If pre-selected by a recruiting service for the tests (see useful information here), you will receive the invitation to attend the CAST Permanent reasoning tests in your EPSO account around 10 days before the tests take place.

Ne, kandidatom ni več treba vnaprej rezervirati termina za testiranje. Urad EPSO ima novega zunanjega izvajalca testov, tako da bodo vsi kandidati povabljeni na opravljanje testov istega dne ob isti uri.

Točen datum in čas testov se objavita na strani ustreznega natečaja, takoj ko sta na voljo. Upoštevajte, da datuma in časa opravljanja testov ni mogoče spremeniti.

Ne, prijavo morate oddati za vsak profil in/ali funkcionalno skupino. 

Več informacij o profilih in funkcionalnih skupinah: Pogodbeni uslužbenci (CAST Permanent) EU Careers (europa.eu)

Kandidati za izbirne postopke za pogodbene uslužbence (CAST/P) ne morejo povezati dokazil s svojimi prijavami CAST/P v svojem računu EPSO. Dokazila bodo službam, ki zaposlujejo, predložena v fazi zaposlitvenih testov in/ali pred zaposlitvijo.

Kandidati morajo z ustreznimi dokazili dokazati navedbe v svoji prijavi (na primer glede svojih kvalifikacij, izkušenj in znanja jezikov). Službe, ki zaposlujejo, bodo kandidate obvestile, katere dokumente (kopije ali izvirnike) morajo predložiti in kdaj.

Urad EPSO v zvezi z dokazili ne more zagotoviti informacij o pravilih, ki se uporabljajo v različnih službah, ki zaposlujejo. V nadaljevanju so nezavezujoče informacije o zahtevah, ki se lahko uporabljajo.

1. Kandidati bodo morali poleg drugih dokumentov predložiti veljavno osebno izkaznico ali potni list.
    
2. Kot dokazilo za izobrazbene kvalifikacije in opravljeno usposabljanje bodo morali kandidati predložiti:
   
   a) kopijo diplom oz. spričeval in/ali potrdil (o usposabljanju), ki dokazujejo izobrazbene kvalifikacije,
   b) v primeru diplom oz. spričeval/potrdil, pridobljenih v državi, ki ni članica EU, izjavo o enakovrednosti, ki jo izda pristojni organ države članice EU.
    
3. Za vsa obdobja poklicne dejavnosti je treba predložiti izvirnike ali overjene kopije naslednjih dokumentov:
   
   a) dokumentov nekdanjih in/ali trenutnih delodajalcev, pogodb o zaposlitvi, v katerih so navedeni datumi začetka in konca zaposlitve, in/ali prvega in zadnjega pisnega obračuna plače. Ti dokumenti morajo izkazovati naravo, zahtevnost in podroben opis opravljanih nalog ter biti opremljeni z uradno glavo in žigom delodajalca ter imenom in podpisom odgovorne osebe;
   
   b) za samostojno delo, na primer samozaposlene osebe ali svobodne poklice: računov ali naročilnic, v katerih je podrobno opisano opravljeno delo, ali drugih ustreznih uradnih dokazil, ki izkazujejo naravo in trajanje opravljanih nalog ali storitev;
   
   c) za samostojne prevajalce: dokumentov, ki potrjujejo obdobja dela in število prevedenih strani;
   
   d) za samostojne tolmače: dokumentov, ki potrjujejo število delovnih dni ter jezike, iz katerih oz. v katere je oseba tolmačila.

The Call for expression of interest (see Section 3) defines only the basic requirements for qualification and experience, that can also be found in the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants. The specific requirements will be defined by the recruiting services in accordance with their needs and vacancies. The recruiting services will assess the candidates’ eligibility based on information provided in the application form and supporting documents that they will ask the candidate to provide. This may be done at the stage of recruitment tests and/or before recruitment.

EPSO cannot provide information on the rules applicable in various recruiting services when assessing the qualifications and/or experience of candidates. The following should be considered only as non-binding illustration of requirements that may apply.

