How To Apply

Procedure
A job application at TNG starts with a written form. Where appropriate, this is then followed by one or several rounds of interviews, the contractual agreement and employment.

Extent of the written application

Recommended documents	Please sent us the following documents, if available, in scanned form: complete CV references from previous employers college or university diploma references from internships high school diploma course and proficiency certificates
Abilitities	Try to give a complete overview of your abilities. Please mention also exotic ("spinlocks in the Linux kernel") or seemingly outdated technologies (e.g. VMS Galaxy) with which you are adept. Information on soft- and management skills is also much appreciated.
Degree of experience	Please try to rate your abilities in your fields of knowlege (e.g. "C++: 2, Java: 3, project management for team sizes up to 4: 1-2"). It is sufficient for you to distinguish between three levels (intermediate stages are possible): Level 1/User ("read the book") means that you have had some experience in the rated topic and that you could work productively in this field without a long ramp-up time. Level 2/Expert ("reviewed the book") means that you are able to answer most questions in the rated topic during day-to-day business and that you have worked intensively and/or several times with it. You have reached Level 3/Guru ("wrote the book"), if you have worked very intensively with the rated topic. You should have a lot of metaknowledge regarding it and know its concepts and design philosophy, moreover, you should be able to connect these with related topics.

Electronic Form
All applications including transcripts and job related enquiries should be emailed to . We recommend that the mailsize should not exceed 5MB. If you want to encrypt your application, you can use our public GPG key which can be found here. Of course, we are available to answer any questions that might arise before or during an application over the phone.