• Test results are communicated via your EPSO account about 10-15 days after the completion of the testing period.
• Before publication the results have been previously verified, approved and validated. Once the results communicated, the accuracy of the questions can no longer be challenged.

Transition to remotely proctored testing for all EPSO competitions is a strategic choice endorsed by its Management Board (EPSO’s interinstitutional governing body). Our objective is to be faster and more modern, while contributing to the EU’s ‘green policy’ and ensuring cost efficiency. This is an evolutionary development bringing EPSO in line with current international standards for large-scale staff selection procedures.

EPSO understands that remotely proctored testing is new to many people. We want to make sure that all candidates can become familiar with the way remotely proctored testing works in practice. For that reason we have created a number of public notes aimed at giving you as much information and guidance as possible, before you even apply to our selection procedures and are invited to test.

 As of 2023, all competitions are run via remotely proctored tests as decided by EPSO’s management board. This brings a significant gain cost and efficiency-wise, and it is also more environmentally friendly.

Remote test proctoring via our external contractor enables candidates to sit the tests from any location while maintaining the integrity of the tests.

Remote test proctoring allows EPSO to progress faster with competition organisation.

If you decide not to take the tests, you should cancel your appointment to free up the slot for another candidate. This can be done online up to 48 hours before the time of your scheduled test.

This action is irreversible and will end your participation in the selection procedure.

Prometric's booking management system is accessible via the link in the booking confirmation letter in your EPSO account. Full details on the procedure are published via the invitation letter.

The remotely proctored tests require a third party – an external contractor – to take control of your computer while you take the test. Among other things, this prevents candidates from browsing the internet or running applications outside the remit of the tests.

In order to enable online selection tests to run on a corporate computer – including those made available to staff of EPSO’s institutional clients (e.g. the European Commission, the European Parliament, the Council of the EU and others) – multiple security controls would have to be disabled, relaxed or changed by an authorised administrator.

Understandably, corporate stakeholders must ensure that the risks to their digital environment are reduced to a minimum and that’s why candidates can usually not use their corporate PC for the remotely proctored tests.

To learn more about the security constraints involved, read Why can't I use my corporate computer for EPSO's online selection tests? | EU Careers (europa.eu).

Your test results in an open competition can only be taken into account for the relevant competition, not for other competitions or CAST/P selection procedures. Exception: under certain conditions, your test results for a CAST/P selection procedure can be valid in the context of other CAST/P selection procedures.

All competitions are run online via remote proctored tests. EPSO started this transition during the pandemic, and the vast majority of candidates have welcomed the flexibility provided. 

Remote proctoring via our external contractor allows candidates to sit the tests securely in a remote location with their own computer.

When taking a remotely proctored test, candidates will be continuously monitored using various monitoring tools. 

Exams are continuously monitored for suspicious activity or behaviour by video and audio recordings.

You will receive an attendance certificate by email upon completion of your test. 

As only a set number of candidates can go through to the next stage, only those with the highest scores are invited.  These candidates have a score equal to or above the threshold.

A list of successful candidates is drawn up by the Selection board in descending order of the total score obtained.  

In order to define the threshold, candidates' scores are ranked in descending order. The board then selects the top-ranking candidates that can be invited to the next stage of the competition. The threshold is the score of the last candidate on this list.

The instructions for sitting the CBT will be provided first via your EPSO account and afterwards via the external contractor through email.