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The CAST Permanent (see more information) selection process is different from Competitions. The main difference is that only a limited number of pre-selected candidates will be tested. Submitting an application does not mean that you will automatically be invited to sit the computer-based tests. Only candidates shortlisted by the recruiters will be invited to sit the selection tests when a vacancy arises. That means that you may never be contacted.The selection process is fast and efficient:Complete and validate your application/s and don’t forget to update it every six months to...

Contract staff (CAST) are recruited to do manual or administrative support–service tasks or to provide additional capacity in specialised fields where insufficient officials with the required skills are available. Contract staff are employed for a fixed maximum period, often with a shorter initial contract of 6-12 months, depending on the type of the job. In some EU bodies, it may be possible for the contract to be extended for an indefinite duration.

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If pre-selected, you will be invited to sit a series of multiple-choice tests to assess your general aptitudes in verbal, numerical and abstract reasoning (in your Language 1) and a specific competency test for the profile and function group you have applied for (in your Language 2). If you already passed the reasoning tests for the same or higher function group, but not the competency test, you will only be invited to sit the competency test.Please also check our sample tests ("Contract Agents" – "Competency-based test") for further information.When invited for a recruitment tests by...

If you pass the selection tests for a certain profile and function group, your results will remain valid and visible in the database according to the rules defined in the Call for Expression of Interest (10 years for reasoning tests and 5 years for competency test).Recruiting services can select and invite you directly to a recruitment tests. Please note that the recruiting services can invite several candidates for each vacant position.Success in the selection tests and invitation for a recruitment tests do not guarantee recruitment. You may only be offered a position if you are...

You will receive your selection tests results via your EPSO Account approximately 2 weeks after the end of the testing period during which you have tested.Given the on-going nature of this procedure (thus the name CAST Permanent), there will be a number of testing periods per year.  

If you don't obtain the minimum pass mark in each test (as specified in the call), you will not be invited for the recruitment tests (interview and other optional tests) and you will be blocked for six months (from the day when the results were published in your EPSO Account) from being invited to sit any other tests for that same or higher function group. Competency tests will only be marked if you pass the reasoning tests.If you pass the reasoning tests but fail the competency test, you will only need to sit the competency test if invited after the 6 months period. Please note that there is...

If pre-selected and successful in the tests, the recruiting services interested in your profile will contact you (via the e-mail address in your EPSO Account) and invite you for a recruitment tests comprising interview and other optional tests.EPSO does not provide information to candidates on which recruiting service is interested in them at any stage of the selection procedure.

No, if you passed only reasoning tests in EPSO/CAST/P1-4/2015, you will be invited (if preselected again) to sit the complete set of selections tests (the reasoning and competency tests) in the CAST Permanent (see more information about this selection procedure).

Yes, you can be preselected for more than one profile and/or function group, but in most cases a candidate can only be tested for one profile in one function group per testing period. Therefore you will be invited to sit the tests for these different profiles/function groups in the same order as the requests were sent to EPSO by the recruiting services.However, the same candidate can be invited to competency tests for different profiles during the same testing period. This can happen when the candidate has already passed previously the reasoning tests.Neither the recruiter nor the candidates...

In order for an application to remain visible to recruiters, candidates must confirm their continued interest every six months. If you are no longer interested in being tested and/or recruited for a specific profile/function group, simply do not reconfirm your interest via your EPSO account. Six months after the last confirmation of interest or update to your application, the application will become invisible to recruiters, but you will be able to reactivate your application at any time in the future.

During the booking and testing periods you can reschedule your multiple-choice question test appointment, subject to availability and under the following conditions:you should first wait until the original booking confirmation uploads in your EPSO account (normally within 24 hours of booking) as it contains the link, the confirmation number and the code you will need in order to reschedule the appointment;you can reschedule your original appointment up to the day before;you can only choose a new appointment within the same testing period and from the appointments shown in...