u/Expensive_Composer68

Hi all,

Been applying to traineeships whenever I can for the ECB. So far for the majority of all of them, I receive a “Motivation is not convincing” response to my application. I have varied the motivational letters ranging from more ‘competency of role focused’ to ‘why I want to serve the European people’, yet have never progressed beyond the screening phase.

As profile, I did my UK Bachelors and Masters at Warwick in Economics and have a recent 6 month internship experience in Frankfurt.

Is there a certain way to really crack the motivational letters within the application? Would appreciate advice from applicants since there really isn’t any talk about this online.

Thanks in advance!