I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at World Bank Group (Washington, DC) in Aug 2020
Interview
One panel interview after submitting an application for the position. The application process is managed by the World Bank Group's proprietary recruiting site. The panel interview lasted for 60 minutes with 6 employees across the IFC and the IBRD organizations.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Brief overview of myself
2. The reason for applying for the position
3. Questions about my role at previous companies
4. My weakness and strengths
5. What are the DD/investment review process of the previous companies I worked for
Spoke with a recruiter at an MBA job conference and applied online following this conversation. My application was rejected approximately three weeks later. The recruiter was very helpful in answering my questions.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at World Bank Group (Amman)
Interview
Long process, as long as you are in the loop feedback will be delivered but then even when reaching the final interview after succeeding multiple stages, if they don't want you, you will be ghosted.
I applied online. I interviewed at World Bank Group (Washington, DC)
Interview
Quite straightforward process, panel interview with 7 interviewers for the first round and a 1-to-1 interview with a department head for the 2nd round of interview. Average difficulty and nice people in general.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why are you interested in IFC?
What do you know about emerging markets?
How would you value a company in emerging economy? How different is it from a company valuation in a mature economy?
