This interview process was unlike any other I have been through before. 4+ weeks after submitting my application online (I found the posting via their website), someone from HR finally got back to me. I went through 3 interviews for the position of Program Assistant, and when I was waiting to hear back, an HR recruiter called me and asked me to interview for a Program Associate position which I had not applied for, explaining to me that they often did this: looked at their wider pool of candidates and tried to see which skills could be transferable. I went through two rounds of interviews for their Program Associate position, each with 3 people present during the interview. I also had to send them a first draft (unfinished) writing sample, and complete a writing assignment before I was offered the position. They also got in contact with all 3 references that I provided.

There were random questions at times and it was a long interview but very detailed and interesting. The panel consisted of programmatic staff as well as an HR representative. I was given a written task before the second interview. I found the second interview very intense but also more friendly and less formal. HR took their time in responding afterwards (at least a month).