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The Community of Madrid offers information on the selective tests of the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) and helps to prepare them through information days and support courses
New arrivals
Postponement of calls
The European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) has announced on its website that the exams will not take place before September 2024. It affects the following calls:
- Nuclear safety control inspectors
- Policy makers in the field of nuclear energy
- Administrators in the field of transport
- Crisis management
- Migration and internal security
- Microeconomics/macroeconomics
- Financial economics
- Industrial economy
This announcement does not affect other ongoing oppositions, such as the legal-linguist tests, which will take place at the end of June 2024 on the dates already announced.
More information about the selection processes
Written test
The selection processes of the European Personnel Selection Office that will be published from 2024 will allow candidates to take all their tests in any of the 24 official EU languages.
On the occasion of its move towards a complete linguistic regime of 24 languages, the aforementioned office is going to introduce a new type of test in its selection processes from 2024: the written test, intended to evaluate the written communication skills of the candidates. candidate people. This test will replace the practical case, which will continue to be used in some ongoing competitions.
Types of exercises
This test includes three different types of exercises that the European Personnel Selection Office will use depending on the needs expressed by the recruitment services for each competition:
- A written test (WT) related to the field or fields of the opposition, which evaluates only written communication skills.
- A specific field-related written test (FRWT), which assesses written communication skills and knowledge in the field of the competition.
- A free essay on EU-related issues (EUFTE), which tests written communication skills only.
To carry out the exercise, candidates must rely on the documentation provided by the European Personnel Selection Office in relation to the specific area or areas of the competition, as indicated in the competition notice.
Written test anchors
The written test is not a linguistic test. Candidates will be evaluated on the basis of “anchors” (elements that test takers take into account when evaluating a given competency), which are listed below:
- Write concisely, without using unnecessary words or phrases
- Present the issue in an understandable way
- Adapt your wording depending on the recipients and the intended purpose
- Use the information provided to perform the exercise
- Structure written communication so that it reflects a logical chain of ideas
Opportunities to participate in internship programs in EU Institutions during 2024
Check the calendar in the space dedicated to practices
Internships in European institutions. General information and planned calendar for 2024
Latest calls for public employment in the European Union
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Videos
More videos:
- What types of calls exist and how often are they called?
- Which institutions can be accessed through the European Personnel Selection Office competitions?
- Who can take the European Personnel Selection Office competitions?
- What are the most common requirements requested in the calls?
- How is it possible to test previous professional experiences?
- Where do I find the calls for opposition and present my candidacy?
- El application form o application form: essential elements of the process
- What does the verbal reasoning exercise consist of?
- ¿What does the numerical reasoning exercise consist of?
- What is the abstract reasoning exercise?
- El talent screener: what is it and how is it evaluated?
- . the reserve list
- What are the functions of an Administrator in the European Union?
- What functions do Assistants perform in the EU?
- What is CAST?
- If I access the European civil service, where will I work?
Notice
- NoticeThe selection procedures of the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) are in the process of being modified, so the information contained on this page may not be completely up to date.
Canal Madrid Europe
If you want to see more videos like these, look for them on the Madrid Europa channel of the Community of Madrid on YouTube
The Community of Madrid helps you
The Community of Madrid periodically organizes information days for the general public on ways to access employment in European institutions, mostly in collaboration with Madrid universities, and in other cases with the collaboration of training companies. Information about upcoming sessions will be published on this website.
These sessions are aimed at university students, the unemployed and all those citizens interested in participating in selective processes of the various institutions of the European Union.
In some cases, representatives of the European Personnel Selection Office, the Permanent Representation of Spain to the EU, recently admitted EU officials and the Ambassador on Special Mission for relations with EU Institutions intervene, reporting on the different selection processes that are carried out to fill positions. On other occasions, the sessions are led by professors specialized in the preparation of competitions for the European institutions.
Presentations
RODRÍGUEZ PALENZUELA, Diego, Working at the European Central Bank: institution structure, work environment and conditions (Day on employment in the EU 22-11-2022)
ROMAN RIECHMANN, Carmen. Tworking in the EU: challenges and opportunities (Day on employment in the EU 22-02-2022)
SALAS CASTILLO, Natalia. Participate in an internship program in European Union institutions (Day on employment in the EU 22-02-2022)
BLANCO THOMAS, Soledad. How to face an EU selection process? (Day on employment in the EU 22-02-2022)
LAFUENTE DURAN, David. Gain experience: the European Solidarity Corps (Day on employment in the EU 22-02-2022)
GALA, Juan. Career opportunities in international organizations (Day on employment in the EU 22-02-2022)
Videos
Working in the EU: challenges and opportunities. Autonomous University of Madrid (Conference on employment in the EU 22-02-2022)
La Library of the European Documentation Center of the Community of Madrid (calle de Castelló, 123. Madrid) has a section specialized in the preparation of the selective tests of the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO).
Stay informed
The «EU Oppositions» profile sends you the calls that appear in the DOUE
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Design and execute a plan to promote the presence of Spaniards in European institutions
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation publishes on a weekly basis the Bulletin of job offers and internships in EU Institutions.
Through this newsletter you will be able to be aware of all the vacancies available in the different institutions, organizations and agencies of the Union, ordered according to proximity of the deadline, offering body and location.
The newsletter is structured in:
- Calls for oppositions for civil servants
- Offers as a temporary or contractual agent
- Offers for management personnel
- Offers for academic staff
- Offers in research centers
- Paid internship offers
Consult the latest issue of the Bulletin of job offers and internships in EU Institutions
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And what if I want a traineeship?
European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO)
This office informs you of the EPSO internship offered by the European institutions.
Representation of the European Commission in Spain
It offers you interesting information on its website about the internships at its headquarters called Blue Book, as well as in other institutions.
Support Unit for the presence of Spaniards in European institutions
Provides information on oppositions and traineeships and has the web application PROFESSIONALSUEa search engine for job offers and internships in the European institutions.
in your section Internship programs You will find all the updated information on the calls and on the young professionals program in the delegations of the EU and the European Solidarity Corps.
We talk about Europe
The portal We talk about Europe contains information on employment and internships in the EU.
Eurodesk
The youth information portal Eurodesk informs you of the calls for internships of the different institutions in its section Internships.
Eurodesk Spain offers you a newsletter which informs you monthly of the calls in force and their deadlines, both for European bodies and agencies and for other international institutions (OECD, United Nations, etc.).
EURES and SEPE: Internships in Europe 2023
The document Internships in Europe, by Eures and SEPE, is an exhaustive compilation that classifies internships by specialties.
