UNICEF Mock Interview

Practice 35 UNICEF interview questions covering humanitarian values, global development, and child rights advocacy.

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How do you relate to the values of UNICEF professionally?

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Isaiah Swanson is a volunteer recruitment professional who has interviewed, trained, and supervised thousands of volunteers supporting dozens of nonprofit programs helping families in crisis, homebound seniors, and victims of natural disasters.

UNICEF lists its core values as "care, respect, integrity, trust, and accountability." The organization breaks these down further into its Competency Framework, referenced in other questions in this set. It is important to show your connection to these values by choosing one or two to explore in greater detail.

Isaiah Swanson

"Although I strongly believe in the importance of all of UNICEF's values of care, respect, integrity, trust, and accountability, 'respect' is one value I hold especially dear. As a nonprofit professional for over a decade, I have come to realize the necessity of treating all clients with respect. This goes deeper than simple kindness; instead, this means a real commitment to honoring one's humanity in every interaction. For example, our food and shelter programs typically provided whatever food we could afford within our given budget. However, we failed to assess our clients' satisfaction with the food. I coordinated an effort to meet each client face-to-face and ask them how they would change the program. As a result, I learned the nutritional value of the food we provided was not meeting their needs, so I was able to hire a contract dietician to advise us on changes to the menu that would fulfill most of our clients' suggestions. When we approach those we serve with true respect, we can become better service providers and make changes that are needed."

Isaiah Swanson

"I believe every individual working towards the betterment of children's lives should hold fast to the values of care, respect, integrity, trust, and accountability. As a financial management professional, 'accountability' is an extremely important value. For fifteen years, I have helped businesses ensure their accounts are accurate and balanced. In that time, I have learned that businesses can make or break their reputations based on their financial situations; for nonprofits, this reputation is closely tied to transparency and appropriate stewardship of donated funds. I am eager to use my commitment to financial accountability to advance the cause of improving the lives of children around the world."

Isaiah Swanson

Impress the interviewer by naming all of the values espoused by UNICEF. However, you should only dig deeper into a few in your answer. Talk about how you have shown care, respect, integrity, trust, or accountability in specific situations in the workplace.

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35UNICEF Interview Questions & Answers

Discovery

1.How do you relate to the values of UNICEF professionally?

Operational

2.How can you incorporate UNICEF's AGORA resource in a role as manager or individual contributor?

Situational

3.Describe a time you had to explain a difficult or complex subject or concept to a coworker, employee, or stakeholder.

Technical

4.Describe a time you applied your technical knowledge and skills to resolve a situation.

Situational

5.Tell me about a time you had to implement actions steps towards a strategic plan objective.

Situational

6.At UNICEF, our employees are guided by the eight competency areas detailed within our Competency Framework. Discuss how you have demonstrated the ability to build and maintain relationships in your current or past positions.

Behavioral

7.At UNICEF, our employees are guided by the eight competency areas detailed within our Competency Framework. Share how you display self-awareness and ethical awareness in your work.

Situational

8.At UNICEF, our employees are guided by the eight competency areas detailed within our Competency Framework. Talk about a past work experience that shows your ability to achieve results with maximum impact.

Situational

9.At UNICEF, our employees are guided by the eight competency areas detailed within our Competency Framework. Discuss a time you contributed to innovation or embraced change in the workplace.

Behavioral

10.At UNICEF, our employees are guided by the eight competency areas detailed within our Competency Framework. How do you manage ambiguity and complexity in your job?

Situational

11.At UNICEF, our employees are guided by the eight competency areas detailed within our Competency Framework. Share an experience from your past that demonstrates your ability to think and act strategically.

Situational

12.At UNICEF, our employees are guided by the eight competency areas detailed within our Competency Framework. Please share your perspective on the role of collaboration and teamwork as it relates to this position.

Management

13.At UNICEF, our employees are guided by the eight competency areas detailed within our Competency Framework. As a manager, how have you nurtured and led team members to success?

Discovery

14.Are you proficient or fluent in any second languages? If so, what are they?

Situational

15.When have you experienced failure in the workplace, and how did you react?

Technical

16.What can we do to improve the UNICEF website?

Behavioral

17.Have you ever had a conflict with a co-worker or manager? How did you resolve the conflict?

Situational

18.How do you manage your workload so that you can meet tight deadlines?

Discovery

19.Tell me something unique about yourself that is not included on your resume.

Management

20.Think about a supervisor or manager who made a positive impression on you. In your opinion, what qualities and characteristics contributed to their success, and what did you learn from their management style?

Scenario

21.You have conducted prospect research on a potential new donor and determined they have a high giving capacity. Share your pitch to secure a meeting with this new partner.

Discovery

22.UNICEF is a global agency with presence in over 190 countries. What experience do you have working in the area of international aid?

Operational

23.UNICEF wants employees to have strong institutional knowledge in order to be able to spread awareness of the organization's work accurately. What is the difference between UNICEF and UNICEF USA?