Educational qualifications

Degrees, diplomas and/or certificates, whether issued in EU or non-EU countries, must be recognised by a competent authority of an EU Member State.

Professional experience

1.  To be taken into account, professional experience must normally meet the following general conditions:
   
   a) It must be acquired after obtaining the required minimum educational qualification indicated in the notice of competition;
   b) It must constitute genuine and effective work;
   c) It has to be remunerated;
   d) It must involve a professional relationship, i.e. being part of an organisational structure or supplying a service;
   e) It must comply with the relevance criteria defined in the notice of competition.
2. Professional experience listed below may also be considered in the light of specific rules, for example:
   
   a) In case of voluntary work, ‘remuneration’ is to be understood as any financial contribution received, including cost reimbursement and insurance coverage. Furthermore, voluntary work must involve weekly hours and duration similar to a regular job.
   
   b) In case of traineeships, ‘remuneration’ is to be understood as any financial contribution received, including cost reimbursement and insurance coverage. A compulsory traineeship which is part of a studies programme, may be taken into account provided that (i) the traineeship is undertaken after achieving the minimum educational qualification indicated in the notice of competition, and that (ii) the traineeship is remunerated.
   
   c) A compulsory traineeship which is part of a programme leading to, or which is a pre-condition for, registration with a professional association in order to obtain a right to practise a profession (for example, admission to the lawyers’ bar association) may be taken into account irrespective of whether the work was remunerated. However, where the work was not remunerated, the traineeship period may only be considered provided that the programme was successfully completed and the right to practise obtained. In all cases, only the minimum compulsory duration will be taken into account.
   
   d) Compulsory military service that occurred before or after obtaining the required minimum educational qualification indicated in the notice of competition will be taken into account, including if it does not meet the relevance criteria defined in the notice of competition, but only for a period not exceeding the obligatory duration in the relevant Member State.
   
   e) Maternity, paternity, adoption, or parental leave may be taken into account if covered by an employment contract.
   
   f) In the case of doctorate studies, the period taken into account shall not exceed three years, provided the doctorate was obtained, and irrespective of whether the work was remunerated.
   
   g) The period taken into account in cases of part-time work shall be calculated pro rata, e.g. half-time work for six months will count as three months.

Oglejte si razpis natečaja oziroma razpis za prijavo interesa vašega izbirnega postopka, saj vsebuje informacije o številu vprašanj, trajanju testov in minimalnem številu točk pri posameznih testih.

Vsi testi EPSO potekajo prek spleta. Oglejte si zahteve IT in tehnične zahteve za spletno testiranje, ki ga izvaja novi zunanji izvajalec urada EPSO. Oglejte si tudi informacije o uporabi službenih računalnikov za spletne teste. Podrobna navodila za spletno testiranje se kandidatom skupaj z vabilom na teste pošljejo v njihov račun EPSO, nato pa jim jih še po elektronski pošti pošlje zunanji izvajalec.

Contract staff positions are available for a wide range of jobs, requiring different levels of qualifications. They are divided into four function groups:

• I. manual and administrative support-service tasks
• II. clerical or secretarial tasks, office management and other equivalent tasks
• III. executive tasks, drafting, accountancy and other equivalent technical tasks
• IV. administrative, advisory, linguistic and equivalent technical tasks.

The specific duties will depend on the profile you are interested in. See Annex I to the Call for Expressions of Interest for detailed examples of duties per profile.

Contract staff are employed for a limited period, with an initial contract of 6-12 months.

In some EU bodies, it may be possible for the contract to be renewed for an indefinite duration.

Vse prijave na razpis EPSO/CAST/P/1-4/2015 (razpis CAST za izvajalske agencije), ki so bile potrjene do 25. 11. 2016 (opoldne po bruseljskem času), je sistem samodejno prenesel na stalni razpis CAST Permanent (EPSO/CAST/P/1-4/2017).

