EU Training - Online EU Exams and EPSO-style preparation tests

Two days left, COM Internal candidates.
Our new Cognitive Assessment webinar goes back to €99 after Saturday.

If you're in a Commission internal competition, the Cognitive Assessment is usually the first real filter, numerical, deductive, and inductive reasoning, each scored on its own.

Our new 70-minute webinar covers all three:
- clear explanations of each test type,
- the best approach for numerical, deductive,
- and inductive prep,
- worked and realistic examples, and
- step-by-step solutions for interpreting the information and applying the rules.

Pause the recording, work through an example yourself, then compare your approach to the expert's.

Slides included, and you can rewatch it whenever you need.

€79 instead of €99. Only until 15 August.

Buy before the price goes up: https://bit.ly/4hyFULJ

☀️EPSO and COM internal competition candidates on holiday:
Base tan: ✅
Abstract/inductive reasoning score: pending...

📢 August 2026 EPSO News is here!

EPSO's been quiet this month — but its calendar is packed for autumn. Here's what's confirmed:

- AD5: The two-stage format is now official. Reasoning tests (verbal, numerical, abstract) come first, expected Oct/Nov 2026. Only those who pass move on to EU Knowledge, Digital Skills and EUFTE.

- Audit AD7: Testing expected end of September 2026, likely the first big EPSO exam of the season.

- CAST Permanent: Two new test dates added, 6 October and 19 November. No September date this time.

- Commission Internal (AD5, AST3): Cognitive Assessment tests rolling out from September through early October.

- New competitions launching: ICT experts AD8 (8 Sept), Data Management AST3 (6 Oct), Lawyer-linguists AD7 (Oct–Nov), Lawyers AD7 (9 Dec).

👉 Read the full breakdown (all dates, test details, and how to prepare): https://shorturl.at/rl5Up

If you're prepping for a Commission internal competition, the Cognitive Assessment is probably your biggest unknown.

Here's what it actually involves.

The questions are interactive. And your approach needs to shift depending on whether you're facing numerical, deductive, or inductive tasks.

We built an on-demand webinar specifically for this gap.

Katie Thomas, an assessment expert with 10 years' experience, walks through:

– How the assessment is structured and scored
– What adaptive, interactive questions actually look like
– How to approach numerical reasoning tasks
– How to apply rules and constraints in deductive questions
– How to spot patterns in inductive reasoning questions
– How to manage the assessment on the day

You can pause the recording, try the realistic examples yourself, then check your approach against the recommended method and full solution.

€79 instead of €99, until 15 August. Learn more: https://shorturl.at/2GIxG

CAST testing dates just got a refresh.
Two new sittings: 6 October and 19 November.

No registration deadline for CAST, it's always open. But if you're already in the database, these are the two dates to have on your radar for the rest of 2026.

Registered and waiting to be called? Drop your function group below.

AD7 Audit candidates: EPSO just gave you a testing window.⁣
Indicative, but it's the first real timeline since applications closed.⁣
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EPSO has added a testing period estimate: 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔. Marked indicative, so it can shift. But it's the first signal of when on the calendar, not just what's coming.⁣

Three tests sit between you and the reserve list: ⁣

- reasoning skills, ⁣

- a field-related mcq test and ⁣

- an EPSO-Style Written Test⁣

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Don't wait for the exact date to start structuring your prep. Here's some help: https://shorturl.at/8woVt

Prepping for an internal EU competition? There's a new test you need to know about.

Cognitive Assessment comes before everything else. Before the EU Knowledge test, before the Written Test. Miss it, and you don't move forward.

Here's what's different about it, and why "I've done EPSO tests before" isn't enough prep on its own:

One timer, not three
No separate clock per section. It's 24 questions in 36 minutes, all together. Pace yourself across the whole thing, not question by question.

The pattern questions aren't what you're used to
It looks like abstract reasoning, but the formats move around more, grids, transformations, odd-one-out. If you only trained on classic EPSO-style sequences, some of these will feel unfamiliar on exam day.

It's not pass or fail in the usual sense
You're ranked as a percentile against other university graduates with a few years of experience. You need to hit the 40th percentile or higher to stay in the running.

We just added Cognitive Assessment practice, numerical, inductive, and deductive reasoning, into our COM Internal packages, right alongside EU Knowledge and Written Test prep.

Learn more here: https://shorturl.at/FZyB9

80 places. One new Commission internal competition.
Tomorrow, we unpack exactly how it works.

The European Commission has opened a new internal competition for assistants at AST3 level, with several testing stages and plenty of details candidates need to understand before preparing.

Join our free live info webcast with EU Careers expert András Baneth:
22 July 2026, 10:30 Brussels time
Online. Free to attend

The session will cover:

– Key eligibility requirements

– The cognitive reasoning assessment

– The EU knowledge test

– The written test

– The oral presentation and structured interview

– The competencies assessed

– How to build a focused preparation strategy

There will also be a live Q&A, so bring your questions about the Notice of Competition and the selection process.

Register free: https://shorturl.at/E4fCt

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