I had an interview for DevOps GRAE role on last Friday, as it’s been 3 working days, wondering when do they usually get back?

Hi good people of CERN,

A close friend of mine is a huge admirer of the incredible work being done at CERN and dreams of being part of it one day. For her birthday this year, I'd love to surprise her with some official CERN merchandise.

I was wondering if someone on campus would be willing to purchase a CERN T-shirt and a water bottle with the CERN logo and ship them to me in India. I'll, of course, cover the full cost of the merchandise, shipping, and any other expenses you incur.

I know this is a bit of an unusual request, but it would genuinely mean a lot to both of us. If there's any way I can return the favor, I'd be more than happy to help if you ever visit India or need any local assistance here.

I'm also happy to pay upfront if that makes you more comfortable.

Thanks!

the website for the secondary school job shadowing internship explains that you’re supposed to email the secretariat, however i can’t find anything beyond their names on each of the pages of the departments. once i click on the name, it takes me to a login page which i don’t have access to. is there a formula to CERN emails like [firstname.lastname@cern.](mailto:[email protected])[ch](mailto:[email protected])? or is there another way to find the emails?

My friend from Turkey visited CERN and bought the Standard Model formula mug for his little brother. He did not realize that the mug was completely scratched during their travel back and now asked me if I could get one since I am in Germany, but I live near the Netherlands side, far away from Geneva as well. Since there is still no online shop and I saw some posts here about those mugs, I am here to ask for the favor as well :)

I would very much appreciate it if someone could buy it from the shop and send it to me so I can suprise my friend and his brother when I travel back to Turkey.

hey everyone, i’m an EE major from the uk looking at applying for a summer internship at cern this summer. I go to a target and have top grades, so i atleast think i can hopefully get an interview - but passing an interview is another thing. basically, in the future i’d like to apply to SWE jobs but right now my leetcode skills are a little subpar even though i have been grinding it. So Im trying to find a good internship I can do next summer anyway that would be good to do but would be feasible without very hard coding at interview. i have one internship under my belt this summer in ML used for quantum computers. what kind of roles at cern should i apply for? what was your interview like?

Does anyone live in Lausanne and commute to CERN? How is it?

I'm a computer science student from India, and I've had my eye on CERN for a while as a cool place to do an internship or spend my summer. But now that it's time to actually look into it and start applying, I'm trying to understand whether my background is actually a fit for CERN.
The larger projects I've worked on are machine learning/computer vision related. Basically I'm pretty much a core computer science person with not much connect to physics and maybe a feeble connection to chemistry. I see that there is a software/IT page and even a data science page but I want to understand whether I really have to think about physics applications of ML etc.
Is there a place for me here?
I'd love to hear from people who have worked here or have experience with the place.

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I applied for the CERN technical studentship in applied physics that was due on June 31st but my application still hasn't reached in review. Does anyone know when you typically hear back from them?

Hi! Anyone from Brazil who can provide me information about how the visa process was?

Hi everyone,

I accepted a job offer from CERN and currently am looking for an apartment on the French side using CERN marketplace. Ideally, I would like to have a separate bedroom and a living room. I’m looking for furnished apartments.

What is the realistic price I can expect to pay including all of the utilities, trash tax etc?

I feel like I’ve seen everything from 1k to 2k, and I’m not sure at what point I would be overpaying or seeing cheap, likely to be scam apartments.

If anyone has any experience with this I would appreciate if you could share.

Hi Lovely people!

I remember that once before i was looking at jobs at CERN which had HR-LD code and i was told that generally these roles are either pre selected and online postings are just a formality or generally they would prefer filling someomne from their graduate programs.

Can i please ask for more clarity on this? How much chance do i have if i am from an associate member state, India, who has comprehensive experience in the role but has no priors working for CERN or even an EU national.

Any suggestions are highly appreciated! Thanks so much!

I'm completely naive on this topic. Is it generally always active, or is it active only occasionally during experiments? If it's only active occasionally, does being shut down just refer to a longer period of inactivity? TIA

I'm designing a space-based particle accelerator for fun. I'd like to use FLUKA to validate the design point. I've attempted to register to download FLUKA on the website but I've been waiting over a week with no decision. Can anyone offer advice how to get my FLUKA registration approved, or download FLUKA from another source, or propose an alternative software altogether? Thanks in advance for your help.

I will be in CERN for 2 weeks, for beamtime. Can I carry my instruments and play inside my single room in the hostel?

what do they signify??

I applied for a job a couple months ago and deleted the automatic email I received right after applying.

I would like to log in to check the status of my application and download the CV I uploaded there, but I can't seem to find the link 😄

Any help would be super appreciated!

Thanks!

Applied for a DevOps/IT role at CERN back in May. Got the standard "under review" auto-reply, then radio silence. Since then I've followed up maybe 7-8 times over two months — always polite, always the same answer: "still under review, no further feedback available."

Meanwhile I'm juggling live interview processes with a couple of other companies who are moving at a completely normal pace. CERN is genuinely my first choice, which is exactly why this is so frustrating — I don't want to jump ship, but I also can't put my life on hold indefinitely for a maybe.

I get that it's a huge, bureaucratic organization and international hiring processes move slower than industry. I've read that 3-6 months isn't unusual there. But when you're the candidate on the other end, "just wait" starts to feel less like patience and more like being strung along, especially when every email back is a copy-paste of the last one.

Anyone else been through this with CERN or similar international orgs? Did it eventually resolve, and if so — how long did you end up waiting it out?

respectfully what is going on inside cern.

Hi everyone (who currently work or have worked at cern), i was wondering when exactly it makes sense to give my notice period to my current employer.

I got a recruiter call today telling me I'm accepted and offering me the job, and then sent me an email with all the details for the next steps, like filling in the medical questionnaire and sending my most updated CV, so he can send me the final contract within 3 weeks.

However when I asked when it makes sense to give my notice, now or after the contract, he said asap is better so you can start your notice period because we agreed on 1st of November as a start date ( which is 2 month after the ideal start date that was mentioned in the job description) because I need one month break between the two jobs and my notice period is 2 month. So if I give my notice until the end of July I can achieve that, however the contract might not be there yet.. (3 weeks it might take, he said)

What would you advise? He told me the job is already locked now for me and I totally trust him on that, but just resigning without a signed contract doesn't feel very safe, right?

Need to hear your experiences🙏

I will be staying in CERN hotel (Meyrin) for 3 months, is there any tips and recommendation as to which building to put a request for; Building 41, Building 39 or Building 38 ?

Thank you for your time

Hi everyone,

I'm a technical student, with a 1 year contract starting from 1st of August. I saw I can book the CERN hostel up to a maximum of 3 months. However, if I find a suitable long-term apartment, I might want to cut that stay short.

Would it make more sense to book the full 3 months and then shorten the stay once I find an alternative, or book for a month, and if I still didn't find something, extend for another month or two? Are such changes to your end-date possible and what's the grace/"heads up" period?

What about any changes to the start-date?

Thank you in advance!

Has anyone who started at CERN in July already received their Swiss legitimation card?

If not, what has your experience been with the timeline? I’m trying to get a realistic idea of how long it typically takes from starting until the card is issued. Any recent experiences would be appreciated!