EP traineeship October 2019

I was shortlisted for the EU visitors programme unit. There are any other who was shortlisted for the same office? Do you know how many people were shortlisted for each unit? If someone have received an official offer, please let us know.

Hello everyone,

I was shortlisted for a position. However, I have yet to hear back. Has anyone received a formal offer?

Thanks.

Hey all.

I received a formal offer about a week ago. Just to let everybody know that the first round is probably over.

From which DG did you receive an offer?

Aren't we supposed to be told if we were rejected? I mean I think they will let us know if we are not selected.
Is there anyone who was rejected and didn't receive any email about that?

Has anyone been sent an offer for EU Enlargement Policy?

Hi everyone,

Had a problem with one of my documents which thankfully got sorted, so I received an official offer this morning for a traineeship in Luxembourg
Best of luck to everyone still waiting, and anyone else heading to Luxembourg this October, please say hi!

blithespirit wrote:Hi everyone,

Had a problem with one of my documents which thankfully got sorted, so I received an official offer this morning for a traineeship in Luxembourg
Best of luck to everyone still waiting, and anyone else heading to Luxembourg this October, please say hi!

Happy for you, congratulations!! Did they let you know that there was a problem with the documents?

nedo wrote:

blithespirit wrote:Hi everyone,

Had a problem with one of my documents which thankfully got sorted, so I received an official offer this morning for a traineeship in Luxembourg
Best of luck to everyone still waiting, and anyone else heading to Luxembourg this October, please say hi!

Happy for you, congratulations!! Did they let you know that there was a problem with the documents?

Thanks! Yes indeed they did, and they allowed me time to submit a more suitable one So I am very lucky

So can we presume if we have not been contacted by tomorrow (deadline for documents), it is unlikely we are the top shortlisted candidate?

robclem102 wrote:So can we presume if we have not been contacted by tomorrow (deadline for documents), it is unlikely we are the top shortlisted candidate?

I'm not sure, here only couple of people said that they got the offer. I wish we could hear more, so we would have more accurate idea about the situation.

I'd really like to know more about the shortlisting/offer process. How many people do they shortlist per position? Who has the final say? ... I mean why notify us of being shortlisted if the process is opaque. If someone was offered a traineeship for a certain position, would it not be logical to simultaneously send out rejection letters to those shortlisted for the position and were unsuccessful? So many question marks tbh. As a matter of fact, has any received a rejection letter?

SMT wrote:I'd really like to know more about the shortlisting/offer process. How many people do they shortlist per position? Who has the final say? ... I mean why notify us of being shortlisted if the process is opaque. If someone was offered a traineeship for a certain position, would it not be logical to simultaneously send out rejection letters to those shortlisted for the position and were unsuccessful? So many question marks tbh. As a matter of fact, has any received a rejection letter?

I agree with you, it would be better if the shortlisting process was more transparent. Even if they emailed people and made it clear to them that they were on the reserve list, that would at least cut out some of the uncertainty :/

I assume that they don't email rejections to those who are on the reserve list, but they also have to wait until those offered places accept or decline....Hard to determine whether the August 15th deadline is for those offered places in the first round, in which case they will move on to the others in the list if some people decline the traineeship, or if the 15th marks the end of the entire process altogether.

Here's hoping everyone hears back in one way or another soon and the uncertainty is cleared up!

blithespirit wrote:

SMT wrote:I'd really like to know more about the shortlisting/offer process. How many people do they shortlist per position? Who has the final say? ... I mean why notify us of being shortlisted if the process is opaque. If someone was offered a traineeship for a certain position, would it not be logical to simultaneously send out rejection letters to those shortlisted for the position and were unsuccessful? So many question marks tbh. As a matter of fact, has any received a rejection letter?

I agree with you, it would be better if the shortlisting process was more transparent. Even if they emailed people and made it clear to them that they were on the reserve list, that would at least cut out some of the uncertainty :/

I assume that they don't email rejections to those who are on the reserve list, but they also have to wait until those offered places accept or decline....Hard to determine whether the August 15th deadline is for those offered places in the first round, in which case they will move on to the others in the list if some people decline the traineeship, or if the 15th marks the end of the entire process altogether.

Here's hoping everyone hears back in one way or another soon and the uncertainty is cleared up!

15th of August is the deadline for uploading the documents. Deadline for the selection process is the 15th of September, which includes both the first round and the reserve list.

I would follow such logic: If the 15th marks the deadline for those who were offered the place in the first round, they are taking a huge risk of not having any intern at all. They need some time to check the documents and send offer, and receive an answer within 3 days. If the first round pick doesnčt upload his documents properly or if he doesn't upload anything at all, they may end up not having any reserve candidate if there's not any. I hope it makes sense.

Of course this doesn't give us any clue about the process, but at least we can presume that they evaluate the candidates any time at any point. I don't know; I am open for any ideas at this point.

Hi guys! I got shortlisted on 1st of August, uploaded my documents on 3rd of August and received official offer on 6th of August.

