‘(5)    Assessment centre

A maximum of 3 times the number of successful candidates sought will be invited to this phase. If you meet the eligibility requirements according to the data in your online application and if you scored one of the highest overall marks for the selection based on qualifications, you will be invited to attend the assessment centre (online or in-person) over one or several days in your language 2 . Please note that the case study and the written test in the field may be organised either in one of EPSO’s accredited centres or remotely. Further details and instructions will be included in your invitation letter.

If the computer-based MCQ tests described in point 2 were not organised upfront , you will sit them during the assessment centre phase either in one of EPSO’s accredited centres or remotely. These tests are eliminatory and the marks obtained will not be added to the marks of the other assessment centre tests in the calculation of your total score.

Unless instructed otherwise, you will have to upload scanned copies of your supporting documents to your EPSO account. Further details and instructions will be included in your invitation letter.

Eight general competencies, as well as the field-related competencies required for the competition, will be tested at the assessment centre through four tests as described in the following matrices:

Each general competency will be marked out of 10. There is no pass mark per competency. However, you must reach a pass mark of at least 40/80 in total.