The first reserve lists by EPSO in 2025 are out! Congratulations to the 272 successful candidates on these lists. Now that they have passed the selection phase, EPSO wishes them all the best for the recruitment phase. Reserve Lists Administrators in the field of transport Lithuanian-language (LT) lawyer-linguists Spanish-language (ES) lawyer-linguists English-language (EN) lawyer-linguists Portuguese-language (PT) lawyer-linguists We expect more reserve lists to be published by EPSO in the coming months. You can also check the reserve lists delivered by EPSO in 2024. Stay updated on EU Careers...
Candidates to EPSO selection procedures will find on this page a courtesy copy of the instructions for online testing sessions. These instructions are sent out each time with the formal invitation letter that candidates receive via their official candidate account (e.g. via the Single Candidate Portal for all competitions published by EPSO as of 2025 or via the EPSO Account for all competitions before 2025, as well as for CAST). Please note that these instructions are published here by EPSO for ease of reference. EPSO cannot exclude small changes to these instructions. For that reason...
Many of us use corporate computers for tasks unrelated to work, such as consulting our personal e-mail accounts, booking airplane tickets, making personal appointments, browsing the internet, etc. In a similar vein, many candidates could expect to be able to use their corporate computers to sit the EPSO’s online selection tests [1]. These tests require a third party – an external contractor – to take control of your computer while you take the test. Among other things, this prevents candidates from browsing the internet or running applications outside the remit of the tests. In the digital...
The first reserve lists by EPSO in 2024 are out! They concern the competition for Linguistic Assistants, covering the following languages: Croatian, Dutch, Estonian, Italian, Polish and Portuguese. Congratulations to the 844 successful candidates on these lists. Now that they have passed the selection phase, EPSO wishes them all the best during the recruitment phase. We expect more reserve lists to be published by EPSO in the coming months. EPSO/AST/151/22 - 1 - Assistants - ICT infrastructures, cloud, networks and middleware EPSO/AST/151/22 - 2 - Assistants - Digital...
In September 2023, EPSO introduced automated proctoring for its online tests. EPSO is committed to providing candidates with an optimal testing experience. This innovation was in line with that goal. It aimed at removing overcomplex person and environmental checks associated with human proctored testing. In the past few weeks, many candidates have brought to our attention various technical difficulties when sitting our tests. EPSO has made all possible efforts to resolve the reported issues with the external contractor responsible for test delivery. Some improvements have been made, but not...
EPSO is always looking for ways to improve the candidate experience. We will switch to automated remote proctoring for our tests, starting with CAST exams between 13-14 September 2023. Instead of using human proctors, proctoring will now be fully machine-assisted. This innovation will offer candidates a smoother testing experience (e.g. a simple ID check and confirmation, no person checks, no interruptions by a proctor during testing), whilst maintaining the necessary security requirements (candidates will be recorded while testing).
It came to EPSO’s attention that cybercrime groups have been targeting potential candidates to EPSO competitions with sophisticated cyberattacks. These attacks take place predominantly via LinkedIn, where these groups create fake profiles and then reach out to unsuspecting candidates. This includes sending malicious files, infected PDF documents, and seemingly innocuous materials such as coding tests embedded with malware. If you have been the recipient of such outreach attempts please note that EPSO does not engage directly with candidates via social media platforms (with job offers) nor does...
Following the cancellation of competition EPSO/AST/154/22 (AST3) – Finance, Accounting and Communication, EPSO has received several queries from candidates, as well as from other stakeholders, about the decision. Some of those are the result of misunderstandings that EPSO considers necessary and useful to clarify. This note is aimed at providing answers to the most common queries received. You will also find information on the cancellation of this competition in our press release of 31 March 2023: Cancellation of Competition EPSO/AST/154/22 – Assistants (AST3) | EU Careers (europa.eu) If you...
Many of us use corporate computers for tasks unrelated to work. For that reason, many candidates to EPSO’s competitions could expect to be able to use their corporate computers to sit the EPSO’s online selection tests. However, that is often not the case. These tests require a third party – an external contractor – to take control of your computer while you take the test. Among other things, this prevents candidates from browsing the internet or running applications outside the remit of the tests. In the digital environment of EPSO’s institutional clients (i.e. the EU institutions that EPSO...
EPSO has received several queries as regards possible plans to align the competitions it published in 2022 with the new competition model adopted on 31 January 2023. For reasons of legal certainty, the answer to this question is that the former competition model – i.e. selection procedure with Assessment Centre (oral tests) – will be kept for those 2022 competitions. This means that there will be no changes to their respective notices of competition, and selection procedures will proceed as planned initially. You can always find information on ongoing selection procedures by EPSO here: In...