I got an offer from DG for Communication at one of the Liaison Office. As per the Liasion Office I was told they pick only 1 trainee. I am about to start working on 1st of September and that is probably why my offer came back so soon.

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spicyhb wrote:Hi guys! I got shortlisted on 1st of August, uploaded my documents on 3rd of August and received official offer on 6th of August.

I got an offer from DG for Communication at one of the Liaison Office. As per the Liasion Office I was told they pick only 1 trainee. I am about to start working on 1st of September and that is probably why my offer came back so soon.

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Congratulations! Thank you for letting us know, you have no idea how much we appreciate it. lol

1st of September is quite early, hope you can manage everything. Good luck!

spicyhb wrote:Hi guys! I got shortlisted on 1st of August, uploaded my documents on 3rd of August and received official offer on 6th of August.

I got an offer from DG for Communication at one of the Liaison Office. As per the Liasion Office I was told they pick only 1 trainee. I am about to start working on 1st of September and that is probably why my offer came back so soon.

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Congratulations and best of luck!

Hey guys! Just wondering if anybody has received the actual traineeship agreement? Many of us have received and accepted the offer, but i still haven’t received the actual traineeship agreement which seems strange to me

Hi, I have it because I am a non EU and I need those documents to apply for visa. According to the previous trainee I asked, if you don't ask for the documents u will only receive the admission email

Hi Guys,
Anyone here shortlisted for the SG Project Management Office?

Hi guys,

Anyone here has been shortlisted/offered a place at DG Personnel - Schooling Allowances Campaign or at DG Finance - Member's travel and subsistence expenses, both in Luxembourg?

Does anyone know that if all "first round" offers have been already made? I'm starting to think I'm on the waiting list because I was shortlisted on August 1st and submited my documents on August 9th but so far nothing.

Hi everyone,

I followed the thread for a while, and now I thought I'd share the infos I have with you.
I was lucky enough to have the chance to speak to the trainee currently holding the position I've been shortlisted for (he started March 2019). I asked about the selection process; he said he received the offer email exactly three weeks after having been shortlisted. Judging from his previous experience, he seems like a top candidate to me. But also, the DG where he worked employs several trainees, so I guess there's more room to be selected.

One thing I've been looking out for is people on social media posting "I was accepted for a traineeship in Brussels!" - mainly on twitter and linkedin, since they're 'public'. I have not seen much, which gives me hope the selection is still ongoing.

For those who will be selected in the end, please don't forget this period of waiting and wondering, and give some feedback to the hiring department. I guess many of us don't live in Brussels/Luxembourg, and each selected trainee should be given enough time to look for a flat, move, and figure out the usual administrative stuff. To be selected in early September (as some people have, according to past discussions in this forum), would stress the hell out of me.

Warren2020 wrote:Hi everyone,

I followed the thread for a while, and now I thought I'd share the infos I have with you.
I was lucky enough to have the chance to speak to the trainee currently holding the position I've been shortlisted for (he started March 2019). I asked about the selection process; he said he received the offer email exactly three weeks after having been shortlisted. Judging from his previous experience, he seems like a top candidate to me. But also, the DG where he worked employs several trainees, so I guess there's more room to be selected.

One thing I've been looking out for is people on social media posting "I was accepted for a traineeship in Brussels!" - mainly on twitter and linkedin, since they're 'public'. I have not seen much, which gives me hope the selection is still ongoing.

For those who will be selected in the end, please don't forget this period of waiting and wondering, and give some feedback to the hiring department. I guess many of us don't live in Brussels/Luxembourg, and each selected trainee should be given enough time to look for a flat, move, and figure out the usual administrative stuff. To be selected in early September (as some people have, according to past discussions in this forum), would stress the hell out of me.

Thank you for sharing this information with us. I totally agree with giving feedback about his waiting period. It would be much better if we had a chance to give feedback now, before or without receiving the offer. This process is designed only in favour of the offices and the candidates are suffering it. All these things are only to make sure that each DG receives enough trainee, which puts all the pressure on the shortlisted candidates. I cannot imagine how many of us were unable to make a longterm plan because of this vague waiting period.

We can actually write a joint letter and send it individually to the commission or somewhere else. I believe it would make an impact, at least for the people that will have to wait here like us. What do you say?

I'm all for it!

Warren2020 wrote:I'm all for it!

Perfect! Hope there are more to join us. Maybe they have better ideas. Let's wait for a week an see.

Got admitted for DG Translation Anyone up for looking accommodation in Lux together? PM me.

Hey! I just wanted to ask, do you know if anyone already received a rejection letter after being shortlisted?

C123 wrote:
Hey! I just wanted to ask, do you know if anyone already received a rejection letter after being shortlisted?

Hi,
Unfortunately, you don't know. This is why most of us are not happy with the process. They don't even change the 'ongoing' status of your application to 'rejected'.

I assume we'll be kept on the waiting list as long as possible, so the DGs always have a pool of candidates they can pick from. Technically, the shortlist is done until September 15....