Situational

24.Talk about a time you disagreed with a decision made by your manager or supervisor. How did you address this situation?

Situational

25.UNICEF offers a number of volunteer opportunities to support its diverse work around the world. Do you have experience recruiting volunteers? How would you recruit volunteers for UNICEF?

Discovery

26.About which area of UNICEF's work are you the most passionate?

Situational

27.How do you maintain strong relationships with international clients and/or co-workers?

Technical

28.Talk about your experience using data to assess need. How did this data contribute to actionable change?

Situational

29.Share a time you successfully met a challenging fundraising goal.

Discovery

30.Why do you want to work at UNICEF?

Situational

31.How do you believe employees can be constant advocates for UNICEF's mission?

Technical

32.UNICEF has a number of remote employees, interns, volunteers, partners, and clients. Discuss your familiarity with specific technology that aids in virtual communication.

Discovery

33.Policy and field research are critical in advancing UNICEF's global work and informing its advocacy efforts. Talk about your experience contributing to policy and/or field research.

Technical

34.UNICEF attracts a large number of followers on its social media accounts. How would you expand the reach of UNICEF's social media efforts?

Technical

UNICEF Mock Interview

How do you relate to the values of UNICEF professionally?

35UNICEF Interview Questions & Answers

1.How do you relate to the values of UNICEF professionally?

2.How can you incorporate UNICEF's AGORA resource in a role as manager or individual contributor?

3.Describe a time you had to explain a difficult or complex subject or concept to a coworker, employee, or stakeholder.

4.Describe a time you applied your technical knowledge and skills to resolve a situation.

5.Tell me about a time you had to implement actions steps towards a strategic plan objective.

6.At UNICEF, our employees are guided by the eight competency areas detailed within our Competency Framework. Discuss how you have demonstrated the ability to build and maintain relationships in your current or past positions.

7.At UNICEF, our employees are guided by the eight competency areas detailed within our Competency Framework. Share how you display self-awareness and ethical awareness in your work.

8.At UNICEF, our employees are guided by the eight competency areas detailed within our Competency Framework. Talk about a past work experience that shows your ability to achieve results with maximum impact.

9.At UNICEF, our employees are guided by the eight competency areas detailed within our Competency Framework. Discuss a time you contributed to innovation or embraced change in the workplace.

10.At UNICEF, our employees are guided by the eight competency areas detailed within our Competency Framework. How do you manage ambiguity and complexity in your job?

11.At UNICEF, our employees are guided by the eight competency areas detailed within our Competency Framework. Share an experience from your past that demonstrates your ability to think and act strategically.

12.At UNICEF, our employees are guided by the eight competency areas detailed within our Competency Framework. Please share your perspective on the role of collaboration and teamwork as it relates to this position.

13.At UNICEF, our employees are guided by the eight competency areas detailed within our Competency Framework. As a manager, how have you nurtured and led team members to success?

14.Are you proficient or fluent in any second languages? If so, what are they?

15.When have you experienced failure in the workplace, and how did you react?

16.What can we do to improve the UNICEF website?

17.Have you ever had a conflict with a co-worker or manager? How did you resolve the conflict?

18.How do you manage your workload so that you can meet tight deadlines?

19.Tell me something unique about yourself that is not included on your resume.

20.Think about a supervisor or manager who made a positive impression on you. In your opinion, what qualities and characteristics contributed to their success, and what did you learn from their management style?

21.You have conducted prospect research on a potential new donor and determined they have a high giving capacity. Share your pitch to secure a meeting with this new partner.

22.UNICEF is a global agency with presence in over 190 countries. What experience do you have working in the area of international aid?

23.UNICEF wants employees to have strong institutional knowledge in order to be able to spread awareness of the organization's work accurately. What is the difference between UNICEF and UNICEF USA?

24.Talk about a time you disagreed with a decision made by your manager or supervisor. How did you address this situation?

25.UNICEF offers a number of volunteer opportunities to support its diverse work around the world. Do you have experience recruiting volunteers? How would you recruit volunteers for UNICEF?

26.About which area of UNICEF's work are you the most passionate?

27.How do you maintain strong relationships with international clients and/or co-workers?

28.Talk about your experience using data to assess need. How did this data contribute to actionable change?

29.Share a time you successfully met a challenging fundraising goal.

30.Why do you want to work at UNICEF?

31.How do you believe employees can be constant advocates for UNICEF's mission?

32.UNICEF has a number of remote employees, interns, volunteers, partners, and clients. Discuss your familiarity with specific technology that aids in virtual communication.

33.Policy and field research are critical in advancing UNICEF's global work and informing its advocacy efforts. Talk about your experience contributing to policy and/or field research.

34.UNICEF attracts a large number of followers on its social media accounts. How would you expand the reach of UNICEF's social media efforts?

35.Do you have experience writing grant proposals?