This is the most honest, detailed and concise experience I have ever been able to find on technical student internship at CERN. Thank you so much for uploading this! Loved it to the core.
@@thalitaborealis6931 Finding Housing on the swiss side is pretty tough. Geneva housing market can be very intense. Finding something on the French side can be easier. the French side can also be a little cheaper. Join the Young@CERN Facebook group. What you can do as well is just stay in the CERN hostel for a few weeks and physically practically find something when you are here and then just move into your new apartment.
Thank you very much Milap! I would love to make more videos, but life right now is just a little too Hectic, but I will try to start again at least by next year.
Thanks a lot for this amazing video Anish...I've been following you for quite a while now....Just wanted to ask how the questions on SONRU were like...more inclined towards the technical side or general questions...?
SONRU has very generic questions and not technical questions at all. You can even red a few more comments as many people have asked this and I'm sure I've answered this more than once.
Hey, I hope you are doing well. I saw your videos which are so informative. I have a question like what kind of questions they asked in Web interview? Thanks in advance,
They ask very generic questions in SONRU web interview like why do you want to work at CERN? What kind of environment do you want to work in ? What motivates you etc.
These are all the important dates in my selection journey. Hope this helps :) Application Validation Email - 9th February 2018 SONRU email - 20th April 2018 Interview Email 1 - 16th May 2018 Interview Email 2 - 14th June 2018 Selection Mail - 18th June 2018 Start - 1st September 2018 End - 31st August 2019
Hi, I just got a notification about being selected for a video interview for the technical student program. This is the computer based on right, the one in which questions are flashed and we have to answer them. In the mail, I was asked this: To prepare for this interview, we will be asking you a few questions, broadly about: yourself, a project you’re proud of and why, your technical/administrative strengths, your motivation as well as what your ideal work environment looks like and what you hope to gain from this experience. firstly, im shocked that i even got shortlisted(?) im panicking and don't know how to prepare for these basic questions. i dont really have a 100% complete project either
Hi! Thank you for this video! This really motivated me. At present, I'm at the start of my 6th Semester. So I had given a contract of just 4 months to the technical internship since I will have to manage my academics too. But seeing your video I don't mind getting a year break. So is it possible to extend the contract till 12-14 months if at all I'm selected?
Anything can happen now. either you will be directly selected and will get selection email, or some team can even invite you for an interview and it's also possible no team contacts you and you are not selected. There is no fixed procedure after this, sorry, I understand maybe that's not what you wanted to hear. Best of luck 👍
Hey, I got the video interview call for the technical student program. Can you please tell me on what basis they will select the student after giving the interview. Can you give me some tips for the interview too
Hey Utkarsh! I have answered this question several times in other comments as well, so do go through them as well. In the video interview it will be a computer that asks questions and not a real person. The questions will be very generic like Why do you want to work at CERN ? What motivates you ? What kind of problems have you solved ? your most difficult challenge you have solved ? Good luck 👍
Great video man..Are you currently doing a full time job at CERN? If yes is it bit easier to have one if you had participated in student training program?
Thanks! I'm glad that you liked the video :) Yes, I am currently working at CERN as a fellow. Maybe its easier coming back as a fellow after a technical student, but I know many many !! people who arrived at CERN straight as a fellow or staff without working here before, so just because you worked at CERN before doesn't guarantee anything.
Dude! ... You're really awesome... Actually I got my video interview as technical intern in cern. I think this video gives me the boost to get my intern in CERN(Switzerland )😂🥳... Can I get your email id sir?
Hey bro! I saw your answer on quora, and it's really inspiring to hear you talk. I'll be applying to Technical Studentship this month and I'll come back to tell you if I get selected! Thank you for this!
Hello Mr. Anish, today i appeared in on-demand video interview. There were 5 questions and 2 minutes were for everyone questions recording. I was bit hastitate because the time was limited and i was thinking different aspects of projects i worked on. Now im worried about results.
Even during my experience I felt that time was limited, that's a normal feeling, but yes the technical student program is very competitive, but either ways good luck 👍
Hello there! Seems like you have recently taken the video interview, can you please share the questions you have been asked? Since I am also afraid I might make things worse as there is such limited time to answer each question. Any help is much appreciated.
Hey bro.. am going to apply for technical studentship.. I have two Reference letters from university professors.. but am unable to produce letters from previous employer... is it mandatory to attach letter from employer as well??
When I think of CERN my mind just goes back to the Dan Brown novels I loved reading, gives me a very futuristic sci-fi vibe lol. Must have been such an amazing experience for you, thank you for sharing this! I am a first year CS student and I think even if for just a summer, I would love to get some experience in a foreign country.
Yes, even in my mind, CERN was something out of the future for me, and in many ways it is and an in many ways it is also very old school, still using pretty old technology and still using applications written more than 2 decades ago. But all in all it was a life changing experience and I am pretty grateful to get the opportunity to work there. Good luck to you as well 👍
Thanks! It is really a nice video. I am a MSc student at the OVG University Magdeburg, Germany. I applied for the Technical student position and gave the SONRU interview before the deadline of 5th April 2022. It is a month now, and I am about to complete my MSc but just because it's CERN I am still waiting for a reply. Can you give an idea, when can I expect a result from them? Or as it is already a month so I can guess that no teams are interested on my profile? Thanks for the video again.
Well, I did get my first email for an interview within 1 month, but I was not selected for that and I got my second email about 2 months from my SONRU email so maybe there is still hope... That's all I can say, sorry 😥 but you shouldn't feel dejected. It really is very competitive and there are a very few spots. I think luck is also a big factor.
Hey bro. I have an interview with Sonru and I am really nervous as my spoken English skills aren't that good. Can you please guide me that fluent English skills matters a lot ? And please can you briefly explained what will they ask in that pre-recorded q/a interview ?
