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Quick-fix to prepare for the written exam
EPSO has announced the biggest competition of 2010 in terms of successful candidates which is well above 1000 and reserve lists are planned to be out around November. This means that if ever, now is the time to apply for a contract agent exam and get an EU job as chances are by far the highest to succeed and be recruited by this autumn. Whatever your area of interest, be it secretary, financial assistant, nurse or childcare worker for creches, educator or childminder for after-school centres or finance officer, you have great chances to succeed as there is such a large number of places available. Remember: this is a unique opportunity to get a European Union position from which you can work your way up the system, so why not give it a try?
The quick-fix to prepare for the written exam
In the last days of exam preparation, you surely ask yourself: which information is
crucial to know for the written exam? EPSO has some favourite topics that you can always count on. Below we try to identify some of these, so you can expect and prepare in a fast and efficient way!
1. First and foremost, print out and read the best summary on the web for EU competitions: the ScadPlus EU Glossary. There you can learn about the most important concepts, names and Treaties that should guarantee a 30% passing score if memorized well. Some concepts may not be fully up-to-date, so if you read about 25 Member States or 321 votes in the Council of Ministers, you’ll immediately know that the entry has not been refreshed since Romania’s and Bulgaria’s accession in 2007.
2. Try to read 4-5 times the full list of EU acronyms and abbreviations that you can find under this link. Though this may look like memorizing the phone book, do not despair! By reading through this list once every day until your exam, you will be able to passively recognize the meaning of each abbreviation – after all, you only need to pick one answer out of four, you will not need to know the answer all by yourself!
The exams are highly efficient and straight-forward: the pre-selection exam essentially consists of verbal and numerical reasoning tests while profile-specific knowledge is only tested for those who have been pre-selected. This means that given the usually large number of candidates, your performance must be excellent in these two fields. Your focus should therefore be only on the verbal and numerical reasoning tests without losing time and effort on anything else. It is worth checking our free e-book on this topic, along with various tips & tricks, free videos and other great online tools to maximize your chances of success. Once you pass the verbal and numerical tests, you can move on to covering specific topics of your profile - but that's only a later stage and your attention should not be split in any way.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 19 May 2010 15:36
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EPSO has announced the biggest competition of 2010 in terms of successful candidates which is well above 1000 and reserve lists are planned to be out around November. This means that if ever, now is the time to apply for a contract agent exam and get an EU job as chances are by far the highest to succeed and be recruited by this autumn. Whatever your area of interest, be it secretary, financial assistant, nurse or childcare worker for creches, educator or childminder for after-school centres or finance officer, you have great chances to succeed as there is such a large number of places available. Remember: this is a unique opportunity to get a European Union position from which you can work your way up the system, so why not give it a try? In the last days of exam preparation, you surely ask yourself: which information is 1. First and foremost, print out and read the best summary on the web for EU competitions: the ScadPlus EU Glossary. There you can learn about the most important concepts, names and Treaties that should guarantee a 30% passing score if memorized well. Some concepts may not be fully up-to-date, so if you read about 25 Member States or 321 votes in the Council of Ministers, you’ll immediately know that the entry has not been refreshed since Romania’s and Bulgaria’s accession in 2007. 2. Try to read 4-5 times the full list of EU acronyms and abbreviations that you can find under this link. Though this may look like memorizing the phone book, do not despair! By reading through this list once every day until your exam, you will be able to passively recognize the meaning of each abbreviation – after all, you only need to pick one answer out of four, you will not need to know the answer all by yourself! |
| Last Updated on Wednesday, 19 May 2010 15:36 |
