October 2020 Traineeship

Momou wrote:Hi everyone

I saw that the applications for the March Blue Book session opened yesterday. However since then I can't access the page (The EUROPA server is temporarily unavailable). Am I the only one?

No, I think they are updating something / making some changes. It's been like that since yesterday evening.

The technical issues are still ongoing. I cannot even accept the offer because of this bug

It got very quiet here. Anyone with offers that accepted? What do you think about the Covid situation?

Hi Guys,

I was wondering if some of you who applied for the October session and get into the blue book but were not selected at the end for an internship (notably because of COVID, for example in my cases the 3 DG that I wanted did not take any interns..) tried to apply again for the March 2021 session?

If so, what do you think of having already been selected while considering the COVID situation?

Thanks in advance and good luck to you all!

Momou wrote: I was wondering if some of you who applied for the October session and get into the blue book but were not selected at the end for an internship (notably because of COVID, for example in my cases the 3 DG that I wanted did not take any interns..) tried to apply again for the March 2021 session?

I didn't get a job offer despite having been pre-selected and I applied for March 2021 session.

Momou wrote: If so, what do you think of having already been selected while considering the COVID situation?

What is exactly your question? Are you asking if the March 2021 might get affected, too?

Hi Brianstorm,

Thank for your answer!

Basically I just want to know how you guys (that has been pre selected for the October 2020 session but didn't get a job offer so re applied for the March one) feel about the selection procedure for the March session?

Because I read on this forum and elsewhere several people saying that being selected twice its almost impossible.. So I am scared of not being selected again even tough there was the corona issue for the October. And I am wondering if the Commission made some measures for the October 2020 applicants that were "not fairly treated" compares to the others sessions.

Hi all, statistics are out! 9719 applicants for the March 2021 session

luciaS95 wrote:Hi all, statistics are out! 9719 applicants for the March 2021 session

I wonder how many of them are from the March 2020 session.
Good thing is that less people applied for March 2021.

brianstorm wrote:

luciaS95 wrote:Hi all, statistics are out! 9719 applicants for the March 2021 session

I wonder how many of them are from the March 2020 session.
Good thing is that less people applied for March 2021.

Do you mean from October 2020? Because the ones from March 2020 just started their second traineeship session...Anyway I agree, the numbers are encouraging!