I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at CERN in Jan 2009
Interview
I applied for technical student position. After initial submit I was contacted after 1-2 months. I got only 2 phone interviews with very friendly guy. He was curious about my skills and work experience I did during my university. The whole phone call was not longer than 30 min. The guy described me the work I should do and we checked once more the start date.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I didn't find it hard. Maybe I've got enough experience for this level.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at CERN in Apr 2026
Interview
There were 3 people at the interview.One of them was a supervisor, the other two were engineers I would be working with.The supervisor didn't ask much, but the other two pressed her a lot.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a problem you encountered while working in a team and how you solved it.
Un entretien par visio en différé, puis un physicien m'a contactée et on a continué le processus de cette manière, ça a été plutôt rapide. Ensuite il faut attendre la date donnée du CERN pour voir si le profil a effectivement été retenu
It was not too difficult. It firstly asked to introduce myself. Then I was told why I am motivated to work for cern. Then they asked if I had applied to other organisation.