Če ste torej že uspešno opravili izbirne teste za EPSO/CAST/P/1-4/2015, vaši rezultati ostanejo veljavni.

For competitions using the Single Candidate Portal:

Yes, you can modify your application form after submitting it, as long as the application deadline has not passed. Once the deadline has passed, the application form can no longer be modified.

If you edit your application after submitting it, don’t forget to click “Submit” again. Otherwise, your application will remain in draft status and will not be taken into consideration.

Note: You can update your CV in the Single Candidate Portal at any time. However, only the version submitted with your application will be taken into account when verifying eligibility for the specific competition you applied for. Any later updates will not affect your submitted application.

For contract staff selection procedures (CAST Permanent):
You can modify your CAST Permanent application(s) and upload or update your CV within your EPSO Account at any time.

Don’t forget to update your application(s) at least every six months if you wish to remain visible to the recruiting services. This applies regardless of whether you have passed or failed the tests.

Če se prijavite na razpis CAST Permanent, to samo po sebi še ne pomeni, da boste povabljeni na opravljanje testov. Samo če vas službe, ki zaposlujejo, uvrstijo v ožji izbor, boste v primeru potreb povabljeni na opravljanje testov.

Izbirni postopek sestavljajo naslednji koraki:

1. Kandidati in kandidatke izpolnijo in potrdijo svojo prijavo oz. prijave ter jih vsaj vsakih šest mesecev posodobijo, da potrdijo svoj interes in da njihove prijave ostanejo vidne v podatkovni zbirki.
2. V primeru potreb službe, ki zaposlujejo, iz podatkovne zbirke vseh potrjenih in vidnih prijav v ožji izbor uvrstijo kandidate in kandidatke, katerih profili ustrezajo njihovim zahtevam.
3. Kandidati in kandidatke, uvrščeni v ožji izbor, so povabljeni na opravljanje izbirnih testov, ki jih organizira EPSO, približno 10 dni pred datumom testov. Pri tem gre za teste z vprašanji izbirnega tipa. Oglejte si več informacij o zahtevah IT in tehničnih zahtevah za spletno testiranje.
4. Kandidati in kandidatke, ki uspešno opravijo izbirne teste, so povabljeni na opravljanje zaposlitvenih testov, ki jih organizirajo službe, ki zaposlujejo. Ti testi lahko zajemajo razgovor in druge oblike ocenjevanja.
5. Kandidati in kandidatke, ki uspešno opravijo zaposlitvene teste, lahko prejmejo ponudbo za zaposlitev.

Službe, ki zaposlujejo, bodo iz podatkovne zbirke vseh prijavljenih kandidatov v ožji izbor izbrale tiste, ki ustrezajo specifičnim potrebam njihovega prostega delovnega mesta. Svojo prijavo posodabljajte vsakih šest mesecev, da bo ostala vidna in jo bo mogoče najti v podatkovni zbirki.

Samo kandidati v ožjem izboru bodo prek svojega računa EPSO povabljeni, da opravljajo izbirne teste, ki jih organizira EPSO.

Svoj račun EPSO preverite vsaj vsake tri koledarske dni. Če boste izbrani v ožji izbor, boste prejeli vabilo, v katerem bo naveden datum testa.

Okvirni datumi obdobja opravljanja testov so objavljeni na naših straneh s profili. 

Upoštevajte, da datuma in časa opravljanja testov ni mogoče spremeniti. Testi bodo za vse kandidate potekali istočasno. 

Candidates shortlisted by the recruiting services will be invited to sit a series of reasoning tests in a multiple-choice question format. Candidates will take these tests in their language 1. See more information on the IT and technical requirements for online testing.

Should you be successful in the tests organised by EPSO, the recruiting service may ask you to sit further tests that it considers relevant for the job, such as a drafting test, a driving test, a language test, etc. All the information about these tests will be provided by the recruiting services.

Please check our sample tests (‘Contract Agents’) for further information.

