EPSO News | New test type, more CAST dates, ongoing competitions

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News from EPSO concerning application reopenings, and in other news a Judgment in the case of the French Republic vs the European Commission.

New field-related test type

At the beginning of this week, on 14 October, EPSO announced a new type of test for the upcoming Scientific Researchers competition, applications are scheduled to open on 5 November 2024. It is called the Field-Related Short Text Questionnaire (FRSTQ). Here are the key details:

  • Purpose: The FRSTQ will assess a candidate’s specific expertise in their field by requiring concise, experience-based answers.
  • Format: 
    • Candidates will be given 10 questions.
    • Each response is limited to 500 characters.
    • The total duration of the test is 60 minutes.
  • Use: Initially, this test will only be used for this Scientific Researchers competition, but its introduction in future competitions remains a possibility.

 

More CAST exam dates

EPSO also recently posted new 2025 dates for the CBT, a.k.a. reasoning skills test. Here are all the upcoming exam dates:

  • 17 October 2024
  • 27 November 2024
  • 15 January 2025
  • 17 February 2025
  • 20 March 2025
  • 25 April 2025
  • 3 June 2025

Here's how to prepare:

 

All ongoing EPSO competition dates +

To help you navigate all the dates and information here is a summary of the current ongoing competitions along with a link to the EPSO profile page for each competition where you will find the NoC and other important info related to your competition:

+Upcoming applications opening

These are the competitions for which applications will open on the following dates:

  • Scientific research administrators (AD7)
    • Applications open on 5 November 2024
  • Translators (AD5)
    • Applications open on 3 December 2024

Join the free webcasts the day after each of these open.

 

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