EPSO assistant competitions (AST 3): cycles and preparation
Assistant competitions recruit specialised support profiles at grade AST 3: the 2025 cycle targeted communication (graphic design, social media, webmaster), the next one will focus on data management.
1
cycle closed in 2025, with its own notice
435
successful candidates sought in this cycle, all three profiles combined
1
cycle announced in the EPSO schedule
Figures calculated from the notice published in the Official Journal and the EPSO schedule (links for each row below).
The cycles, closed and announced
Each cycle has its own notice and its own field-related MCQ test; this page follows the whole family, with its parameters checked against the Official Journal.
The EPSO schedule announces a cycle for October 2026, date to be confirmed.
The cycles, closed and announced
Experts gestion des données (AST 3)
EPSO/AST/158/26 · Competition announced
Assistants communication (AST 3)
EPSO/AST/157/25 · Applications closed
Closed cycle, tests ongoing or completed
Assistants communication (AST 3)EPSO/AST/157/25
Cycle announced in the EPSO schedule
Experts gestion des données (AST 3)EPSO/AST/158/26
Indicative date published by EPSO, marked “to be confirmed”; the notice has not yet been published in the Official Journal.
Competitions
What characterises assistant notices
The 2025 AST 3 notice follows the same pattern as the AD specialist cycles in three verified respects.
No EU knowledge test and no digital skills test: those tests are specific to the AD 5 competition.
One field-related MCQ test per profile recruited: it alone determines the final ranking.
Reasoning (verbal, numerical, abstract) as the entry filter, in the standard format shown in the table below.
Findings verified against notice EPSO/AST/157/25 published in the Official Journal, linked in the table.
The composition of the most recent cycle
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 be updated accordingly.
Verbal reasoning
Numerical reasoning
Abstract reasoning
Field-related MCQ
EUFTE (written test)
Reasoning comes first in every assistant competition: every week you start early counts, even before the data management notice is published.
How Erudiam prepares you
- Reasoning tests set to the official parameters of the latest AST notice, including the combined numerical-abstract pass score.
- Spaced repetition (FSRS) builds lasting skills, so you are ready as soon as the next notice is published.
- Field-related MCQ tests will be covered profile by profile, as each notice is published.
Frequently asked questions about assistant competitions
A competition that recruits assistants, for specialised support and implementation roles, at grade AST 3 in recent cycles; each cycle targets specific profiles defined in its notice.
Notice EPSO/AST/157/25 sought 435 successful candidates in communication, 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-related MCQ test that determines the ranking, and the EUFTE written test; no EU knowledge or digital skills test.
The EPSO schedule announces a data management experts cycle (AST 3) with an indicative publication date of 6 October 2026, to be confirmed; the official notice has not yet been published.
In the 2025 cycle, yes: same formats as the standard set of tests (verbal 20 questions, numerical 10, abstract 10) and same pass scores: verbal 10/20 and numerical-abstract combined 10/20. Each notice has the final say.
The tests in the 2025 cycle were of the same type, with the same pass scores, as those for AD specialists; actual selectivity depends on the number of candidates per profile, which notices do not publish in advance.
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