Communications Associate applicants have rated the interview process at UNDP with 3.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 72.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Communications Associate roles take an average of 60 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at UNDP overall takes an average of 61 days.
Common stages of the interview process at UNDP as a Communications Associate according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 100%
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I applied online. I interviewed at UNDP (Kuala Lumpur) in Sep 2025
Interview
Competency Based Interview, where you have to share and relate about your works and experience based on the interview question, also have a technical question that relates to your position. Overall the interview give me new valuable experience, meet with professional panels from UN
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Question 1
Tell me about a time when you had to adapt quickly to a significant change at work. What was the situation, and how did you respond?
I applied online. I interviewed at UNDP (Belgrade, Central Serbia) in Dec 2023
Interview
The interview was a panel - questions only related to existing or theoretical situations in everyday work - competancy based interview (look up this term and you will actually find really similar questions to the ones you are going to be asked)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do you do in situations there is too much work?
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at UNDP (Belgrade, Central Serbia) in Mar 2023
Interview
Shortlisted candidates were invited for an interview. The entire selection process was the one 30-45min interview. The 5 people interview panel consisted of the project lead, communications director, HR representative and other colleagues from the project.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions asked are usually a combination of position specific question (Can you tell us how your competences align with the position? Tell us about yourself), and standard UN questions that can be found fairly easily online (https://uncareer.net/interview-questions). In my case, they included why do you want to work for the UN? and Tell us about when you had a communication issue in your work and how you resolved it?