REGARDING TELEPHONIC
INTERVIEW
Submitted by unpko on Fri, 06/19/2015 - 07:51
1) Be ready all the
time: After you completed your pre-deployment training and after your name was
submitted to DPKO, you may be called anytime of the day, since the time zone differences
between you and the mission area.
2) Research about the mission: What’s the capital city of the
Country you’re going to? What are the problems they are currently facing? Why
is United Nations there? U.N. is operating under Chapter 6 or Chapter 7 of the
U.N. Charter? (and if you don’t know what the U.N. Charter is, find it out
urgently) Geographically, it is surrounded by which countries? Therefore, have
always with you a piece of paper answering all these questions. You will get
good points with the interviewer if you show that you’re prepared to the
mission.
3) Questions go far
beyond from the UN Core Values : Yes, you will be asked ‘What are the UN Core
values’? And you will answer: Integrity, Professionalism, Respect for
Diversity; and Gender Mainstreaming. Know by heart this answer and be prepared
to explain each one of them if necessary.
4) In your EASP, give
at least two numbers from different phone operators: If you cannot listen to
the interviewer properly, don’t be shy and SAY THAT! They will call you later
or in another number. So giving them both a mobile number and a land-line is a
good idea.
5) Be prepared to
answer basic police questions: What should you put in a police report? What are
the actions a police officer should do when arriving on a crime scene? What is
community policing? Be prepared to explain this with police terms and technical
definitions, but no with common-sense and general ideas.
How to be sure that
you can pass the SAAT interview and the pre-deployment phone interview?
We would gladly assist
you on this, we can call and do a simulated panel, with different people asking
you questions in different accents.
Thanks for this piece. A very useful information that may become handy. This keeps me well prepared and ready at all times. Thanks again
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