Well its okay if your English is not the best, as long as you can clearly communicate what you are trying to say. Many people at CERN don't have English as your first Language. as for the type of questions, they are very generic. they ask generic questions like why do you want to work here? where did you ear about CERN? your perfect work environment? etc ...
If we applied for a year can we reduce it into 6 months ..how to do that .. and can we leave internship in the mid if we are not getting comfortable with the environment ?
If you have been selected for the Tech student internship, you can talk to your supervisor about reducing the time frame. Also when it comes to leaving a job that you don't like, be it any job on the planet, you can do that. No one can force anyone to work (at least not anymore 😉) so you can resign whenever you like. I actually resigned from Fellowship program from CERN. I have an entire video about leaving CERN.
What were your grades like when applying? I have to retake some of my classes so I am wondering how big of a chance I have of getting accepted to a technical internship.
what about the flight charges for come and go additionally will Cern take charge of everything ,what about living expenses and food you haven't tell anything about that?
@@kamaleshmohan3744 they're there for you but you have to to everything by yourself. So yeah there are several forums and stuff and people to help you out but of you want yo become independent. This will definately do that.
@@AnishLearnsToCode thanks a lot for answering to my questions patiently and finally question is how much it costed for you to stay there and for food expenses per month.
@@kamaleshmohan3744 depends on how much you eat out or do you cook. It normally costs 1300-1600 CHF every month loving their. This includes rent and eating and everything else as well.
Hi anish!! thank you!!! I was planning on applying for openlab summer programme this year, I am at pretty much same sitation as you were at the time, I am only good at dsa in c++ lol, no development experince. But i do have some research experince and I am a MITACS scholar too :) I just wanted to know if you faced any issues while starting off at CERN with regard to technical knowledge, because people I've seen who get selected have gigantic CVs, was it hard to keep up?
I was thrown straight into the code and yes there was a very steep learning curve and yes I did struggle initially. Having said that irrespective of where I would've worked, CERN or not, it would've been a struggle because that is absolutely normal. Imposter syndrome is also totally normal. Everyone has to start from zero, and start from somewhere eventually. And no matter what company you join you will initially be a junior developer and it will take some time to get to know the system etc. But, wherever you start working, the people there will know that you are a junior dev or new to development and will understand when you make mistakes and will also guide you. I think that I received a lot of guidance and learnt a lot, and there are many young people at CERN. I don't think everyone is an expert. There are probably many people who feel like you do, it's normal.
@@divyareddy7622 In the Technical student program, no housing is provided for you. All you receive is a stipend and you have to find housing and manage everything else on your own from that money. So, all you get is money and how you choose to spend that; housing, food etc. is totally up to you.
Your videos are helping me a lot:D Can you please give me some suggestions like what kind of skills / courses / internships should i take for next 1/2years to increase the chances to get selected!? ( Note : Im a first year student of physics from Bangladesh. Also I dont have any Olympiad Background Or any national awards💔)
well, first things first if you're from Bangladesh. I'm sorry but you can't apply for the technical student or fellowship program, as only people from member states or associate member states can apply. having said that you can apply for short term internship program, summer internship and CERN openlab. As for skills, i highly recommend becoming proficient in a modern programming language like Java/C#/Python/C++ etc. I would highly recommend Java (just a personal preference). Focus on core cs; data structures, algorithms etc. and make your fundamentals strong. Any internship that you can find will be good. also there's not just one path that leads to CERN, everyone can have a different skill set and abilities, what worked for me doesn't have to work for you. And even if you dont get into CERN. if your fundamentals are strong you'll get into somewhere. Hope that helps :)
@@AnishLearnsToCode I've another question to ask.. You've said that you applied for almost 200 internships.. Well, didn’t they all asked for particular recommendation letters!? How did you manage these almost (2x200) letters from your Professors!?🙂 [ im also planning to apply for internship at different Universities/ institutions.! But managing huge number of recommendation letters is discouraging me...!)
@@AnishLearnsToCode so I need to be just loud and clear about my thoughts in that interview or do I need to short summited up or need to elaborate it more
@@jatinrai3633 each question will be timed, like max 120 sec or 90 sec, you will have to be short and being loud makes no difference, just make sure your mic is working and is recording at a good decible, the platform has all of this.
Well, you can only add what you actually know 😉. I think that adding a long list of programming languages isn't very helpful. It is much better to know a few languages very well and knowing the basics like OOPs, DSA etc. much more than just a long list of languages on your resume.
Well you have to start somewhere. Just apply for several internships, in India as well as abroad and try and get something for the summer. This will slowly add to your experience.
I have already answered this question in probably this video or maybe the Technical Student FAQs video. Sonru asks very basic fundamental questions like what would be your ideal workplace environment? what kind of people would you like to work with? what are your strength? weaknesses? describe a project you worked on? etc. questions like these
Hello all, I had a couple of questions about this opportunity. I am a 2023 graduate Engineering student. Will I be able to apply for it just after graduation? Also do we have to present the college permission letter before or after if we get selected. If anyone could help me with this, it's highly appreciated. Thank you
If you're graduating you probably can't apply and you have to submit the university approval letter after being selected. You can take a look at the origin program (which was previously called the Junior Fellowship program). that is for recent grads
I don't know about all Indians, but I'm not. As for rehearsal, yes you can do that on SONRU and as for the final recording, you can't modify/delete it. Once done, it will be final.
Hello sir , I'm applying for cern ,Can you please guide me to apply for it ,like what kind of resume we have to prepare and what are the things we have to mention in it.
You can see sample resume examples on Google. A good resume will be good for CERN as well. And then you will need a couple of LoR's and also a statement of purpose (SOP). Imo SOP and resume is most important.
