Sample tests and training

Please check the Notice of Competition (or Call for Expression of Interest) for information on the tests included in your specific selection procedure. The following sample tests are designed to give you an idea of the type of questions you may face.

We do not provide any preparatory courses or material apart from these sample tests, neither do we endorse any other organisations' publications or training courses.

Some EU member states offer training and support for EU nationals, through the following contacts pdf or via their Permanent Representation to the EU.

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Assistants (AST-SC)
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Administrators (AD – Generalists)

Administrators (AD – Specialists)
Contract Agents
Lawyer-linguist (AD)
Translators (AD)

Assistants (AST-SC)

Reasoning skills tests: verbal, numerical and abstract interactive tests
Professional skills tests:
- Accuracy and precision
- Prioritising and organising
E-tray exercise: sample E-tray question
Language tests: English, French, German
Office skills test: English, French, German
Finance skills test: English, French, German
MS Word and Excel test: English, French, German

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Assistants (AST1)

Reasoning skills tests: verbal, numerical and abstract interactive tests
Case study: no sample available
Editing test:

The editing test will be about correcting the linguistic and formatting mistakes in a translation.

The source text in Language 2 will be provided on screen. A translation of this text into Language 1, provided as an editable MSWord file, will contain mistakes in the language and the format in comparison to the source text. The candidate will be asked to detect and correct these mistakes, in order to match the source text.

The test will last approximately one hour. This is a new test and we do not have a sample from a former competition yet.

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