The Ultimate EU Test Book Assistants 2024

The Ultimate EU Test Book Assistants 2024 is specially designed for candidates preparing for European Personnel Selection office (EPSO) competitions at Assistant (AST) level. It has been updated to the new format of EPSO competitions introduced in 2023 and further revised in 2024. It is relevant to all Assistant-level EPSO open competitions and equivalent CAST selections.



The book is packed with strategies for success, practical tips and advice, and test questions. Included are methodologies, warm-up exercises applying the methodologies step by step, and 500 practice questions with answer explanations showing shortcuts and common pitfalls.



Including:

•Detailed guide to how the new-style EPSO Assistant competitions work,

•Verbal reasoning skills and 150 practice questions

•Numerical Reasoning skills and 165 questions with detailed step by step explanations and how to improve your speeds by estimating techniques and other shortcuts

•Abstract Reasoning warm-up exercise providing step by step solutions to 25 typical problems showing shortcuts and errors, plus 100 more practice questions

•EU knowledge test with 50 practice questions

•The Written Test and key skills to focus on



TABLE OF CONTENTS



1. EU Assistant Selection Competitions

2. Succeeding in Verbal Reasoning Tests

3. Verbal Reasoning Test (150 questions)

4. Succeeding in Numerical Reasoning Tests

5. Numerical Reasoning Warm-Up Exercise (45 questions)

6. Numerical Reasoning Mixed Questions Test (120 questions)

7. Succeeding in Abstract Reasoning Tests

8. Abstract Reasoning Warm-Up Exercise (25 questions)

9. Abstract Reasoning Test (110 questions)

10. EU Knowledge Test (50 questions)

11.The Written Test



Author:

András Baneth is an author, speaker, trainer and consultant, a partner at EU Training, and former managing director of the US-based Public Affairs Council’s European office. He leads a team of specialists in EPSO competitions and the design of psychometric tests.