I want to know that ... In the section of benefits they mentioned travel expenses and stipend...but someone told me that in the first month we will not recieve stipend and 2nd thing is when we will recieve travel expenses or visa as well
Hey Tanzeel ! You will receive your stipend every month. You will be paid for every month that you are employed there :D as for the travel expenses you will get reimbursed once you have arrived at CERN and it should take only a couple of weeks to get reimbursed. If you have been selected you will receive details on how to apply for visa and you will have to apply for visa yourself, but there is no visa fees when you're applying for a CERN Visa as CERN is an international and diplomatic organisation and there is no visa fees for CERN, UN etc.
Hi ! Anish my application just moved forward.. and i have been invited for web interview can you give me some guidance about that on that what kind of questions should i prepare?
Anyone can write a lor for you. It can be professor, assistant prof, lab professor. If you have done any past internship, or job you can also get a lor from them. so you can also hve 1 university lor + 1 past internship supervisor lor.
a motivation letter is a very personal thing, you need to write what "motivates" you, i cant guide you in that. read some sample motivation letters online and you'll get some idea.
Okay that's great I have done my bachelors computer science and got video interview invitation. Im not a programmer, after graduation i have worked in GOvt departments and used specific tools that are only used in GOvt for E -filing. Now please guide me would they prefer a candidate having such experience for early career professional program???
I have no idea what kind of experience they are looking for, but I'm sure that all experience must count. Also it's not CERN that is hiring you but the several departments inside CERN that are interviewing and hiring. Every department looks for something different so there is no 1 right experience or profile.
Dear Anish, i applied for CERN Studentship 2023 and i’ve got an invite for video interview. Can you walk me through this process and any suggestions if you’ve gone through the video interview?
This is the computer video interview I'm assuming. In my time it was taken by SONRU, so search for SONRU in the comments and you'll find many answers already. They ask generic non technical questions like what motivates you? most difficult project ever worked on etc. and all the questions are timed so like 90-120 seconds and there is no real person on the other end, the questions just flash on the computer screen
Hi I am going to apply for short term internship at CERN and in the application form they don't ask for transcripts and reference letters but they do have a field of additional document where they only ask for resume. So what should I do about reference letters
Thank you so much sir for this link, as I got confused due to deadlines of multiple programme but I want to apply for short term Internship programme and its deadline is until October 2022.
Hey, Sometimes texting for a friend can bring so many enriching stories. Started to watch it just for a while and ended up finishing your rant. xD.... Amazing story telling😇
Hi, do you think exam grades are very important? I'm in my third year of electronic engineering (first year out of course) and I would really like to apply for an internship as a technical student at CERN but I'm afraid that because of my path it will be limited. I've had some family problems and I've had to work, all of which is slowing down my degree. I would like to use the internship at CERN as a three-year degree thesis, do you think it's possible? I thank you
I don't think that exam grades matter a lot. My CGPA was 8.1/8.2 when I applied to CERN, nothing stellar. So, I don't think grades matter a lot. If you are selected then yes you can do coursework/thesis while you're at CERN.
@@AnishLearnsToCode Thank you very much for your answer. Another question please, as I told you on june I'll finish to follow courses at university. I should graduate in 1 year and I have to do an internship and my degree thesis (I hope from September onwards), I also have some exams to take. I would like to apply for a 6-month internship at Cern (electronic engineering), do you think it would be useless to try?
Thank you again! Can I apply for both? But I have to take into account that I will have to give still exams to reach the final bachelor degree .... @@AnishLearnsToCode
I will also try without a reference letter... hope it won't be a problem. But do you think it will be also possible to have time to give my exams to reach the final degree of my bachelor on electronics engineering in Italy? Thank you@@AnishLearnsToCode
No, they only give monthly stipend and you have to manage all expenses using that. They will pay one time installation cost of relocating to Switzerland from your home country, but that will be it.
@@AnishLearnsToCode are all the expenses manageable with that stipend? If not can you please tell me how much extra do I have to spend to live there for a month? By the way thanks so much for reply❤️
@@AnishLearnsToCode I have one more question 😅. Does it require to submit of extra courses that I have done along with CV? I'm asking that there are some online free courses which I'm looking forward to do but I won't get certificate after completion.
You can add all the courses that you have taken on your CV, including but not limited to: 1. University courses 2. MOOCS (from Coursera, Udemy etc.) 3. Other courses but having a certificate to actually prove that you have taken them would be nice otherwise it will just be a long list of corses that you are claiming to have done without any proof. Having said that, having a long list of courses on your resume isn't the best. Your CV should be more focussed with just a list of the most important courses you have taken. and then it can also contain projects, past internships, experiences etc. Just courses isn't pretty great.
Everything is super interesting thank you for sharing! My question is, is it a stimulating environment for young people? How's Geneva? I mean, is it just work or the quality of life is good and enjoyable? Thank you again ✨
Geneva or Switzerland in general isnt a very young place. All shops and markets close at 6:30 or 7 sharp. Even the airport closes around 10:30-11ish at night so its very much like a village in a sense and not a very hip hop party place. Me, I am bit of an introvert so honestly I don't mind the calm, but having said that, there are many young people working at CERN and also from the UN. The town of Saint Genis Pouilly is basically a CERN town and there are plenty of activities happening all the time. As for the work life balance, IMO its pretty great, but I am more from a CS background, and I have heard about physicists an scientists pulling an all nighter as well. But overall, I think its a very good balance and yes it is enjoyable 🙂
What kind of prospects would a BSc Computer Science & Mathematics student hope for considering I have a first average in my first year. I’d be interested in both the technical and administrative programmes, I have a aptitude in physics, mathematics and computing. Generally consider myself an aspiring scientist with a hint of imposter syndrome 😂. I am looking for some advice. I have my second year of my degree still to go before my placement year and thus I’m the stage of searching for possibilities. How early should I apply if I were to start next year? Is this even feasible? Would I need to learn another language? What is living in Geneva like, is it expensive, does the cern allowance of ≈ 3319 Swiss Franc cover living and accommodation?
