Tips and tricks

Candidates undertaking an EPSO competition will have the joy and pleasure of taking part in the Group Exercise at the Assessment Centre stage. But many candidates dread the scenario of one dominant participant hijacking the group discussion and monopolising the exercise. Here are some smart strategies that candidates can put to use.

A lot of frustration has been mounting over the lack of EPSO competition announcements this year. Candidates and would-be EU officials, eager to start their path towards an EU career, have been left disappointedly waiting for major EPSO competitions to be announced. To know more about what to expect, we tried to highlight the current situation and what you can expect next.

On 10 November, Online EU Training held a Live EPSO Case Study Webinar to give current EPSO candidates the best chance to excel in this component of the competition.  Following the lively engagement on this topic we collected and answered the most revealing questions asked during the session to share with you.

EPSO's annual report usually doesn't make it onto Amazon's best-seller list, so we did the reading for you and found the most interesting facts and figures.

The importance of competency testing has significantly increased within the European Personnel Selection Office, so much so, that it takes centre stage in their selection processes. 

The EPSO e-tray exercise has been a part of the Assistants (AST) exam for a long time, but from 2015 it became even more important when the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) decided to integrate this type of test into the Administrators (AD) competition process as well.

While practicing for the EPSO exams, have you ever come up against a question asking about your willingness to do overtime? This can be a rather difficult question to answer particularly if you don’t know the internal staff regulations of the EU Institutions and their stance on such matters.

Congratulations! You’ve excelled in the EPSO selection process and made it onto the Reserve List. NOW WHAT?! Have you ever wondered what you’ll need to do once you get there? 

In this issue of our abstract reasoning guides we are going to look at something we like to call visual overload. Visual overload comes into play when an item has so much stuff going on that it looks confusing and chaotic.