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The Community of Madrid offers information on the selection tests of the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) and support to prepare them through information sessions and support courses.
Latest calls for public employment in the European Union
Job search engine of the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO)
Selection processes and requirements to access a job in the European institutions
All our videos in our YouTube channel:
- What types of calls exist and how often are they called?
- Which institutions can be accessed through the EPSO competitions?
- Who can take the EPSO competitions?
- What are the most common requirements requested in the calls?
- How is it possible to test previous professional experiences?
- Phases of the selection process
- Where do I find the calls for opposition and present my candidacy?
- The application form: essential elements of the process
- Preselection tests: what do they consist of?
- What does the verbal reasoning exercise consist of?
- What is the numerical reasoning exercise?
- What is the abstract reasoning exercise?
- What is the situational judgment exercise?
16. The talent screener: what is it and how is it evaluated?
19. What does the group exercise consist of?
20. The competency interview and the motivational interview
22. the reserve list
23. What are the functions of an Administrator in the European Union?
24. What functions do Assistants perform in the European Union?
25. What is CAST?
26. If I access the European civil service, where will I work?
27. Where are the tests carried out in the selective processes?
The selection procedures of the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) are in the process of being modified, so the information contained on this page may not be completely up to date.
The first call of 2023 under the new model has been EPSO/AD/402/23: Economists (AD6). This tutorial Explain the selection procedure.
The Community of Madrid helps you
Periodically, the Community of Madrid organizes information sessions for the general public on the forms of access to employment in European institutions.
Information on upcoming conferences will be published on this same web page.
Ongoing support service for the preparation of the pre-selection phase (Computer Based Tests) of the EPSO selection processes for Administrators (AD) and Assistants (AST), as well as for Contract Agents (CAST) and organizations whose selection processes have tests assimilable
More information sessions
The Community of Madrid periodically organizes information sessions, mostly in collaboration with Madrid universities, in other cases with the collaboration of training companies. These conferences are aimed at university students, the unemployed and all those citizens interested in participating in selection processes of the various institutions of the European Union.
In some cases, representatives of the European Personnel Selection Office, the Permanent Representation of Spain to the EU, officials of the European Union who have recently joined, and the Ambassador on special mission for relations with EU Institutions intervene, who report on the different selection processes that are carried out to cover vacancies. On other occasions, the sessions are led by professors specialized in preparing oppositions to European institutions.
Documentation previous days
Presentations:
- RODRÍGUEZ PALENZUELA, Diego, Working at the European Central Bank: institution structure, work environment and conditions (Jornada sobre empleo en la UE 22.11-2022)
- RODRÍGUEZ PALENZUELA, Diego, Working at the European Central Bank: institution structure, work environment and conditions (Conference on employment in the EU 22.02-2022)
- ROMAN RIECHMANN, Carmen. Working in the EU: challenges and opportunities (Conference on employment in the EU 22-02-2022)
- ROOMS CASTLE, Natalia. Participate in an internship program in institutions of the European Union (Conference on employment in the EU 22-02-2022)
- WHITE THOMAS, Solitude. How to deal with an EU selection process? (Conference on employment in the EU 22-02-2022)
- LAFUENTE DURAN, David. Gain experience: the European Solidarity Corps (Day on employment in the EU 22-02-2022)
- GALA, John. Professional opportunities in international organizations (Conference on employment in the EU 22-02-2022)
- GONZALEZ SANCHEZ, Enrique. Job offers and training in the European institutions (Conference on employment in the EU 21-11-2016)
- RODRIGUEZ PEREZ, Miriam. The preparation of the pre-selection tests: a guide to good practices (Conference on employment in the EU 25-11-2015)
- MOYA, Isabel (REPER). Working in the EU: challenges and opportunities (Conference on employment in the EU 2-12-2014)
- PÉREZ-ARANDA, Leonardo. Preparation of the pre-selection tests: general call AST3 (Conference on employment in the EU 2-12-2014)
- GARRIDO, Luis (EIB). Work at the European Investment Bank: selection processes (Conference on employment in the EU 2-12-2013)
Videos:
La library of the European Documentation Center of the Community of Madrid (Castelló, 123. Madrid) has a section specialized in the preparation of the selective tests of the Personnel Selection Office of the European Union.
Stay informed
The «EU Oppositions» profile sends you the calls that appear in the DOUE
The Europa portal (europa.eu) is the official website of the European Union
It is the main source of information on work in the EU institutions
Database where you can consult the selection procedures in progress, those that will be opened soon and the calls for internships
Design and execute a plan to promote the presence of Spaniards in European institutions
And what if I want a traineeship?
The European Personnel Selection Office informs you of the traineeships offered by the institutions.
The Representation of the European Commission in Spain offers you on its website interesting information about the traineeships at its headquarters, as well as in other institutions.
The Support Unit for the presence of Spaniards in the European institutions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also offers information on oppositions and traineeships; the web application PROFESSIONALSUE with a search engine for job offers and internships in the EU Institutions and publishes a Guide with general information and scheduled schedule for 2023.
Likewise, the portal we talk about Europe, contains information on employment and internships in the EU.
The youth information web portal eurodesk informs you of the calls for internships of the different institutions in its section internships. Eurodesk Spain offers you a newsletter which informs you monthly of the calls in force and their deadlines, both for European bodies and agencies and for other international institutions (OECD, United Nations, etc.).
EURES Internships in Europe 2023 is an exhaustive and up-to-date compilation that classifies practices by specialties.
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