AD 7 data management competition EPSO/AD/426/25: dates, tests, preparation
Competition EPSO/AD/426/25 is recruiting 238 administrators at grade AD 7 in data management and data knowledge; applications closed on 16 December 2025. EPSO lists 29 April 2026 as the testing period.
Applications closed
- Application deadline
- (12.00 (midday), Luxembourg time)
- Last verified
- 238successful candidates sought for the reserve list
- 5,597candidates (figure published by EPSO)
- Luxembourgplace of employment listed
Sources: Erudiam production database: competitions and competition_tests tables · EPSO : Data management and data knowledge
ContentsKey dates
Key dates
- Publication of the notice in the Official Journal
- Closing date for applications, 12:00 (midday)
- Deadline for submitting supporting documents, 12:00 (midday)
- Testing period shown by EPSO
Sources: Erudiam production database: competitions and competition_tests tables · EPSO : Data management and data knowledge
Nature of the duties
- Place of employment listed: Luxembourg. Recruiting institutions listed: Court of Justice, European Court of Auditors, European Commission, European Parliament.
How the tests are made up
Only test counting towards the ranking: Field-related MCQ. All tests are eliminatory.
Verbal reasoning
Numerical reasoning
Abstract reasoning
Field-related MCQ
EUFTE (written test)
Source: Erudiam production database: competitions and competition_tests tablesScroll the table horizontally.
How the selection works
- Steps listed by EPSO: application, supporting documents, tests (reasoning, field test, written test), reserve list, interview for shortlisted candidates, recruitment.
What this competition does not include
- No EU knowledge test and no digital skills test: these tests are not part of the competition's parameters.
- No more assessment centre or oral test in the selection: “The ‘Assessment Centre’ and its related oral tests cease to exist”.
- The interview only takes place after inclusion on the reserve list, for shortlisted candidates.
Sources: Erudiam production database: competitions and competition_tests tables · EPSO : Information note: new competition model · EPSO : Data management and data knowledge
Try a question
A question from our practice bank, in the format of the Verbal reasoning test.
Answer key : B
Text: "In the European Union, the share of those aged 65 and over rose from around 14% of the population in 1990 to 21% in 2022, while the share of those under 15 declined over the same period".
A. Contradicts the passage: the models do not respond to ageing-related tensions "with the same intergenerational fairness".
B. Text: "In the European Union, the share of those aged 65 and over rose from around 14% of the population in 1990 to 21% in 2022, while the share of those under 15 declined over the same period".
C. Contradicts the passage: ageing results from "the combination of two dynamics: the continuous increase in life expectancy and the persistent fall in fertility", not fertility alone.
D. Contradicts the passage: the third model named is "social-democratic", not a "universalist-Anglo-Saxon" model.
Questions written by Erudiam from official EU sources; EPSO does not publish past papers.
How Erudiam prepares you
Parameters aligned with the notice: every mock exam uses the official durations, pass scores and weightings of the competition, including the combined pass scores.
Spaced repetition (FSRS): it focuses your revision on what you get wrong, test by test, in step with the actual test timetable.
The readiness index (ERI): it tells you whether you are ready, instead of giving you a meaningless overall average.
Frequently asked questions
No. Applications closed on 16 December 2025 at noon.
238 successful candidates for the reserve list. EPSO reports 5,597 candidates.
EPSO lists 29 April 2026 as the testing period; supporting documents were due by 20 March 2026 at the latest.
EPSO lists Luxembourg as the place of employment and the Court of Justice, the European Court of Auditors, the Commission and the European Parliament as recruiting institutions.
No. Since the 2023 EPSO reform, the assessment centre and oral tests have disappeared from the selection; the interview takes place after inclusion on the reserve list.
Official reference and sources
Official parameters last checked in our database: 3 August 2026.
Sources
- Erudiam production database: competitions and competition_tests tables (slug gestion-donnees-ad7-2025)Erudiam · 3 August 2026 · consulted on 21 September 2026
- Data management and data knowledge (EPSO/AD/426/25), competition pageEPSO · latest news: 3 March 2026 · consulted on 21 September 2026
- Information note: new competition modelEPSO · 3 May 2023 · consulted on 21 September 2026
Reference cited, not consulted by us
- Notice of open competition EPSO/AD/426/25, Administrators (AD 7) in the field of data management and data knowledge (OJ C/2025/5881)Publications Office of the EU (EUR-Lex) · 11 November 2025 · consulted on 21 September 2026
- Corrigendum to the notice of competition EPSO/AD/426/25 (Dutch only), C/2026/90019Publications Office of the EU · consulted on 21 September 2026
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