EPSO interview in Brussels

We have recently experienced an EPSO interview for an administrator position and here-below are some facts and impressions:

- it was a commission of 6 members (1 head of commission and the others simple members)

- the head of commission just had the role of coordinating the development of the interview - he did not actually ask any questions

- the other 5 members have each asked questions from a specific area (UE knowledge, motivation to work for EU, specialist knowledge, etc.)

- at the beginning there were 5 minutes for a self-presentation (education, knowledge, skills, etc.)

- the interview lasted exactly for 45 minutes

- the members of the commission seemed friendly and open to discussion

- the questions regarding EU knowledge were in relation to basic subjects, there was nothing that required an in-depth knowledge of EU

- the EPSO response from the interview will be given in approximately 1 month

Best of luck !

Open competition at EPSO - deadline for registration is April 15, 2010

EPSO has recently published the ad for a new competition for the position of Administrator with the European Institutions in the fields of:

• European public administration

• Law

• Economics

• Audit

• Information and communication technology

For details and registration visit the new EPSO website www.eu-careers.eu

Good luck !

EPSO - exam hall in Bruxelles

This is how the exam hall for the EPSO written test looks like:

To be brief, it is a very large, very basic hall part of the Bruxelles exhibition centre (near the Atomium):

To get a better idea of the size, there were about 400 - 500 people taking the exam at the same time: