Foreign and Commonwealth Office interview questions
Updated 24 Jul 2025Difficulty
Average
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 5%Employee referralEmployee referral
- 4%RecruiterRecruiter
- 4%Campus recruitingCampus recruiting
- 4%In personIn person
- 2%OtherOther
Interview search
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Foreign and Commonwealth Office as 100% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.33 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Senior Economic Adviser and Executive A1 rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Senior Sector Manager and Policy Advisor roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Foreign and Commonwealth Office takes an average of 49 days when considering 6 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Senior Economic Adviser had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Executive A1 roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 180 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Foreign and Commonwealth Office according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 18%
Skills test: 18%
Background check: 18%
Presentation: 18%
One on one interview: 9%
Drug test: 9%
Personality test: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
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