. So far, I appeared for Six types of tests and in all of them they maintained time frame of 6 months. completed tes and interview last week of january 2012 for P5. If you are successful for roster position, you are informed as well. Focus on translating technical requests to easy understandable language. In the public sector its pretty typical that you can get feedback if you were one of the top candidates. There's a better way! The internship application process is done via the WFP E-recruitment System, where all openings are published, and comprises the following steps: Initial registration; Filling out the candidate profile (academic and professional background); Search for an opening in your field of interest; Submit the application. Best regards So I wouldnt worry too much right now. Minimum academic and work experience requirements. Can you please thank all the commentors for me? The inspira status changed to recruitment completed. I emailed them an updated personal profile a few weeks ago and sent a further follow up email last week (a full month after the interview) asking about the status of the position. We span a broad range of activities, bringing life-saving assistance in emergencies and supporting sustainable and resilient livelihoods to achieve a world with zero hunger. The VA is Multiple in nature for future Generic Vacancies. Dear Shaleen, that sounds a bit odd. Ian. I would gently follow-up. To ensure that you have what it takes to face this process with confidence, JobTestPrep has created an online database of job preparation materials. Job Assessment Test. Do you consider there is a good chance of being selected given the Head of HR recommendation? Dear Sebastian thank you for sharing the information. How long did it take after you took the assessment test to find out? Its not like my life is hanging on it but I just want to get an idea to make myself comfortable. 11. But I know they use automatic longlisting based on user inputs. I would go with it, as long as you feel comfortable to do the tests. The minimum standard for all international Professional and higher posts is usually a completed, advanced university degree (Masters or equivalent), combined with a number of years of relevant work experience. I thought because Im on the roster for that position that Ive been adequately assessed already. Do you have an idea of the meaning of the color codes for ITU applications. Answered 4 September 2019 Answer See 2 answers What's the requirements for lidl job? Also do you know what influence do national offices dedicated to the promotion of nationals presence in international organisations play in the process ? The above outlines the regular case. At the end of the interview I asked if it would take a long time to know the results of the interviews. Also, once you are done with your application, keep applying to relevant other vacancies and dont be discouraged if it does not work out on the first try. They said it would be 4-5 weeks for a result. It often takes a minimum of 3 months from the time a JPO opening is posted until a candidate is selected. erin. Wow, it sounds like a lot of people are looking to work for the UN. Got a reply in Feb 16 abt process yet not completed and will be informed when it is. If you get an interview, you typically get your references checked, too. Here is a breakdown of my application timeline with a UN agency: October 2015 Applied for UN contract position Is it something that can happen or do you think it is a mistake made by Monster site ? How long does it take to get an interview after you apply at World Food Programme? I think this varies a little. I would say yes, this may still be in the making. Did you end up getting the job? Hope you heard from them in the meantime. What does this mean? Does this mean I didnt make it to the shortlisted. Sorry, some parts of the system are quite slow, so 3 months is not unheard of. It seems strange that the time taken for shortlisting is ~25% of the actual contract period! Dear Sebastian, This is what a candidate is looking for while applying for UN. Steps in the Recruiting Process. The truth is that even sufficient information is insufficient when you have to wait and wait. Should I tell the UN about this other offer to speed up their decision process or is this a bad idea? I think before someone get rostered, that person should sit the tests or get interviwed or both. It was supposed to be completed within 90 minutes, but I returned it with few minutes late. Hey Omer, I received the same email but I didnt receive the actual test. please clarify. I have applied for a P3 position back in June 2012 and no news since then the process status is under consideration, which could be normal from what I have read in the topics above. So dont worry just yet. The last test was November 22 and have had no word since! Thank you. Recruitment times can vary. Ravisankar.Machavaram. I normally dont understand (but MAY be convinced if I am provided with justifiable reasoning) on why negative outcome of the written exam is not notified. Can I assume, I am not short listed for the next stage by now ? I had applied for a position within the UN (P3) and submitted the application in November 2013 (within the specified time frame). Jon. Hi Sebastian! I have being interview for the Position of Human resources Associate with UNOPs, in the GPRS system , all i see to my application status is Shortlisted and the vacancy status is Evaluation, i have not received any mail whether i m successful or not, even though i did an interview on Skype. Examples of interview questions you may see here. How far it will show as under consideration? Thanmi. Sorry, I dont know that. Do you think its a good idea to follow up with the HR again? According to the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM), the average recruitment process is 42 days in duration. Should I write the contact person who is in charged of the test process management? Answered 8 October 2017. Hello again, funding could be lost etc.) It is the time to cheer and congratulate.