Rezultate izbirnih testov boste prejeli v svoj račun EPSO približno dva tedna po koncu obdobja testiranja.

Pred objavo so bili rezultati preverjeni, odobreni in potrjeni. Po objavi rezultatov ni več mogoče izpodbijati točnosti testnih vprašanj.

Testiranja se organizirajo redno skozi vse leto. Preverite časovni razpored, ki je objavljen na strani posameznega profila.

CAST Permanent selection procedure attracts a high number of applications. However, the recruiting services only pre-select and shortlist a certain number of candidates whose profiles fit their needs.

No. The recruiting services can only see if a candidate has passed or failed the tests.

Your score will only be visible to you, via your EPSO Account.

If you pass the selection tests organised by EPSO (the reasoning tests) you will be invited for an interview and/or further tests by the recruiting service.

The validity of the reasoning tests results (from the date when the results have been published in your EPSO Account) is 10 years.

The results are always valid for the function group for which you were tested and for any lower function group.

If you fail the reasoning test, you cannot be invited to take another reasoning test for the same or higher function group for the next 4 months. However, you can still be invited to take reasoning tests for lower function groups.

The 4-month period is counted from the day on which the test was taken.

Please note that the recruiting services are not obliged to invite you for re-testing, after the 4-month period is over.

Note: the above 4-months period applies to candidates who took their tests from January 2025 on. Candidates who took their tests before cannot be re-invited for 6 months as in the previous version call for expression of interest.

The recruiting services may invite several candidates for recruitment tests for each vacant position. It is up to the recruiting services to provide feedback on the outcome of those tests to the candidates concerned.

However, should you not be successful on that occasion, your EPSO tests results will remain valid for 10 years (*), counting from the date when they are published in your EPSO Account.

Therefore, you may be invited to other interviews and/or recruitment tests by the same or another recruiter.

Don’t forget to update your application(s) at least every six months if you wish to remain visible to the recruiting services.

(*) This only applies to CAST/P procedures. Note that your tests results in the CAST/P selection procedure are not valid for other selection procedures.

If pre-selected and successful in the tests, the recruiting services interested in your profile will contact you (via the e-mail address in your EPSO Account) and invite you for a competency test comprising interviews and/or other tests organised by the recruiting services.

EPSO does not provide information to candidates on which recruiting service is interested in them at any stage of the selection procedure.

You can find more information about the employment conditions in the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants and in the Staff Regulations, as well as the latest information on salaries for officials and contract staff (annual update).

Only candidates pre-selected (shortlisted) by the recruiting services will be invited to sit the selection tests organised by EPSO.

If shortlisted, you will receive in your EPSO account an invitation to test. This invitation is usually published at least 2 weeks before the test date in your EPSO account. Please check your EPSO account at least every three calendar days. You must sit your test within the given timeframes.

The tests are computer-based multiple-choice tests. See more information on the IT and technical requirements for online testing

The type of contract will depend on many elements including on the recruiting service.

For more information about the contractual arrangements, please refer to Chapter 5. Recruitment of the Call for expression of interest.

Yes, you can be pre-selected (shortlisted) for more than one profile and/or function group.

If pre-selected more than once (by more than one recruiter) for the same profile in the same function group, you will only take the tests once.

If pre-selected for different profiles/function groups, you will be invited to sit the tests for these profiles/function groups in the order in which the requests were sent to EPSO by the recruiting services.

Neither the recruiter nor the candidates or EPSO can influence the order of test requests being processed.

Če se testiranja ne želite več udeležiti, vam testa preprosto ni treba opravljati.

To, da se ne udeležite testiranja, ne vpliva na vaše izpolnjevanje pogojev in vaša prijava ne bo blokirana.

Druge službe, ki zaposlujejo, vas v prihodnosti spet lahko uvrstijo v ožji izbor in povabijo na testiranje.

If you are no longer interested in being tested and/or recruited for a specific profile/function group, you can simply stop confirming your interest via your EPSO account. Six months after the last confirmation of interest or update to your application for that profile/function group, the application will become invisible to recruiters.

