Written test/Interview at EUIPO (European Union Intellectual Property Office)
Thread poster: Catherine Meunier
Catherine Meunier
Catherine Meunier
France
Local time: 22:15
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Nov 21, 2020

Hello,
EUIPO is recruiting linguistic assistants. Does anybody knows what the written test and interview are like?
Thank you


 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 21:15
Member (2007)
English to Portuguese
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Bonjour, Catherine Nov 22, 2020

I worked for 20 years (1986-2006) as staff translator at an EU institution and I was admitted through an open competition but as things have changed a lot my experience will probably not be of great help. Anyway, as most of EUIPO’s work is machine translated I suppose the linguist assistant job will consist mostly of PEMT, proofreading and translation revision, so the written test should reflect... See more
I worked for 20 years (1986-2006) as staff translator at an EU institution and I was admitted through an open competition but as things have changed a lot my experience will probably not be of great help. Anyway, as most of EUIPO’s work is machine translated I suppose the linguist assistant job will consist mostly of PEMT, proofreading and translation revision, so the written test should reflect these tasks. Check these sample tests: https://epso.europa.eu/how-to-apply/sample-tests_en

Good luck!
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