On the last day of the registration, few hours before the deadline there were 17.000 validated applications for the EPSO AST 3 (112) competition. The deadline was on 25 of January at noon. The number of successful candidates for the competition is 194 split amongst the 4 fields of the competition. Thus on average there will be 87 persons/place (which may vary of course according to the different profile), making this competition one of the toughest there is.
The 194 places are split amongst the following fields:
- STATISTICS - 34 places
- FINANCE/ACCOUNTING - 57 places
- HUMAN RESOURCES - 36 places
- INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY - 67 places
This first stage of the competition - the computer based test - will be composed of 6 different tests. These comprise the classic tests: Verbal, Numerical Abstract and Situational as well as two new tests Accuracy & Precision and Prioritising & Organising. The tests will be held in participant's first (usually native) and second language.
Trainday Course on 19 of February is dedicated primarily to this competition. More details at this link.