How will the UN contact me after interview if I have been shortlisted?

Who will contact me and how after my interview?

How do you know if you have been successful or not?

Congratulations if you have made it this far to secure an UN interview, hope you showcased your talents as best as you could. Remember even if you have made it onto the short list and have had your competency based interview, be prepared for a wait, you may not hear anything for quite a while after your interview! The reason for this is often internal process review time as well as post interview processing such as an independent review of the application process and many more steps before the lucky candidate gets contacted. In addition, then there could be the factor of staff availability, diary commitments and that ever busy UN inbox.

If you are successful you are likely to find out via mail and also by phone, this depends on the hiring manager, UN organization and the HR team. In fact, most of the time the dreaded ‘it is with much regret that I must inform you that you were unsuccessful on this occasion’ commonly known as regret letters are only sent when the recommended candidate has actually signed the contract. This is to avoid sending a regret letter to the second candidate and then offering a contract in the case of the first candidate is not able to take the job offer. 

If you are looking to prepare yourself for your interview or have been unfortunate not to receive an offer lets see how we can help.