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Sorry to hear that! I still haven't heard back but I would not be surprised if I was rejected - I think they are just really slow unfortunately. About your question about people's backgrounds, I am a grad student, did two internships during my Bachelor's and have one year of somewhat relevant work experience from the job I did before starting my Master's degree. What about you?

I still haven't heard from the division that I interviewed for a month ago, and also haven't received an official rejection for the other division that I applied to. I know a friend of mine received a rejection a few weeks after interviewing though. I think their process is often very lengthy and COVID-19 is probably not making it any better...

That is a good attitude! If it works out, great, if not, you can still be proud to have at least been invited for an interview. Personally, i haven't experienced anything like that yet, but I have heard stories from friends like I just ask myself, who runs HR in these places? But if they are so chaotic and incompetent as well as disrespectful of the applicant's time, maybe that's a good indicator for why they will not be a good place to work at either...

Ok, that is way more intense than 8 minutes of talking to a camera But honestly it sounds like you did well, I hope you hear back from them soon! I just hope they take some decisions soon and don't make us wait until the end of September...

Haha yes, they were super generic, along the lines of Whats your background?, What makes you a good candidate?. Like I actually read up so much about my division and the work it does and although it was interesting and possibly also prepared me if I do make it to an in person interview, it was definitely not necessary for this round! Good luck and let us know how it went!

Interesting, thanks for the insight! I did the interview yesterday and it was an interesting experience (the first time I had an interview through this platform). It was only 3 questions and I had 3 minutes to answer each question. A friend of mine also had a HireVue interview (different division) and got two minutes per question to answer two questions. I think I would have definitely preferred a Skype interview, I felt so awkward just talking to the camera... Did you do your Skype interview? How did it go?

They all say updated. The process this year seems to be a bit different, where those that make it through the round of written applications are invited to a video interview through HireVue. I haven't heard back since then but I am guessing that the next round will be Skype interviews with an actual person (whereas the past years, it seems like people were invited to do Skype interviews right away without a step in between)...

Good luck! Keep us updated

I also received an interview request today, from the Operations Division - Defense Institution and Capacity Bulding Directorate.