Hey Man ! You have asked a lot of questions. yes the stipend that CERN gives to Technical and admin students is more than enough to live very well in the region and also save some money. Yes, you can apply for the Tech and admin student program as a B. Sc student, but I think that the Tech student will be better suited than the admin student program. As for the selection, I can't say who will and won't be selected. You will just have to apply and see. CERN has 2 official languages, i.e. English and French so if you know any one of these, you are fine. You don't need to learn French to work at CERN, but if you know some french that's definitely a plus. You can see application dates/deadlines on cern careers website.
They don't know what are the different tiers of colleges in India, only Indians know the different tiers and almost all the Indians I have met at CERN have been from tier 3 and 4 colleges. I myself and also not from any IIT 😉
I received my automated video interview email on the 9th February 2018 I received my first interview email from a department on the 16th May 2018 I received the second email from the supervisor that would finally hire me on the 14th June 2018
@@AnishLearnsToCode no complex data structure questions then I suppose? and what about the interview for fellowship position? what was the level of questions?
fellowship interview was very grueling and tough, technical student interview was simpler but that doesn't mean selection is easier, there is a very large applicant pool.
@@ankurgiri7589 full on ds and algo + behavioral questions + soft skills + architecture. having said that your interview totally depends on the team that interviews you. There is no standard CERN interview format.
This is the most honest, detailed and concise experience I have ever been able to find on technical student internship at CERN. Thank you so much for uploading this! Loved it to the core.
Thank you for the kind words 😊. Will add more videos with even more experiences of working at CERN. Stay tuned!
this was such a well made video! so grateful to have chamced upon this at the tight time, thank you for sharing your experience!! :)
Happy to hear this was helpful to you !
I have been selected!!! I can't thank you enough for your videos. I'm so excited that I can't even breathe!!
Congratulations! I'm very happy to hear these videos helped someone 😀
@@AnishLearnsToCode Thank you very much for your help`. I am struggling with housing right now. How did you do with dad?
@@thalitaborealis6931 Finding Housing on the swiss side is pretty tough. Geneva housing market can be very intense. Finding something on the French side can be easier. the French side can also be a little cheaper. Join the Young@CERN Facebook group. What you can do as well is just stay in the CERN hostel for a few weeks and physically practically find something when you are here and then just move into your new apartment.
Hey brother,
My resume is also shortlisted for the CERN technical student, now I have my video interview scheduled please guide me through it.
Hey Came upon this video, I will be applying for technical studentship at CERN.Thanks for making this video!
So insightful bro, it's worth listening your story is inspiring and honest. You can come along some more of your works.
Thank you very much Milap! I would love to make more videos, but life right now is just a little too Hectic, but I will try to start again at least by next year.
this is exactly what i wanted thank you so much for all the efforts you put into making such a great video 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Glad you liked it!!
Thanks a lot for this amazing video Anish...I've been following you for quite a while now....Just wanted to ask how the questions on SONRU were like...more inclined towards the technical side or general questions...?
SONRU has very generic questions and not technical questions at all. You can even red a few more comments as many people have asked this and I'm sure I've answered this more than once.
i will wait for the video for your research intern in Auckland
I will try that you don't have to wait very long :D
thanks lot man was a great video
Hey, I hope you are doing well. I saw your videos which are so informative. I have a question like what kind of questions they asked in Web interview? Thanks in advance,
They ask very generic questions in SONRU web interview like why do you want to work at CERN? What kind of environment do you want to work in ? What motivates you etc.
@@AnishLearnsToCode Hey, After web interview in how many days they reply for next step? Thanks in advance
These are all the important dates in my selection journey. Hope this helps :)
Application Validation Email - 9th February 2018
SONRU email - 20th April 2018
Interview Email 1 - 16th May 2018
Interview Email 2 - 14th June 2018
Selection Mail - 18th June 2018
Start - 1st September 2018
End - 31st August 2019
Hi, I just got a notification about being selected for a video interview for the technical student program. This is the computer based on right, the one in which questions are flashed and we have to answer them. In the mail, I was asked this:
To prepare for this interview, we will be asking you a few questions, broadly about:
yourself,
a project you’re proud of and why,
your technical/administrative strengths,
your motivation as well as what your ideal work environment looks like and what you hope to gain from this experience.
firstly, im shocked that i even got shortlisted(?) im panicking and don't know how to prepare for these basic questions. i dont really have a 100% complete project either
Just practice these questions and time yourself so you don't cross 90 - 120 seconds and then go ahead and give the interview. Good luck 🤞
Hi! Thank you for this video!
This really motivated me. At present, I'm at the start of my 6th Semester. So I had given a contract of just 4 months to the technical internship since I will have to manage my academics too. But seeing your video I don't mind getting a year break. So is it possible to extend the contract till 12-14 months if at all I'm selected?
Yes, you can discuss your contract duration with your supervisor if you're selected.
@@AnishLearnsToCode That's nice. Thank you!
I am commeting here after giving the online demo interview. Sir please tell me what will happen after this process.?
Anything can happen now. either you will be directly selected and will get selection email, or some team can even invite you for an interview and it's also possible no team contacts you and you are not selected.
There is no fixed procedure after this, sorry, I understand maybe that's not what you wanted to hear.
