This book is designed to help candidates succeed in European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) Administrator competitions, the gateway to jobs in the EU institutions.New for the expanded 2019 edition is a detailed guide to Administrator competitions, looking at topics such as timelines, chances of succeeding, scoring systems, how to focus your efforts, common mistakes, and also CAST selections, where the same types of tests are used.
Also new is a "warm up" chapter for targeted numerical reasoning practice on topics such as ratios, percentage calculations, speed, time and distance, order of magnitude, equations and estimating..
The book provides comprehensive methodologies and practice exercises for the reasoning tests used in the pre-selection exams, the stage at which most candidates drop out. (A separate edition, The Ultimate EU Test Book Assessment Centre 2019, covers the very different tests used at the final Assessment Centre phase.)
How EPSO competitions work and how to maximise your chances of success
The tests EPSO uses and how they are measured
Methodologies, shortcuts and pitfalls in tackling the EPSO tests
180 Administrator-level verbal reasoning practice questions with full answers
165 Administrator-level numerical reasoning practice questions with full answers
160 Administrator-level abstract reasoning practice questions with full answers
30 situational judgement tests
Practice questions are designed for Administrator level and the methodologies and answers explain the typical errors that candidates make - and the shortcuts that can prove invaluable when tackling tests under time pressure.
Packed with practical advice and tips to succeed, this is a uniquely comprehensive compendium of knowledge for tackling EPSO exams. It is relevant for all EPSO AD5-AD 9, Linguist, and AD Specialist exams as well as equivalent CAST competitions. (From the publisher)