Free lessons
Last updated 2 August 2026
Three lessons from UN Career Academy are free to watch in full, with no account and no payment. One sits at each stage that decides most applications: the written application, the screening tests, and the interview. Each page carries the video and the complete transcript.
The UN cover letter and motivation statement: what actually works
Automated screening decides whether anyone reads your application. The motivation statement decides what they think when they do.
Lesson 5.5, module 5: Mastering the Application Process. Watch and read
UN online pre-screening tests: aptitude, psychometrics and what to expect
The tests are not an intelligence exam. They are a filter, and filters can be prepared for.
Lesson 6.1, module 6: Assessments and Written Tests. Watch and read
The STAR method for UN competency interviews: a complete tutorial
Every UN competency interview is scored against evidence. STAR is how you supply it.
Lesson 7.3, module 7: The Competency-Based Interview. Watch and read
Why these three
They are the lessons that answer the questions people actually arrive with, and each stands on its own without the rest of the course around it. They are not extracts or trailers: they are the lessons as enrolled students receive them.
The other fifty-seven cover the UN system and its contract grades, every route in, building the profile, applying at volume, written assessments, the competency frameworks in depth, what happens after the interview, and the agencies themselves. See the full curriculum and pricing.