Best of luck 👍
@@AnishLearnsToCode thanks for reply. Waiting with fingercrossed🇮🇳🤞🏻
Hey,
I got the video interview call for the technical student program. Can you please tell me on what basis they will select the student after giving the interview. Can you give me some tips for the interview too
Hey Utkarsh!
I have answered this question several times in other comments as well, so do go through them as well. In the video interview it will be a computer that asks questions and not a real person. The questions will be very generic like Why do you want to work at CERN ? What motivates you ? What kind of problems have you solved ? your most difficult challenge you have solved ?
Good luck 👍
Bro can i have ur insta id?
Great video man..Are you currently doing a full time job at CERN? If yes is it bit easier to have one if you had participated in student training program?
Thanks! I'm glad that you liked the video :) Yes, I am currently working at CERN as a fellow. Maybe its easier coming back as a fellow after a technical student, but I know many many !! people who arrived at CERN straight as a fellow or staff without working here before, so just because you worked at CERN before doesn't guarantee anything.
@@AnishLearnsToCode Thanks for the reply sir, may I ask which fellowship programme have applied for and working as?
@@muneerahmed4799 Full stack software developer fellow program.
Dude! ... You're really awesome... Actually I got my video interview as technical intern in cern. I think this video gives me the boost to get my intern in CERN(Switzerland )😂🥳... Can I get your email id sir?
Thank you for the kind comments ! My email is written on my GitHub home page.
@@AnishLearnsToCode okie sir👍
Bro can i have ur insta id?
Hey bro! I saw your answer on quora, and it's really inspiring to hear you talk. I'll be applying to Technical Studentship this month and I'll come back to tell you if I get selected! Thank you for this!
Thank you for the positive comments ! Wishing you good luck 👍
Hello brother,
Have you given your interview at CERN. Actually I am also selected for the same, can we have a talk.
I'm giving right now @@dhruvekiyawat1567
@@dhruvekiyawat1567hello bro, can I have your insta)?
Hello Mr. Anish, today i appeared in on-demand video interview. There were 5 questions and 2 minutes were for everyone questions recording. I was bit hastitate because the time was limited and i was thinking different aspects of projects i worked on. Now im worried about results.
What was your experience of video interview??
Even during my experience I felt that time was limited, that's a normal feeling, but yes the technical student program is very competitive, but either ways good luck 👍
Hello there!
Seems like you have recently taken the video interview, can you please share the questions you have been asked?
Since I am also afraid I might make things worse as there is such limited time to answer each question. Any help is much appreciated.
Great job Anish... you have explained each and every bit so beautifully 👍
Thank you so much 😀
By the way thanks so much for sharing your experience 😊
Glad you liked it !
@@AnishLearnsToCode 😊
Hey bro.. am going to apply for technical studentship.. I have two Reference letters from university professors.. but am unable to produce letters from previous employer... is it mandatory to attach letter from employer as well??
nope
When I think of CERN my mind just goes back to the Dan Brown novels I loved reading, gives me a very futuristic sci-fi vibe lol. Must have been such an amazing experience for you, thank you for sharing this! I am a first year CS student and I think even if for just a summer, I would love to get some experience in a foreign country.
Yes, even in my mind, CERN was something out of the future for me, and in many ways it is and an in many ways it is also very old school, still using pretty old technology and still using applications written more than 2 decades ago. But all in all it was a life changing experience and I am pretty grateful to get the opportunity to work there. Good luck to you as well 👍
@@AnishLearnsToCode This is really inspiring!
Thanks! It is really a nice video. I am a MSc student at the OVG University Magdeburg, Germany. I applied for the Technical student position and gave the SONRU interview before the deadline of 5th April 2022. It is a month now, and I am about to complete my MSc but just because it's CERN I am still waiting for a reply.
Can you give an idea, when can I expect a result from them? Or as it is already a month so I can guess that no teams are interested on my profile? Thanks for the video again.
Well, I did get my first email for an interview within 1 month, but I was not selected for that and I got my second email about 2 months from my SONRU email so maybe there is still hope...
That's all I can say, sorry 😥 but you shouldn't feel dejected. It really is very competitive and there are a very few spots. I think luck is also a big factor.
Thanks for the reply. Let's see, and thanks again for this video.
Can an electrical engineering student apply for OpenLab internship?
Yes, of course !!
Hey bro. I have an interview with Sonru and I am really nervous as my spoken English skills aren't that good. Can you please guide me that fluent English skills matters a lot ? And please can you briefly explained what will they ask in that pre-recorded q/a interview ?
Well its okay if your English is not the best, as long as you can clearly communicate what you are trying to say. Many people at CERN don't have English as your first Language. as for the type of questions, they are very generic. they ask generic questions like why do you want to work here? where did you ear about CERN? your perfect work environment? etc ...
@@AnishLearnsToCode Thank you so much :)
If we applied for a year can we reduce it into 6 months ..how to do that .. and can we leave internship in the mid if we are not getting comfortable with the environment ?
If you have been selected for the Tech student internship, you can talk to your supervisor about reducing the time frame.
Also when it comes to leaving a job that you don't like, be it any job on the planet, you can do that. No one can force anyone to work (at least not anymore 😉) so you can resign whenever you like.
I actually resigned from Fellowship program from CERN. I have an entire video about leaving CERN.
@@AnishLearnsToCode thank u so much
What were your grades like when applying? I have to retake some of my classes so I am wondering how big of a chance I have of getting accepted to a technical internship.
I dont know how strongly grades affects this, but mine weren't so amazing at the time of application. They were like 7.9-8.00. something like this.
what about the flight charges for come and go additionally will Cern take charge of everything ,what about living expenses and food you haven't tell anything about that?
You receive a salary and you have to manage all expenses from that.
