More practical support for EPSO exam prep
With the AD5 competition exams looming, the Audit and ICT competitions already announced, and 11 more competitions still on EPSO’s ‘Upcoming’ list, we are making sure you have the tools and practice you need to prepare properly and perform at your best on all the EPSO tests.
New Verbal Reasoning questions added
These additions make it easier for candidates across Europe to practise in the language that matters to them. One EU, many languages, and preparation should reflect that. Here are the languages that have had new questions added:
- Czech: 100
- Danish: 100
- Estonian: 100
- Finnish: 100
- Irish: 200
- Italian: 350
- Lithuanian: 100
- Latvian: 100
- Portuguese: 100
- Slovak: 100
- Slovenian: 100
- Swedish: 200
See the full inventory of reasoning skills questions, here.
Over 400 Digital Skills questions added
We have also added 440 new Digital Skills practice questions to the database for AD5 candidates, bringing the total to 940 questions.
The Digital Skills test is part of the EPSO AD5 Graduates competition, so it is worth preparing for properly. It may not be the hardest test in EPSO's repertoire, but with 40 questions in 30 minutes, speed and familiarity matter. Even fairly straightforward questions can cost you points if you are not used to the platform or the strict time pressure.
Our expanded Digital Skills question database gives AD5 candidates more opportunities to practise the question style, build confidence, and get comfortable with the pace and level of the official test.
You can purchase questions individually or as part of the AD5 prep packages here. Try this under time pressure:
Sample Digital Skills question
A shared online document shows that a colleague is "currently editing" a paragraph you also need to change. What is the most appropriate first action?
- Make a personal copy and edit that instead
- Wait until the colleague closes the document, then edit
- Edit the same sentence at the same time anyway
- Add a comment or use suggestion mode on the paragraph
In a live collaborative document, leaving a comment or switching to suggestion or track-changes mode lets you record your proposed change without overwriting what your colleague is actively typing. They see the suggestion in context, which preserves both people’s work and keeps everyone in the same file. This is the lowest-friction way to contribute while another person holds the paragraph.
Therefore the correct answer is 4.
New Cognitive Assessment questions coming soon
We are also preparing a new set of Cognitive Assessment practice questions for COM internal competitions.
This test format is expected to appear more often in internal competitions announced this year, following the AD7 Generalist competition, for which applications closed at the beginning of May. Reportedly, it is being used at the eligibility stage as an early screening step.
The new question set will cover:
- Deductive reasoning
- Inductive reasoning
- Numerical reasoning
In plain English, that means verbal-style logic, abstract-style pattern recognition, and numerical problem-solving, just with complicated-sounding names. See the recent COM internal competition webcast for more information.
For candidates preparing for internal competitions, this is an important area to watch. And for EU Training, it is another step towards making sure preparation stays aligned with the tests candidates are actually being asked to sit.
We hope to have these new tests ready for you around the same time as the new EU Training platform is launched.