You will be able to reactivate your application at any time in the future.

Če resno dvomite o vsebini testnega vprašanja, nas obvestite v enem (1) koledarskem dnevu (tj. do konca dneva, ki sledi dnevu opravljanja testov). Pri tem jasno navedite okoliščine, vključno s svojo številko kandidata, kot je opisano v postopku razpisa za prijavo interesa.

Če se ugotovi, da vprašanje ne ustreza kriterijem kakovosti EPSO, se sprejmejo naslednji popravni ukrepi:

• vprašanje se popravi ali odstrani iz podatkovne zbirke;
• popravni ukrepi se lahko sprejmejo, če EPSO ugotovi, da je vprašanje negativno vplivalo na uspeh kandidata. V takem primeru urad EPSO zadevnemu kandidatu dodeli dodatno točko za vsako razveljavljeno vprašanje (največ eno točko na vprašanje).

Pri kandidatih, katerih rezultati testov ne morejo vplivati na izid njihove pritožbe – bodisi zato, ker so dosegli zahtevano najmanjše število točk ali ker ne bi dosegli zahtevanega najmanjšega števila točk, tudi če bi njihovi pritožbi ugodili – ne bodo uporabljeni korektivni ukrepi.

Pritožbe, vložene po roku, ali pritožbe brez jasnega opisa izpodbijanih vprašanj in/ali domnevnih napak se ne bodo upoštevale. Pritožbe, ki zgolj opozarjajo na domnevne težave s prevodom, ne da bi težavo opredelile, se ne bodo upoštevale.

EPSO tests will only assess your knowledge of language 1 (L1), which can be any of the 24 official EU languages. It will be tested through the verbal, numerical, and abstract reasoning tests in a form of multiple-choice questions. Your knowledge of L1 needs to be at least at level C1 (proficient user).

Your knowledge of language 2 (L2) (to be chosen from amongst English, French and German, but different from L1) will be tested by the recruiting services. Your knowledge of L2 needs to be at least at level B2 (independent user).

Further information on the above tests is published on our EPSO testing - sample tests’ page.

Recruiting services may organise additional language tests.

No. Creating more than one application for the same profile, including with different target languages is not permitted.

You can declare all your languages under ‘Linguistic skills’ in the application form if you have a working knowledge of more than two official languages. This will allow the recruiting services to find your application according to their specific language needs.

You can request special adjustments for the Contract staff selection tests (CAST P) by ticking the 'special requirements' box in your application form. You will also be asked to complete an information form on your special needs and provide relevant supporting documents.

Should you be granted reasonable accommodations for the tests organised by EPSO, details will be provided before your test date. Sometimes, arranging these adjustments may delay your test to the next period, and you'll be informed accordingly. EPSO ensures that all pre-selected (shortlisted) candidates are invited and tested under the best possible conditions.

Note: Recruitment tests are organized by the recruiting services. If you need adjustments for these, contact the recruiter upon receiving your test invitation. EPSO will not share your condition or needs with the recruiters.

Find more information about the employment conditions in the "Conditions of Employment of Other Servants" section in the Staff Regulations.

Concerning the salaries, wages vary according to grade and function, and increase based on merit and seniority as you progress in your career. Also depending on your personal situation, you may also be entitled to extras such as dependent child allowance, expatriation allowance, transport reimbursement or foreign residence allowance.

Details about salaries are available in this table (point 11 for contract staff - updated on 11.4.2025), and further information in the EU staff regulations.

Further information about the rules applicable to contract agents in the European Commission is available in the Commission decision C(2017)6760.

For further information about the employment conditions in other EU institutions and bodies, we invite you to get in touch directly with their Human Resources services.

Candidates who register to the contract staff selection procedures (CAST/P) cannot link supporting documents to their application(s). 

The recruiting services will inform candidates when to submit documents that support the declarations made in their application form. The recruiting services will determine which documents are acceptable.