@@AnishLearnsToCode will they guide us for accommodation and all such things being new to the place are we have to manage everything by our own
@@kamaleshmohan3744 they're there for you but you have to to everything by yourself. So yeah there are several forums and stuff and people to help you out but of you want yo become independent. This will definately do that.
@@AnishLearnsToCode thanks a lot for answering to my questions patiently and finally question is how much it costed for you to stay there and for food expenses per month.
@@kamaleshmohan3744 depends on how much you eat out or do you cook. It normally costs 1300-1600 CHF every month loving their. This includes rent and eating and everything else as well.
Hi anish!! thank you!!! I was planning on applying for openlab summer programme this year, I am at pretty much same sitation as you were at the time, I am only good at dsa in c++ lol, no development experince. But i do have some research experince and I am a MITACS scholar too :) I just wanted to know if you faced any issues while starting off at CERN with regard to technical knowledge, because people I've seen who get selected have gigantic CVs, was it hard to keep up?
I was thrown straight into the code and yes there was a very steep learning curve and yes I did struggle initially.
Having said that irrespective of where I would've worked, CERN or not, it would've been a struggle because that is absolutely normal. Imposter syndrome is also totally normal.
Everyone has to start from zero, and start from somewhere eventually. And no matter what company you join you will initially be a junior developer and it will take some time to get to know the system etc.
But, wherever you start working, the people there will know that you are a junior dev or new to development and will understand when you make mistakes and will also guide you. I think that I received a lot of guidance and learnt a lot, and there are many young people at CERN. I don't think everyone is an expert. There are probably many people who feel like you do, it's normal.
@@AnishLearnsToCode thank youu!! you guys were provided on campus housing?? i hope it's the same for openlab internship!
@@divyareddy7622 In the Technical student program, no housing is provided for you. All you receive is a stipend and you have to find housing and manage everything else on your own from that money. So, all you get is money and how you choose to spend that; housing, food etc. is totally up to you.
Hello
I just saw your comment
Can you tell me please if you got selected or not ? Because I'm in the same situation.
Thanks in advance
Your videos are helping me a lot:D
Can you please give me some suggestions like what kind of skills / courses / internships should i take for next 1/2years to increase the chances to get selected!?
( Note : Im a first year student of physics from Bangladesh. Also I dont have any Olympiad Background Or any national awards💔)
well, first things first if you're from Bangladesh. I'm sorry but you can't apply for the technical student or fellowship program, as only people from member states or associate member states can apply.
having said that you can apply for short term internship program, summer internship and CERN openlab.
As for skills, i highly recommend becoming proficient in a modern programming language like Java/C#/Python/C++ etc. I would highly recommend Java (just a personal preference). Focus on core cs; data structures, algorithms etc. and make your fundamentals strong. Any internship that you can find will be good. also there's not just one path that leads to CERN, everyone can have a different skill set and abilities, what worked for me doesn't have to work for you.
And even if you dont get into CERN. if your fundamentals are strong you'll get into somewhere. Hope that helps :)
@@AnishLearnsToCode Thank you for your guidelines💓💓
@@AnishLearnsToCode I've another question to ask.. You've said that you applied for almost 200 internships..
Well, didn’t they all asked for particular recommendation letters!?
How did you manage these almost (2x200) letters from your Professors!?🙂
[ im also planning to apply for internship at different Universities/ institutions.! But managing huge number of recommendation letters is discouraging me...!)
@@tttonnii I got common Letter of Recommendations and used them multiple times.
What about stipend?
They pay approximately 3400 CHF per month to technical and admin students.
Hey I have applied for it and got a link for interview in sonru can u guide me more about interview in sonru.
so basically they will ask basic questions like why do you wanna work here, what motivates you etc.
@@AnishLearnsToCode so I need to be just loud and clear about my thoughts in that interview or do I need to short summited up or need to elaborate it more
@@jatinrai3633 each question will be timed, like max 120 sec or 90 sec, you will have to be short and being loud makes no difference, just make sure your mic is working and is recording at a good decible, the platform has all of this.
Hello Sir?
Sir can you tell me what are the skills we need to add in the resume ??
Well, you can only add what you actually know 😉. I think that adding a long list of programming languages isn't very helpful. It is much better to know a few languages very well and knowing the basics like OOPs, DSA etc. much more than just a long list of languages on your resume.
@@AnishLearnsToCode well i don't have any experiences what should i do ?
Well you have to start somewhere. Just apply for several internships, in India as well as abroad and try and get something for the summer. This will slowly add to your experience.
What questions asked in sonru interviews.
I have already answered this question in probably this video or maybe the Technical Student FAQs video. Sonru asks very basic fundamental questions like what would be your ideal workplace environment? what kind of people would you like to work with? what are your strength? weaknesses? describe a project you worked on? etc. questions like these
Hello all,
I had a couple of questions about this opportunity.
I am a 2023 graduate Engineering student. Will I be able to apply for it just after graduation?
Also do we have to present the college permission letter before or after if we get selected.
If anyone could help me with this, it's highly appreciated.
Thank you
If you're graduating you probably can't apply and you have to submit the university approval letter after being selected. You can take a look at the origin program (which was previously called the Junior Fellowship program). that is for recent grads
Indians are so genius..!!
Bro which type of questions asked in Sonru and can we delete recording or do rehearsal of recording video in Sonru?
I don't know about all Indians, but I'm not. As for rehearsal, yes you can do that on SONRU and as for the final recording, you can't modify/delete it. Once done, it will be final.
Hello sir , I'm applying for cern ,Can you please guide me to apply for it ,like what kind of resume we have to prepare and what are the things we have to mention in it.
You can see sample resume examples on Google. A good resume will be good for CERN as well. And then you will need a couple of LoR's and also a statement of purpose (SOP). Imo SOP and resume is most important.
