Tips and tricks

Arboreus is proud of its CEO, Gabor, who has just completed the first Marathon of his life in Berlin last weekend (see photo, he is on the left). As big a achievement as it is, it also got us thinking what EU career exam candidates have in common with Marathon runners: as it turns out, quite a lot!

It seems that the new language test for the Translator competitions are a common source of confusion - so we've decided to help you out by shedding some light on the issue.

Many candidates are afraid of the Competency Based Interview in the Assessment Centre, while others approach it as "just another job interview". Both can be misleading and dangerous for your scores and the optimal performance: the Competency Based Interview is one of the most important parts of the AC and you need to "nail it" to prove you have the right competencies the EU career office is looking for.

Those who were successful at the EU career pre-selection tests are now facing the Assessment Centre or AC in Brussels.

In this part of EU Training's methodology tips, let's look at a typical problem in EPSO numerical  tests: the use (or confusion) of percentages and percentage points... or in other words, how not to compare apples to organges?

Even though Croatia is a beautiful country and an ideal vacation destination that we highly recommend, we would like to talk a little bit about the exciting EU job prospects for Croatian speakers in the lead-up to Croatia's accession to the EU.

The following is a report from a successful EU exam candidate who is now a European Commission official (Part 2 of 2).

1. Can I apply for multiple profiles or for both AD5 and AD7?