I applied in-person. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Université de Rennes 1 (Rennes) in Feb 2018
Interview
They give you information about the project in advance. then the candidate must prepare a mini presentation about it and present it via skype interview. there are 3 people in the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
they asked about my previous projects at the university , related to the phd position