Media & design interviews

For communications officers, journalists, graphic designers, social media managers and video editors applying to NGOs, UN agencies, media houses, telecoms and universities. Four lessons: what the panel scores before you speak, how to walk them through a piece of your work, how to answer the consent and safeguarding question, and how to prove a campaign worked.

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Lessons

1What media and design panels look forUp nextPortfolio first, then accuracy and ethics, measurable results and honest tool levels. Plus the 30-minute practical task.5 min
2“Walk us through a piece in your portfolio”The opening question of most media interviews: the brief, your role, two choices you made, the result, and what you would change.5 min
3A sensitive story or a photo of a child: consent and safeguardingThe question NGO and UN panels score hardest: informed consent, children and survivors, dignity, verification, and what to do when the deadline pushes you.6 min
4“How do you measure whether a campaign worked?”Goal before, indicators from reach to real actions, where the numbers come from, and the one-page report that makes managers trust you.5 min

Role guides

Pick the role closest to the job you want: its questions, technical topics and practical tasks.

Module quiz

10 questions drawn from these lessons. You see why each answer is right straight away. Your best score stays on this device.

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