The EPSO tests, one by one
Each page covers one test: its verified official parameters, what it measures, worked sample questions and how to prepare for it.
Seven tests. Each one works a different muscle.
Every test is calibrated to the official EPSO test specifications and scored against the official pass scores.
- VR
Verbal reasoning
Assesses your ability to understand and reason from verbal information, and to draw logical conclusions from it.
- UE
EU knowledge
Assesses your knowledge of the European Union: institutions, policies, history and how it works.
- NR
Numerical reasoning
Assesses your ability to understand and reason from numerical data: tables, proportions, orders of magnitude.
- AR
Abstract reasoning
Assesses your ability to reason logically and identify relationships between abstract concepts, regardless of language.
- MOCK
Mock exams
A full replica of the official tests, under real conditions and timing, with EPSO scoring included.
- IT
Digital skills
Assesses your digital skills: use of digital tools, IT security and information processing.
- EUFTE
Written essay
A writing test on EU matters: produce a structured, well-argued text (EUFTE format).
What the tests have in common
Every competition on record opens with the same three reasoning tests: verbal, numerical and abstract. They consist of timed multiple-choice questions, and each test is eliminatory.
A given test keeps the same format from one competition to the next: what changes is its number of questions and its duration, set by the notice of competition published in the Official Journal.
What sets them apart
Specialist competitions add a field-related MCQ test, which assesses knowledge of the target profession. The generalist administrators competition adds EU knowledge and digital skills tests.
The EUFTE written test is not multiple choice: it is an essay on a European topic, assessed on substance and form, included in most administrator and assistant competitions.
Which test in which competition
Each row is a competition whose notice has been recorded in our database; each cell gives the number of questions and the duration. An empty cell means the test is not part of that competition.
CAST Permanent (agents contractuels FG I à FG IV)CAST PermanentAlways open
Administrateurs généralistes (AD 5)EPSO/AD/427/26Applications closed
Administrateurs audit (AD 7)EPSO/AD/428/26Applications closed
Administrateurs TIC (AD 7)EPSO/AD/429/26Applications closed
Assistants communication (AST 3)EPSO/AST/157/25Applications closed
Administrateurs fiscalité (AD 6)EPSO/AD/422/25Applications closed
Administrateurs gestion et connaissance des données (AD 7)EPSO/AD/426/25Applications closed
Juristes-linguistes CJUE (AD 7)EPSO/AD/424/25Applications closed
Juristes-linguistes et réviseurs juridiques PE, Conseil, Commission (AD 7)EPSO/AD/423/25Applications closed
Traducteurs (AD 5)EPSO/AD/414/24 a EPSO/AD/421/24Applications closed
Source: notices of competition published in the Official Journal, recorded in the Erudiam database.Test not part of this competitionTest planned, details to comeEach cell: number of questions, then duration