I want to know that ... In the section of benefits they mentioned travel expenses and stipend...but someone told me that in the first month we will not recieve stipend and 2nd thing is when we will recieve travel expenses or visa as well
Hey Tanzeel ! You will receive your stipend every month. You will be paid for every month that you are employed there :D as for the travel expenses you will get reimbursed once you have arrived at CERN and it should take only a couple of weeks to get reimbursed. If you have been selected you will receive details on how to apply for visa and you will have to apply for visa yourself, but there is no visa fees when you're applying for a CERN Visa as CERN is an international and diplomatic organisation and there is no visa fees for CERN, UN etc.
I am an mechanical engineering student at iit bhu , can i apply for IT or mathematics program ??
Yes, you can.
Hi ! Anish my application just moved forward.. and i have been invited for web interview can you give me some guidance about that on that what kind of questions should i prepare?
This is a question i have answered several times in the comments. Just search for Sonru on this page and you'll see several answers. Good luck 👍
Is it fully finded ? Like visa etc?
You will receive a monthly stipend (a monthly salary basically) and you will have to manage expenses based on that basically.
@@AnishLearnsToCode I want to ask that I have applied for a year how to change it to 6 months ..
Can we leave the internship at mid
Please let me reference letter from university professor is mandatory or university assistant professir also issue reference letter ?
Anyone can write a lor for you. It can be professor, assistant prof, lab professor. If you have done any past internship, or job you can also get a lor from them. so you can also hve 1 university lor + 1 past internship supervisor lor.
hey! Can you please tell if they ask for any English proficiency/IELTS certificate at any point?
Nope.
Sir can you please help me to complete my letter motivation by giving some key points how to start and explain my motivation and how to end
a motivation letter is a very personal thing, you need to write what "motivates" you, i cant guide you in that. read some sample motivation letters online and you'll get some idea.
Brother my cv get into two pages due to template problem will you please provide me your CV template
I didn't use any template. I made mine in Photoshop. You can create yours in word or google docs or even latex (overleaf)
Okay that's great I have done my bachelors computer science and got video interview invitation. Im not a programmer, after graduation i have worked in GOvt departments and used specific tools that are only used in GOvt for E -filing.
Now please guide me would they prefer a candidate having such experience for early career professional program???
I have no idea what kind of experience they are looking for, but I'm sure that all experience must count. Also it's not CERN that is hiring you but the several departments inside CERN that are interviewing and hiring. Every department looks for something different so there is no 1 right experience or profile.
@@AnishLearnsToCode thank you for response. Appreciated 👍
Bro can i have ur insta id?
Dear Anish, i applied for CERN Studentship 2023 and i’ve got an invite for video interview. Can you walk me through this process and any suggestions if you’ve gone through the video interview?
This is the computer video interview I'm assuming. In my time it was taken by SONRU, so search for SONRU in the comments and you'll find many answers already. They ask generic non technical questions like what motivates you? most difficult project ever worked on etc. and all the questions are timed so like 90-120 seconds and there is no real person on the other end, the questions just flash on the computer screen
Bro can i have ur insta id?
Heyy did you get selected?
@@elifalaboyun6119 No, i didn't.
Brother, can I do technical student internship after my bachelors?
Only if you are a student, so you can apply for tech student only if you're doing your bachelors or masters.
I am from Myanmar and I applied for this Excellent Program. Can I adjust start date of this Program if chosen?
Yes, if chosen you can adjust the start date.
What did they asked in second interview from FAP..?
They asked basic html, js web dev questions.
Okk
Any projects you did before applying to show in your resume? If yes what were they?
I had made a website for university at that time, no other project.
@@AnishLearnsToCode where can I get a link!
Do we get travel expenses and stipend in advance or we have to manage that expenses in the very first month?
we don't get stipend or travel expenses in advance and have to manage everything ourselves in the first month.
@@AnishLearnsToCode thank you mate.
Hi I am going to apply for short term internship at CERN and in the application form they don't ask for transcripts and reference letters but they do have a field of additional document where they only ask for resume. So what should I do about reference letters
If you have reference letters you can provide them, but if it isn't required then there is no need to provide a reference letter.
Hi, can you please tell what is the deadline? As I hear that the deadline is until October 2022.
"This programme is now open for applications. It will close on Monday 1st August 12pm (noon) CEST time" you can see on careers.cern/join-us/students
Also for short term Internship programme?
You can look at all programs on the CERN careers page: careers.cern/join-us/students
Thank you so much sir for this link, as I got confused due to deadlines of multiple programme but I want to apply for short term Internship programme and its deadline is until October 2022.
In academic transcript I have to submit all my dmc of semesters or dmc of semester I recently completed
I think all would be better.
@@AnishLearnsToCode what did you do you send all sem transcript
@@crushermanager194 yes I gave all semesters
Hey, Sometimes texting for a friend can bring so many enriching stories. Started to watch it just for a while and ended up finishing your rant. xD.... Amazing story telling😇
Thanks!
Sir ,Do you know any Indian student to get internship in summer internship program or short term internship program?
Nope, sorry.
Hi, do you think exam grades are very important? I'm in my third year of electronic engineering (first year out of course) and I would really like to apply for an internship as a technical student at CERN but I'm afraid that because of my path it will be limited. I've had some family problems and I've had to work, all of which is slowing down my degree. I would like to use the internship at CERN as a three-year degree thesis, do you think it's possible? I thank you
I don't think that exam grades matter a lot. My CGPA was 8.1/8.2 when I applied to CERN, nothing stellar. So, I don't think grades matter a lot.
If you are selected then yes you can do coursework/thesis while you're at CERN.
