Our list...

OK, we think this is it. We're about 90 percent sure that this is our list. We had to pick 25 posts and rank them in order of preference. With our list, we're fairly sure we'll end up getting some job in our top five. The "TED" is Time of Estimated Departure, when we'll get there. So 903 is September 2003. If that's blank, then it's a new post and we'll go whenever our training is done. I also added a column that lists what country the city is in. I thought that might be useful. :) Feel free to give us feedback on it via e-mail!

Our List.

The Bid List!

Here's the list. It consists of the city name, the cone (POL=Political, CON=Consular, GSO=Admin, PAO=Public Information Officer, etc. Most of these make sense.), and the language requirement. (Two letters, many of these don't make sense, but you can figure them out.) The number/number code is the speaking/reading requirement on a scale of five. We're tested (for everything) in languages. But even if we don't have the language, they'll train us for that.

Here goes...

POST POSITION LANG
1 ALGIERS*  POL-ECON    FR 3/3
2 AMMAN CON/POL    AD 2/0
3 AMSTERDAM CON DU 3/3
4 ANKARA CON PF 2/2
5 ANTANANARIVO  APAO    FR 3/3
6 ASTANA GSO RU 2/2
7 BAMAKO CON FR 3/3
8 BANGKOK CON TH 2/2
9 BEIJING CON CM 2/0
10 BELIZE CON/POL
11 BISHKEK   CON   RU 2/2
12 BRASILIA CON/ECON PY 3/3
13 BRATISLAVA CON SK 2/2
14 BUCHAREST AGSO RQ 3/3
15 BUCHAREST CON RQ 3/3
16 BUCHAREST CON/ECON RQ 3/3
17 BUDAPEST ECON HU 2/2
18 CARACAS CON/POL QB 3/3
19 CHENNAI CON TC
20 CIUDAD JUAREZ CON QB 3/3
21 COLOMBO CON
22 CONAKRY GSO FR 3/3
23 DAR-ES-SALAAM APAO SW 3/3
24 DUSHANBE PAO-CON RU 2/2
25 GUADALAJARA CON QB 3/3
26 GUANGZHOU CON CM 2/0
27 HERMOSILLO  CON-ADM   QB 3/3
28 HO CHI MINH CON VS 2/2
29 ISLAMABAD* CON UR 2/2
30 ISTANBUL CON TU 2/2
31 JERUSALEM CON AD 2/1
32 JERUSALEM   CON/POL    HE 2/2
33 KIEV AIO UK/RU 2/2
34 KIEV   CON/POL    UK 2/2
35 KRAKOW CON PL 2/2
36 LAGOS CON
37 LUANDA CON/APAO PY 3/3
38 LUANDA ECON/CON   PY 3/3
39 MANAGUA   CON/ECON   QB 3/3
40 MANILA CON TA 2/2
41 MANILA CON TA 2/2
42 MANILA CON
43 MANILA CON
44 MAPUTO CON/P-E PY 3/3
45 MAPUTO   POL-ECON   PY 3/3
46 MEXICO D.F. CON QB 3/3
47 MEXICO D.F.  CON QB 3/3
48 MEXICO D.F. CON QB 3/3
49 MEXICO D.F. CON QB 3/3
50 MEXICO D.F. CON/HRO QB 3/3
51 MINSK   CON RU 2/2
52 MONROVIA CON-P-E
53 MONTERREY CON QB 3/3
54 MONTERREY   CON QB 3/3
55 MOSCOW   CON/POL   RU 2/2
56 MOSCOW   POL/CON   RU 2/2
57 NEW DELHI CON
58 NEW DELHI CON HJ 2/2
59 OSLO CON
60 OUGADOUGOU CON FR 3/3
61 PORT AU PRINCE CON FR 3/3;HC 2/2
62 PORT AU PRINCE CON/POL FR 3/3;HC 2/2
63 PORT LOUIS  POL-CON    FR 3/3
64 PRISTINA* APAO AB 3/3
65 RIGA CON LE 3/3
66 RIO DE JANEIRO  CON PY 3/3
67 RIYADH CON AD 2/1
68 SANAA   CON AD
69 SANTO DOMINGO CON/ECON QB 3/3
70 SANTO DOMINGO CON/POL QB 3/3
71 SARAJEVO CON BX 2/2
72 SEOUL CON KP 2/0
73 SEOUL   CON KP 2/0
74 SEOUL CON
75 SHANGHAI CON/ECON CM 2/0
76 SHENYANG CON CM 2/0
77 SOFIA CON BU 2/2
78 SOFIA IO BU 2/2
79 SOFIA POL-ECON BU 3/3
80 TBILISI APAO GG 2/2
81 TUNIS   ECON/COMM    FR 3/3
82 WARSAW CON/PD PL 2/2
83 YEREVAN ECON RE 2/2