1
cycle closed in 2025, with its own notice
435
targeted laureates on this cycle, all three profiles combined
1
cycle announced in the EPSO planning
Figures computed from the notice published in the Official Journal and the EPSO planning (row-by-row links below).
Assistant competitions recruit specialised support profiles at grade AST 3: the 2025 cycle targeted communication (graphic design, social media, webmaster), the next will target data management.
Each cycle has its own notice and its own field-specific MCQ; this page tracks the whole family, with parameters verified in the Official Journal.
One cycle is announced in the EPSO planning for October 2026, date to be confirmed.
A free diagnostic places you on reasoning, the entry gate of every assistant competition.
Take the diagnostic| Competition | Deadline | Target laureates | Notice |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assistants communication (AST 3)EPSO/AST/157/25 | 29 July 2025 | 435 | EUR-Lex |
Indicative date published by EPSO, marked "to be confirmed"; the notice in the Official Journal does not exist yet.
| Competition | Expected publication | Expected deadline | Notice |
|---|---|---|---|
| Experts gestion des donnees (AST 3)A paraitre | 6 October 2026to be confirmed | 11 November 2026to be confirmed | EPSO |
The 2025 AST 3 notice follows the same pattern as the AD specialist cycles, on three verified points.
Findings verified against notice EPSO/AST/157/25 published in the Official Journal, linked in the table.
Official parameters of the AST/157/25 cycle, as published in its notice; the data management cycle will publish its own, and this page will follow.
| Test | Questions | Duration | Language | Scoring | Pass mark | Eliminatory | Ranked | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raisonnement verbal | 20 | 35 min | — | 1 pt/question | 10/20 | Yes | No | — |
| Raisonnement numerique | 10 | 20 min | — | 1 pt/question | 10/20 (combined) | Yes | No | — |
| Raisonnement abstrait | 10 | 10 min | — | 1 pt/question | 10/20 (combined) | Yes | No | — |
| QCM de domaine (field-related MCQ) | 30 | 40 min | L2 | 1 pt/question | 15/30 | Yes | Yes | 100 % |
| EUFTE (epreuve ecrite) | 1 | 40 min | L2 | 1 pt/question | 5/10 | Yes | No | — |
The reasoning core opens every assistant competition: each week of head start counts, even before the data management notice is published.
Start trainingReasoning at the official parameters of the latest AST notice, combined numerical-abstract pass mark included.
Spaced repetition (FSRS) builds a lasting level, so you are ready as soon as the next notice is published.
Field-specific MCQs will be covered profile by profile, as each notice is published.
A competition recruiting assistants, specialised support and execution functions, at grade AST 3 for recent cycles; each cycle targets precise profiles defined by its notice.
Notice EPSO/AST/157/25 targeted 435 laureates in communication, split across three profiles: graphic design (159), social media (150) and webmaster (126).
In the 2025 cycle: reasoning (verbal, numerical, abstract) as an eliminatory filter, a field-specific MCQ that drives the ranking, and the EUFTE written test; neither EU knowledge nor digital skills.
The EPSO planning announces a data management experts cycle (AST 3) with an indicative publication on 6 October 2026, date to be confirmed; the official notice has not yet been published.
In the 2025 cycle, yes: same formats as the standard battery (verbal 20 questions, numerical 10, abstract 10) and same pass marks, verbal 10/20 and numerical-abstract combined 10/20. Each notice remains sovereign.
The 2025 cycle tests were of the same type and at the same pass marks as the AD specialist ones; actual selectivity depends on the number of candidates per profile, which notices do not publish in advance.
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