@@AnishLearnsToCode Thank you very much for your answer. Another question please, as I told you on june I'll finish to follow courses at university. I should graduate in 1 year and I have to do an internship and my degree thesis (I hope from September onwards), I also have some exams to take. I would like to apply for a 6-month internship at Cern (electronic engineering), do you think it would be useless to try?
No, I don't think it's useless. You can apply for Tech student, but you can also apply for Early career GRAD program.
Thank you again! Can I apply for both? But I have to take into account that I will have to give still exams to reach the final bachelor degree .... @@AnishLearnsToCode
I will also try without a reference letter... hope it won't be a problem. But do you think it will be also possible to have time to give my exams to reach the final degree of my bachelor on electronics engineering in Italy? Thank you@@AnishLearnsToCode
Do cern provide traveling cost and cover accomodation cost?
No, they only give monthly stipend and you have to manage all expenses using that. They will pay one time installation cost of relocating to Switzerland from your home country, but that will be it.
@@AnishLearnsToCode are all the expenses manageable with that stipend? If not can you please tell me how much extra do I have to spend to live there for a month? By the way thanks so much for reply❤️
@@AnishLearnsToCode I have one more question 😅. Does it require to submit of extra courses that I have done along with CV? I'm asking that there are some online free courses which I'm looking forward to do but I won't get certificate after completion.
I will try and make a video on that soon, many people are asking that. TLDR: the expenses are totally manageable with the stipend that CERN pays.
You can add all the courses that you have taken on your CV, including but not limited to:
1. University courses
2. MOOCS (from Coursera, Udemy etc.)
3. Other courses
but having a certificate to actually prove that you have taken them would be nice otherwise it will just be a long list of corses that you are claiming to have done without any proof.
Having said that, having a long list of courses on your resume isn't the best. Your CV should be more focussed with just a list of the most important courses you have taken. and then it can also contain projects, past internships, experiences etc.
Just courses isn't pretty great.
Everything is super interesting thank you for sharing! My question is, is it a stimulating environment for young people? How's Geneva? I mean, is it just work or the quality of life is good and enjoyable?
Thank you again ✨
Geneva or Switzerland in general isnt a very young place. All shops and markets close at 6:30 or 7 sharp. Even the airport closes around 10:30-11ish at night so its very much like a village in a sense and not a very hip hop party place.
Me, I am bit of an introvert so honestly I don't mind the calm, but having said that, there are many young people working at CERN and also from the UN. The town of Saint Genis Pouilly is basically a CERN town and there are plenty of activities happening all the time. As for the work life balance, IMO its pretty great, but I am more from a CS background, and I have heard about physicists an scientists pulling an all nighter as well.
But overall, I think its a very good balance and yes it is enjoyable 🙂
What kind of prospects would a BSc Computer Science & Mathematics student hope for considering I have a first average in my first year.
I’d be interested in both the technical and administrative programmes, I have a aptitude in physics, mathematics and computing. Generally consider myself an aspiring scientist with a hint of imposter syndrome 😂.
I am looking for some advice.
I have my second year of my degree still to go before my placement year and thus I’m the stage of searching for possibilities.
How early should I apply if I were to start next year?
Is this even feasible?
Would I need to learn another language?
What is living in Geneva like, is it expensive, does the cern allowance of ≈ 3319 Swiss Franc cover living and accommodation?
Hey Man ! You have asked a lot of questions. yes the stipend that CERN gives to Technical and admin students is more than enough to live very well in the region and also save some money.
Yes, you can apply for the Tech and admin student program as a B. Sc student, but I think that the Tech student will be better suited than the admin student program.
As for the selection, I can't say who will and won't be selected. You will just have to apply and see.
CERN has 2 official languages, i.e. English and French so if you know any one of these, you are fine. You don't need to learn French to work at CERN, but if you know some french that's definitely a plus.
You can see application dates/deadlines on cern careers website.
@@AnishLearnsToCode Thanks for the reply, you've been a great help with all this.
I'm currently working on my Cover Letter and CV.
@@AnishLearnsToCode Hey little update, I am now preparing for the one-way interview. One step closer 😄
Good luck 👍
i am in 2nd year...can i apply?
Yes you can
@@AnishLearnsToCode kindly make a video on university of auckland research fellow too..
I have received a request for that previously as well, I am running a little busy at the moment but I will see 😊
@@AnishLearnsToCode ok thanks...so, i am from a tier 3 college, can i be a software engineer in CERN?
They don't know what are the different tiers of colleges in India, only Indians know the different tiers and almost all the Indians I have met at CERN have been from tier 3 and 4 colleges. I myself and also not from any IIT 😉
How can I apply??
From the CERN careers website. I have a separate video on applying to the Technical student program.
hi, how long after your video interview were you contacted for an interview with an interview with one of the teams
I received my automated video interview email on the 9th February 2018
I received my first interview email from a department on the 16th May 2018
I received the second email from the supervisor that would finally hire me on the 14th June 2018
Can you please elaborate more on what you were asked in the second interview?
I was asked about HTML + CSS, some other web dev questions, my portfolio, my resume etc.
@@AnishLearnsToCode no complex data structure questions then I suppose? and what about the interview for fellowship position? what was the level of questions?
fellowship interview was very grueling and tough, technical student interview was simpler but that doesn't mean selection is easier, there is a very large applicant pool.
@@AnishLearnsToCode can you please give insight on the type of questions asked for fellowship ?
@@ankurgiri7589 full on ds and algo + behavioral questions + soft skills + architecture. having said that your interview totally depends on the team that interviews you. There is no standard CERN interview format.
Can I also get the cern internship ??
I'm not a soothsayer 😉
@@AnishLearnsToCode please help me to get in cern too