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Tests EPSO

multiple choice tests

EPSO competitions or selection procedures include a series of tests aimed at assessing general and specific competencies.

The Notice of Competition is the only official document that contains detailed information about the actual tests used by EPSO for a given competition.
All notices are published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This page contains some examples of tests that may be used by EPSO in its competitions, aimed solely at making prospective candidates more familiar with their structure and content. This page is not aimed at training candidates to pass our selection tests. This is outside of EPSO’s mandate.

Please note that candidates are no longer required to book their testing window in advance. Instead, all candidates are invited to sit for their test at the same time on the specified date and time in their invitation.

We also invite you to read EPSO’s general competency framework for more information about the competencies considered to be essential to perform effectively in any given job, by the EU institutions and bodies that EPSO serves. Some of those competencies are assessed by EPSO during the selection phase, others are assessed by the EU institutions and bodies themselves during the recruitment phase.

TESTS EPSO – CONCOURS POUR FONCTIONNAIRES PERMANENTS DE L'UE
TESTS EPSO – AGENTS CONTRACTUELS (PROCÉDURE CAST PERMANENTE)

On this page you will find some sample tests that candidates may have to pass when taking part in the Contract Agents / CAST Permanent selection procedure.

All these tests will be computer-based and you will take them at the same time via online testing.

Reasoning skills tests:

  • Verbal (assesses your ability to think logically and understand verbal, numerical information). Try our verbal sample tests.
  • Numerical (assesses your ability to think logically and understand numerical information). Try our numerical sample tests.
  • Abstract (assesses your ability to think logically and understand the relations between concepts involving no linguistic, spatial or numerical elements). Try our abstract sample tests.

Ready to go one step further? Then try our long version of verbal, numerical and abstract sample tests, also in a quiz format:

 You can also consult an accessible version of these sample tests.

Please note that currently, these sample tests are only available in EN, FR and DE. Learn more about EPSO’s current work on this topic.

Competency test for each profile

Currently, EPSO is responsible only for organising the reasoning skills tests, but not for the competency tests. The recruiting services of the EU institutions have adapted the selection procedure of Contract Agents accordingly, and keep their relevant services informed of the applicable procedure.