EPSO COMPETITIONS

There is no need to feel alone in the EPSO competition process. Our interactive community is here 24/7 to lend a supportive hand. Share your opinions, seek answers to unique questions, learn from others’ experience and monitor trending topics. Consult our EPSO COMPETITIONS forum for all topics dealing with the EPSO process and OUR SERVICES & WEBSITE forum for everything Online EU Training related. Remember to register or sign into your account to be able to post discussion topics or to leave comments.

old_uid: 
6

AD7 Transport - Exam Impressions

Hi you all, just passing by to leave my impressions on the exam, and hopefully get some back too. I though the Abstract Reasoning questions were much simpler than the ones presented here in EU Training practice tests, which was a good thing. The Verbal, Numerical and MCQ questions were about the same level in difficulty as the practice tests, but I still ended up leaving, at the end, about 2 questions unanswered each, which was really disappointing for me. I thought I was going to manage my nerves easily, but the time just flied when the exam was for real.

AD7 Transport - next steps

Dear all.

We did it and nobody told it was going to be easy.

What we wish is to get our results soon.

Question to the experts in these selection processes: how long can it delay?

Another way to ask this question. I asume there is a budget approved for increasing the staff in DG Transport and the succesful candidates might start in January or February (always that the EU budgets run from January to December).

I know that the process is to create a reserve list and the whole process can delay more than expected. But, how long?

Written test prematerial and how to answer?

Hello,

Did I understand correctly that, all the content provided in the test by the candidate must be based on fully i mean 100% by the document you have been given?

For example, the topic in the written test could be something like writing about MaaS (mobility as a service) and I know a lot of it but I can't use external knowledge that I have, right?

CBT CAST 11 September - how was your experience?

Hello everyone,

if you took the CAST CBT on September 11, how was your experience?

I found the verbal reasoning a bit more challenging than my preparatory material, the numerical reasoning just as challenging, and the abstract reasoning a little bit easier than expected.

 

I was stressed about technical issues, but that was quite smooth. I just was unable to use any scratchpad and the calculator was somewhat adding to the time I used up for responding. But I guess there is no other way around that. 

 

Good luck to all

FG IV 11 September 2024 - technical issues

Hi!

I took the FGIV exam yesterday at TestWe. 

I have to say that I encountered technical problems that prevented me from starting the exam at 1 p.m. It was only after I called France and after they sent me an additional guide on how to deal with these problems that I was able to start the exam....

I couldn't use the scratch pad at all either! I tried to follow the instructions but they didn't help.... I wasted at least 2 minutes getting the scratchcard to work.

Do you have any ideas who we should report such problems to?

Thanks. 

TestWE Dual screen allowed or not?

Hey guys,

 

Are you allowed to extend your laptop via HDMI to the second screen? 

Or do you must use only laptop's small screen if you don't have an external camera? 

Also, do you must have an external camera or is a laptop camera enough in a test situation?

 

 

Supporting documents - working experience not included in the application

Hello,

Unfortunately, I just realized that in my EPSO/AD/412/24 application, I forgot to include one of my relevant work experiences. The issue is that without this experience, I do not meet the 3-year requirement. If I upload the contract related to this position when uploading the supporting documents (maybe including some relevant information), do you know if it will still be considered?

Thank you very much in advance!

 

Administrators in the field of intellectual property EUIPO AD6

It would be nice some news about it. One year more or less since the exam was taken.

Efsa - legal officer reserve list

Hello everyone, I have been informed that I made it in the reserve list of EFSA for legal officer position AD5. Does any of you have experience with this agency? How long does it take before you get a call potentially?

Info on EPSO CAST FGIII Exam

I have an EPSO CAST test level FG3 next month and i have a few questions. First i dont understand what is the exact passing score of the exam (is it the same as FG4?). Secondly, for anyone who tried the actual exam at my level, how difficult it is compared to the excercises proposed by Eu Training? Im asking this because the example questions on the epso site are actually much easier than the ones on this platform. 

Thanks!

Franesco