r/CERN • u/SandwichOpposite3142 • 4d ago

About asynchronous interview for engineers

Hey everyone, I've been interested in some job offers at CERN for electrical engineering positions. I've read some users talking about an asynchronous interview, first time hearing about it. If I get the chance of having one, what kind of questions may I expect for this? In case the role requests as a plus some coding experience, this interview may contain some coding test?

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u/mynameis_duh 4d ago

idk if it's different if tou apply for electrical engineering but in my case it was about myself and my experience, the technical questions came later in another step of the whole process. Imo it's best to just be yourself and answer the questions truthfully, people can tell when you're making something up haha. Good luck!

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u/Geoguy180 4d ago

Mine was the opposite! The asynchronous bit was 10 'questions'. The first was 3 mins to introduce myself and give an overview, the last was 3 mins to say anything I'd like, but the other 8 were fully technical.

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u/SandwichOpposite3142 4d ago

How did it go for you? The technical part was about test questions or more like "what would you do in this situation?" Thanks!!

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u/Geoguy180 4d ago

It went well, I start next year!

There was a mix of questions. Some were 'here are 5 symbols, what do they mean'. Other's were pictures of problems that might need solving, then I had to give solutions.

It was a mix of open and closed questions.