Written test mainly technical based on the area of expertise, followed by panel interview. The panel focused on the experiences working in not necessarily humanitarian but ASALs or conflict regions or difficult settings.

I applied to a supervisory position at my local IRC office. I got an email from someone in a different state asking if I had time to do an interview, and if so, let them know when and also be sure to take into account that they are in another time zone. Kind of weird that they did not do that themselves and offer me a few options, but ok. We agreed on a day and time, so I was surprised when they called me a day earlier than what we had discussed. They called again on the scheduled day and started off the interview by telling me what the pay rate would be and if that was acceptable. I said unfortunately it would not work for me, since this was a supervisor position & would also carry a caseload. She then offered $1-2 more and said "this is a nonprofit." When I again declined and then stated it would be a +$15k pay cut from my current role at another nonprofit, that was the end of the interview. I understand that the IRC is not a for profit company, but the amount offered was insulting for a position that required managing a team and a caseload. It is horrifying to think what case managers, admin, and support staff are being paid- there is no way it is a liveable wage. Overall, it felt very disorganized and didn't make much sense that someone on the other side of the country was interviewing for a position with such a heavy focus on community outreach and working with local providers when that person clearly didn't know anything about our community. It would have also saved me (and likely others) a lot of time if IRC would just be transparent and list the pay on the job description. I would not have applied.