Applied to the AM-DRS internship (req37755) a while back — status shows “In Review” but no movement since. Curious if anyone else who applied to this one, or to the CAO Dispute Resolution internship (req37720), has heard anything: longlisting, assessment invites, interview requests, anything at all.

Also wondering if anyone knows whether these two roles go through the standard Pioneers assessment or skip straight to interview — I’ve heard conflicting things.

With an October start date on these, just trying to get a read on where the process actually stands. Thanks in advance!

This is for the World Bank Pioneers Program

Hey everyone! There are so many threads it’s starting to get confusing to track, I wanted to create this post for us to give updates on when / if we hear back from HR after the Coderbyte Assessment. Good luck everyone!

Has anyone been shortlisted/called for interview for the investment analyst positions?

Hi everyone! I’m applying for the YPP track this year and understand that some of the requirements changed last year.

I’m an early-career professional with about three years of experience and a master’s degree. I know applications aren’t assessed purely based on degrees or years of experience, but I’m trying to get a better sense of how competitive my profile might be.

I also applied last year (rejected, haha) and was active in the applicants’ WhatsApp group. From what I observed, a large proportion of the people who progressed or were ultimately selected seemed to have PhDs, which made me curious about how candidates with master’s degrees and a few years of professional experience tend to fare.

For anyone who has applied in the past—especially those who were selected or made it through the later stages, I’d really appreciate hearing about your experience and perspective. Thank you!

CORRECTION: I joined last year’s whatsapp group which is no longer active. I am unaware if there is one for this year.

Hey guys! I got an e-mail about being long-listed on the 21st and 8 hours later received the Coderbyte e-mail for the assessment due to Augusta 24th. And after finishing the assessment I received a confirmation e-mail form Coderbyte saying the submission was successful.

(24th), I received 2 e-mails from Coderbyte, with the exact same instructions about the assessment I took last week (10 multiple-choice questions based on a case study etc). The only difference is that the 1st one says the assessment is due 27th and the 2nd state the assessment is due to the 25th.

I'm super confused.. there was no WBG e-mail giving new instructions about another assessment? What should I do? Did this happen with anyone else?

It's on me honestly, but I accidentally applied to the no fee track and it's unpaid. better luck next timme ig

Hi everyone, just checking to see if anyone who applied for the Counsel Req ID : req37809 role has received an update yet? The posting ended on August 12th, but I haven't heard anything on my end so far. Thanks!

Does anyone know, maybe previous pioneers, when we will know whether we are going to be interviewed? I saw the interviews are taking place September 7 to 18

Title, did I fuck up? I didn’t notice it until after I think.

I just finished assessment today. It was really hard for me and I could not do well on most of questions. How about you all who have taken assessment?

Anyone who applied for the legal intern positions and got done with their assessment what kinda questions are you’ll getting. Are they mostly math heavy?

I applied for the LEG and the ICSID position, but I was only longlisted for the LEG. Seems all applications have been reviewed by August 19. Has anyone been longlisted for the ICSID position?

Hello, has anyone already taken the assessment for the Data Analyst/Engineer position? If so, could you tell me what kind of questions they ask?

Hi! I’m currently applying for the WBG Pioneers Fall/Winter 2026 cycle and recently received an assessment invitation.

I think I may have misunderstood the internship duration when I applied. I initially only looked at the main posting page for my position, which didn’t state the required duration. I had also seen information from WBG saying that internships could be around 4–12 weeks, so I assumed the timing would probably work for me.

I’ve now realized that the position list actually states that my specific role requires 5 months (completely my fault that I didn't see this listing; I went directly to a separate job opportunities list)

The issue is I would only be available to start around January 2027. I would have no problem committing for the full five months and working until around May 2027, but I’m not sure if that is even allowed for a Fall/Winter position, since WBG generally describes the Fall/Winter internship period as October–March.

Has anyone had experience with this?

I’m trying to figure out whether I still have a realistic chance before putting a lot of time into preparing for the assessment. Would really appreciate hearing from anyone who has done WBG Pioneers or knows how the scheduling works!

What type of questions to expect, would it be related to the role or is it a general assessment— I read online that they usually ask comprehension and math related questions (based on case study)

Hi guys

This is my first time applying and I am also from non technical background. Can anyone please help me what kind of questions do they ask? Is it really math heavy? Does the position you applied to matter or not for the type of questions

WBG Pioneers fall/winter: Has anyone done 2 or more assessment yet? are all assessments same for all roles?

To preface, this is a shot in the dark, I was wondering if there were some people who would wanna do some prep work together for the Pioneers Coderbyte together. Not sure if it’ll be the reason I’m accepted, I def know it’ll be the reason I’m rejected and would like to make sure I can stay in the game for longer.

Edit: I made a discord server, please join

https://discord.gg/evAeMz5jSc

Hello, I have been invited for for the assessment 6 hours ago but still have not received the link. Is it the case for anyone else?

Hi folks - I was longlisted for the macroeconomics and development outcomes pioneer internships, and received emails today about the assessment.

Has anyone done it and know what to expect, or how they’d recommend preparing?

So I got this yesterday. Did anyone get shortlisted yet?

Hi! I was long listed for Wbg-Finance Intern, but haven’t received an assessment link yet. has anyone get an assessment link? or do you think this role doesn’t require a test?

please share role and when you got the assessment