Foreign and Commonwealth Office interview questions
Updated Jul 24, 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 69.2% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.08 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Executive Officer and Finance Assistant rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Administrative Assistant and Receptionist roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Foreign and Commonwealth Office takes an average of 31 days when considering 53 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Personal Assistant to the Deputy High Commissioner had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Entry Clearance Officer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 150 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Foreign and Commonwealth Office according to 53 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 32%
Background check: 14%
Skills test: 13%
Phone interview: 12%
Drug test: 7%
One on one interview: 7%
Presentation: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Personality test: 3%
Other: 2%
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